The Tudor Society weekly quiz this Sunday is a true or false quiz on some famous Tudor women. Test your knowledge with this fun little quiz - good luck!
Did she or didn't she?
Correct!
Wrong!
Correct! She had a son by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
Wrong! She had a son by Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.
Correct! It was believed that Elizabeth may have been involved in Wyatt's Rebellion.
Wrong! It's true! It was believed that Elizabeth may have been involved in Wyatt's Rebellion.
Correct! She said: "And as for that you call your god, it is a piece of bread: for more proof thereof let it lie in a box for three months and it will be mouldy, and so turn to nothing that is good. Wherefore I am persuaded that it is not God."
Wrong! It's true. She said: "And as for that you call your god, it is a piece of bread: for more proof thereof let it lie in a box for three months and it will be mouldy, and so turn to nothing that is good. Wherefore I am persuaded that it is not God."
Correct! Her dog was actually named Gardiner after Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester.
Wrong! Her dog was actually named Gardiner after Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester.
Correct! She was pregnant with their first child, a daughter Susanna.
Wrong! It's true. She was pregnant with their first child, a daughter Susanna.
Correct! Via Sir Francis Bryan.
Wrong! It's true. The dog went via Sir Francis Bryan.
Correct! Her remains are now in Westminster Abbey.
Wrong! It's true. Her remains are now in Westminster Abbey.
Correct! Mary, Queen of Scots wrote to Elizabeth saying "you gave another lady, who was waiting on you at table, a great blow with a knife". However, it is not known whether it is really true.
Wrong! Mary, Queen of Scots wrote to Elizabeth saying "you gave another lady, who was waiting on you at table, a great blow with a knife". However, it is not known whether it is really true.
Correct! She was married three times: James IV of Scotland; Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus; Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven.
Wrong! She was married three times: James IV of Scotland; Archibald Douglas, 6th Earl of Angus; Henry Stewart, 1st Lord Methven.
Douglas Sheffield? Sounds more like a man than a woman?
She was definitely a woman! See https://www.tudorsociety.com/douglas-sheffield-baroness-sheffield/