The Tudor Society

Tudor monarchs – True or False?

Claire Ridgway

Today's quiz is a true or false one so you've got pretty good odds at getting these questions right! Can you get 12/12? Good luck!

Tudor monarchs - true or false?

Q1) Henry VII was the longest reigning of the Tudor monarchs.

True

False

Correct! Elizabeth I was the longest reigning. She reigned for over 44 years whereas Henry VII reigned for 23 years.
Wrong! It's false. Elizabeth I was the longest reigning. She reigned for over 44 years whereas Henry VII reigned for 23 years.

Q2) Henry VII was crowned on 30th October 1485 at Westminster Abbey.

True

False

Correct!
Wrong! It's true!

Q3) Henry VIII was born at Winchester, the place thought to be the site of King Arthur's Camelot.

True

False

Correct! It was his brother, Arthur, who was born there. Henry was born at Greenwich Palace.
Wrong! It's false. It was his brother, Arthur, who was born there. Henry was born at Greenwich Palace.

Q4) Henry VIII has three of his marriages annulled.

True

False

Correct! He had his marriages to Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn and Anne of Cleves annulled.
Wrong! It's true. He had his marriages to Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn and Anne of Cleves annulled.

Q5) Edward VI was nine years old when he became king.

True

False

Correct! His father Henry VIII died on 28th January 1547 and Edward had been born on 12th October 1537.
Wrong! It's true. His father Henry VIII died on 28th January 1547 and Edward had been born on 12th October 1537.

Q6) Edward VI became ill with measles and sweating sickness in the spring of 1552.

True

False

Correct! He was ill with measles and smallpox, not sweating sickness.
Wrong! He was ill with measles and smallpox, not sweating sickness.

Q7) Lady Jane Grey's family home was Penshurst Place in Kent.

True

False

Correct! It was Bradgate House in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire.
Wrong! It was Bradgate House in Bradgate Park, Leicestershire.

Q8) Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed Queen Jane on 10th July 1553.

True

False

Correct!
Wrong! It's true.

Q9) Mary I married Philip of Spain on the Feast of St Paul.

True

False

Correct! She married him on the Feast of St James, 25 July 1554.
Wrong! She married him on the Feast of St James, 25 July 1554.

Q10) Mary I used her first Parliament to overturn her illegitimate status.

True

False

Correct!
Wrong! It's true!

Q11) Elizabeth, the future Elizabeth I, was imprisoned by her half-sister, Mary I, in 1554 after being implicated in Wyatt's Rebellion.

True

False

Correct! She was imprisoned in the Tower of London from 18th March 1554 until 19th May 1554.
Wrong! It's true. She was imprisoned in the Tower of London from 18th March 1554 until 19th May 1554.

Q12) Elizabeth I died on 17th November 1603 at Richmond Palace.

True

False

Correct! She died on 24th March 1603.
Wrong! She died on 24th March 1603.

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