Let's put the troubles of this workd to one side for a few minutes and have some fun with Tudor history.
This week's quiz is a true or false quiz on Tudor myths, rumours and scandals. What was actually true? See if you know with this fun quiz.
Good luck!
True or false - Myth or history?
Correct! The pope was even prepared to grant a dispensation. Ew!
Wtong! It's true! The pope was even prepared to grant a dispensation. Ew!
Correct! Chapuys did refer to her as "the concubine", but it was Nicholas Sander in the 1580s who wrote of Anne having an extra finger.
Wrong! Chapuys did refer to her as "the concubine", but it was Nicholas Sander in the 1580s who wrote of Anne having an extra finger.
Correct! They shared a grandmother, Margaret Tudor.
Wrong! It's true. They shared a grandmother, Margaret Tudor.
Correct! In November 1541, Henry VIII's council had to launch an invetigation into these rumours.
Wrong! It's true. In November 1541, Henry VIII's council had to launch an invetigation into these rumours.
Correct! It was actually Catherine of Aragon who was thought to be too close to and dependent on him in the period between the death of her first husband, Arthur, and her marriage to Henry VIII.
Wrong! It was actually Catherine of Aragon who was thought to be too close to and dependent on him in the period between the death of her first husband, Arthur, and her marriage to Henry VIII.
Correct! It's true that there were rumours than Henry VIII had "meddled" with Elizabeth Howard, Anne's mother, and that Anne was even the fruit of this relationship, but the king himself denied it, there's no evidence of an affair, and the king would have been just a boy at the time.
Wrong! It's true that there were rumours than Henry VIII had "meddled" with Elizabeth Howard, Anne's mother, and that Anne was even the fruit of this relationship, but the king himself denied it, there's no evidence of an affair, and the king would have been just a boy at the time.
Correct! His marriages to Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn and Anne of Cleves were annulled and seen as never valid, and he would have viewed his marriage to Catherine Howard as invalid due to bigamy, her betrothal (and consummation of it) to Francis Dereham?
Wrong! It's true! His marriages to Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn and Anne of Cleves were annulled and seen as never valid, and he would have viewed his marriage to Catherine Howard as invalid due to bigamy, her betrothal (and consummation of it) to Francis Dereham?
Correct! She was actually 14.
Wrong! She was 14.
Correct! The king's head was sent to her but she was persuaded not to send it on.
Wrong! The king's head was sent to her but she was persuaded not to send it on.
Correct! It was his brother, Thomas, who was accused of planning to marry the princess.
Wrong! It was his brother, Thomas, who was accused of planning to marry the princess.
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