The Tudors - 4 - Answers

Published: Saturday 30th June 2018A free history quiz about the life and times of the Tudor dynasty.
  1. Which Act of Parliament in 1534 made the monarch the Head of the Church in England? Act of Supremacy.
  2. How old was Catherine Howard when she married Henry VIII? 19 years old.
  3. Who was officially declared monarch in July 1553? Mary I.
  4. Who was King Edward VI's Regent and Lady Jane Grey's father-in-law? John Dudley.
  5. Who was known as Elizabeth I's spymaster? Sir Francis Walsingham.
  6. Which of Henry VIII's wives outlived both Henry and the rest of his wives? Anne of Cleeves.
  7. Who in 1529 succeeded Thomas Wolsey as Chancellor of England? Thomas More.
  8. In which monarch reign was William Shakespeare born? Elizabeth I.
  9. Who succeeded Elizabeth I as monarch on her death in 1603? James I.
  10. On which battlefield was Henry VII declared King of England? Bosworth Field.
  11. In which Royal palace was the future Henry VIII born? Greenwich.
  12. Which future monarch was the child of Henry VIII and Jane Seymour? Edward VI.
  13. How old was Edward VI when he died in 1553? Fifteen years old.
  14. In which cathedral did Mary I marry Phillip? Winchester.
  15. Who was the fifth and final monarch of the Tudor dynasty? Elizabeth I.
  16. Who was said to have been playing bowls as the Spanish Armada approached? Sir Francis Drake.
  17. Which Tudor monarch met King Francis of France on the Field of the Cloth of Gold? Henry VIII.
  18. What relation was Queen Elizabeth I to King Phillip II of Spain? Sister-in-law.
  19. What was the name of Henry VIII's flagship sunk in the Solent in 1545? The Mary Rose.
  20. Which future Queen did Henry VII's son Arthur marry in 1501? Catherine of Aragon.

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