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The Life and Times of King Henry VIII

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The Life and Times of King Henry VIII game quiz
"This is a short quiz for those of you interested in the Life and Times of the great King: Henry VIII"

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1. How many wives did Henry VIII have?
    six
    eight
    three
    four


2. When was Henry VIII born?
    28th January 1491
    28th June, 1491
    28th June, 1486
    28th January, 1486


3. Who was Henry's favourite sister?
    Mary
    Elizabeth
    Margaret
    Katherine


4. Who were the maternal grandparents of Henry VIII?
    Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort
    Edward IV and Elizabeth Wydville
    Richard of York and Cicelly Neville
    Owen Tudor and Katherine of Valois


5. His eldest daughter Mary fell from favour with Henry in the early 1530s for doing what?
    Having a secret affair with a nobleman
    Refusing to recognise her father as head of the Church of England
    Being involved in conspiracies to claim the throne with the aid of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
    Converting to Protestanism, which angered Henry greatly


6. In 1519 Henry had an affair with one of Katherine of Aragon's ladies in waiting Elizabeth Blount, this produced a son who Henry named ______ ?
    Henry Fitzroy
    Edward Tudor
    Robert Dudley
    William the Bastard


7. In the early 1540s Henry VIII launched a campaign against France. He won a province that was handed back to France under Edward VI. The province was ______ ?
    Calais
    Boulogne
    Normandy
    Anjou


8. The Tudor Dynasty which Henry VIII belonged to had five members. In what order did they proceed?
    Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, Elizabeth I
    Henry VII, Henry VIII, Mary I, Edward VI, Elizabeth I
    Elizabeth I, Mary I, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI
    Henry VII, Elizabeth I, Edward VI, Henry VIII, Mary I


9. Who ruled France at roughly the same time Henry ruled England (they were always trying to outdo each other in majesty, architecture and how big each of their legs were)?
    Francis I
    Louis XIV
    Henri II
    Louis VII


10. When did King Henry VIII die?
    28th January, 1547
    28th January, 1543
    28th June, 1547
    28th June, 1543


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