Elizabeth I Quiz

Q1) Which of these events did NOT happen in the year that Elizabeth I was born?

Anne Boleyn's coronation

Thomas More's execution

Death of Mary Tudor, dowager Queen of France

Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon is annulled

Q2) Which of these events happened in 1542, when Elizabeth was nine years old?

Henry VIII married Catherine Parr

Annulment of Henry VIII's marriage to Anne of Cleves

Execution of Elizabeth's stepmother, Catherine Howard

Her half-brother Edward was born

Q3) On which date was Elizabeth I crowned queen in Westminster Abbey?

15 January 1559

17 November 1558

2 December 1558

1 June 1559

Q4) True or False: Elizabeth proposed Robert Dudley as a husband for her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots?

True

False

Q5) In which year did Elizabeth's former governess, Kat Ashley, die?

1545

1549

1557

1565

Q6) Who was Elizabeth’s first cousin but some believe to have been her half-sister – a product of Henry VIII’s affair with Mary Boleyn?

Lettice Knollys

Catherine Carey

Elizabeth Tailboys

Ethelreda Malte

Q7) What event in 1571 was hatched to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots?

Kett's Rebellion

The Ridolfi Plot

The Babington Plot

None of the above

Q8) Which of these dates is Elizabeth I's birthdate?

1st June 1533

15th September 1533

7th September 1533

12th October 1533

Q9) How old was Elizabeth I when she died?

69

73

52

48