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The Tudors

More than six marriages. Crowns, intrigue and unexpected details. Twelve questions, with a few convincing wrong turns along the way.

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Which king did Henry Tudor defeat at Bosworth in 1485?

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1. Which king did Henry Tudor defeat at Bosworth in 1485?
- A. Richard III (answer)
- B. Edward IV
- C. Richard II
- D. Henry VI
Henry defeated Richard III and became Henry VII, not Henry VIII.
2. Before marrying Henry VIII, Katherine of Aragon married which prince?
- A. Edward
- B. Arthur (answer)
- C. Edmund
- D. Richard
Arthur was Henry's elder brother. Katherine was widowed before marrying Henry.
3. Who began transforming Hampton Court into a magnificent Tudor palace?
- A. Thomas Cromwell
- B. William Cecil
- C. Thomas Wolsey (answer)
- D. Thomas More
Cardinal Wolsey developed the palace before Henry VIII took it over.
4. What title did the 1534 Act of Supremacy recognise for Henry VIII?
- A. Defender of Parliament
- B. Supreme Governor of England
- C. Protector of the Faithful
- D. Supreme Head of the Church of England (answer)
The act recognised Henry, rather than the pope, as supreme head of the English Church.
5. Which wife gave birth to the future Edward VI in 1537?
- A. Katherine Parr
- B. Jane Seymour (answer)
- C. Anne of Cleves
- D. Katherine of Aragon
Jane Seymour bore Edward at Hampton Court and died shortly afterwards.
6. What was the legal outcome of Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves?
- A. It ended with her death
- B. It continued until Henry died
- C. It was annulled (answer)
- D. It ended with her execution
The marriage was annulled in 1540 after about six months. Anne remained in England on good terms with Henry.
7. Which of Henry VIII's wives remarried after his death?
- A. Jane Seymour
- B. Catherine Howard
- C. Anne of Cleves
- D. Katherine Parr (answer)
Katherine Parr survived Henry and married Thomas Seymour in 1547.
8. Whose accession was Jane Grey's July 1553 proclamation intended to prevent?
- A. Mary I's (answer)
- B. Elizabeth I's
- C. Mary Stuart's
- D. Katherine Grey's
Jane's supporters sought to exclude the Catholic Mary Tudor, not Elizabeth.
9. How long elapsed between Jane Grey's proclamation on 10 July 1553 and deposition on 19 July?
- A. Six days
- B. Twelve days
- C. Nine days (answer)
- D. Fifteen days
The conventional nine-day reign is measured from her proclamation, not Edward VI's death.
10. Mary I's husband became king of which country?
- A. France
- B. Portugal
- C. Scotland
- D. Spain (answer)
Mary married Philip, who became Philip II of Spain in 1556.
11. When did the main suppression of England's monasteries occur?
- A. 1536 to 1540 (answer)
- B. 1485 to 1489
- C. 1553 to 1558
- D. 1588 to 1592
The closures belonged to Henry VIII's reign, not the later reign of Elizabeth I.
12. Which Tudor monarch imprisoned the future Elizabeth I in the Tower in 1554?
- A. Henry VIII
- B. Mary I (answer)
- C. Edward VI
- D. Henry VII
Mary suspected Elizabeth of involvement in Wyatt's Protestant rebellion.

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