The Tudor Society

Tudor Words Quiz

Claire Ridgway

Have fun with this quiz on Tudor words and definitions.

Tudor Words

Q1) What were "duckies"?

Ducks

Breasts

Arrows

Hose

Correct!
Wrong! They were "breasts". Henry VIII wrote of how he wanted to kiss Anne Boleyn's "duckies".

Q2) A 'plate' made from either a piece of thick bread or wood was known as a ....

A trencher

A sop

A parlet

A cake

Correct!
Wrong! It was known as a trencher.

Q3) What was a bord?

A pimp

A prostitute

A poet

A dining table

Correct!
Wrong! It was a dining table.

Q4) What was twilight sometimes known as?

Twiddling

Cockshut time

Darkling

Batful time

Correct!
Wrong! It was known as cockshut time.

Q5) What was a jangler?

A fool

A hangman

A gossip

A poet

Correct!
Wrong! It was a gossip.

Q6) What's another word for crooked or strange?

kim-kam

Hochepot

Quat

Neaf

Correct!
Wrong! It's kim-kam.

Q7) What was a "brabble"?

A favour

A type of soup

A button

An argument

Correct!
Wrong! It was an argument.

Q8) Another word for jealousy was .....

Greenness

Yellowness

Yeding

Slubberdegullion

Correct!
Wrong! It was yellowness.

Q9) What was a "poke", as in "pig in a poke"?

Bag or sack

Sty

Farm

A bit of trouble

Correct!
Wrong! It was a bag or a sack.

Q10) What was a "boss"?

A brooch

A pretty lady

A fat woman

A type of bottle

Correct!
Wrong! It was a fat woman.

Afterwards (don't cheat!), you can find a useful glossary of Tudor and Stuart words at https://archive.org/stream/glossaryoftudors00skeauoft#page/40/mode/2up

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