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Tudor monarchs true or false quiz

Claire Ridgway

Today's quiz tests your knowledge of our favourite monarchs, those of the House of Tudor. So, grab a coffee and your favourite snack, get yourself settled and let's begin.... Good luck!

Tudor monarchs - true or false?

Q1) True or false: Henry VII was born at Raglan Castle?

True

False

Correct! He was born at Pembroke Castle.
Wrong! He was born at Pembroke Castle.

Q2) True or false: Henry VII spent 14 years in exile in Normandy before he returned to England to claim the throne?

True

False

Correct! His exile was in Brittany.
Wrong! His exile was in Brittany.

Q3) True or false: Pope Leo X gave Henry VIII the title Fidei Defensor (Defender of the Faith) in 1521?

True

False

Correct! It was after Henry had defended papal supremacy in his work Assertio Septem Sacramentorum ("Defence of the Seven Sacraments").
Wrong! It's true. It was after Henry had defended papal supremacy in his work Assertio Septem Sacramentorum ("Defence of the Seven Sacraments").

Q4) True or false: Henry VIII loved commissioning the building of palaces and one of his palaces was Nonsuch Palace in Kent?

True

False

Correct! The palace was actually in Surrey.
Wrong! The palace was actually in Surrey.

Q5) True or false: The 1543 Treaty of Greenwich arranged the marriage of young Prince Edward (future Edward VI) with the infant Mary, Queen of Scots?

True

False

Correct! It was later rejected by Scotland, which provoked the War of the Rough Wooing between England and Scotland.
Wrong! It's true. It was later rejected by Scotland, which provoked the War of the Rough Wooing between England and Scotland.

Q6) True or false: A young Edward VI was cared for by Lady Anne Shelton and Katherine Champernowne?

True

False

Correct! He was cared for by Mady Margaret Bryan and then Blanche Herbert, Lady Troy.
Wrong! He was cared for by Mady Margaret Bryan and then Blanche Herbert, Lady Troy.

Q7) True or false: Lady Jane Grey was about sixteen when she became queen in July 1553?

True

False

Correct! It is believed that she was born in 1537.
Wrong! It's true. It is believed that she was born in 1537.

Q8) True or false: Jane was proclaimed queen on 10th July 1553?

True

False

Correct!
Wrong! It's true.

Q9) True or false: Henry VIII sent Mary to the Welsh Marches in 1525 to preside over a Council of Wales and the Marches?

True

False

Correct!
Wrong! It's true.

Q10) True or false: Mary I's Archbishop of Canterbury was Stephen Gardiner?

True

False

Correct! Reginald Pole was her Archbishop of Canterbury.
Wrong! Reginald Pole was her Archbishop of Canterbury.

Q11) True or false: Elizabeth I's mottoes included semper eadem (always the same), en ma fin gît ma commencement (in my end is my beginning) and video et taceo (I see but say nothing)?

True

False

Correct! En ma fin gît ma commencement was used by Mary, Queen of Scots.
Wrong! En ma fin gît ma commencement was used by Mary, Queen of Scots.

Q12) True or false: Elizabeth I exported lead and tin to the Ottoman Empire?

True

False

Correct!
Wrong! It's true.

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