Odd Man Out Tudor Style! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Margaret Tudor

Margaret Tudor was English, so she is the odd one out.

Answer: Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn had dark hair, while the rest are noted for their Tudor red hair.

Answer: Duke of Norfolk

The Dukes of Norfolk during the Tudor Dynasty were Thomas Howard and his grandson ... Thomas Howard. As Roman Catholics they were out of favour in the reign of Elizabeth I.

Answer: Marie de Guise

Marie de Guise was Mary Queen of Scot's mother, and since she died of an illness (probably dropsy), she does not fit the category.

Answer: Henry VII

Henry VIII, of course, really was Elizabeth's father. Mary I liked to think Mark Smeaton was, and spread it around to the court. George Boleyn was accused at his trial of hinting that he was Elizabeth's father 'because Henry could not have any kids'. Henry VII died long before she was born, so he doesn't work.

Answer: William Carey

Smallpox was in many cases deadly, but all of the people listed above survived. William Carey had the sweating sickness, another deadly illness in Tudor times. He died from it in the summer of 1528, during a severe outbreak of the sickness. Even Anne Boleyn caught it, although she survived.

Answer: Henry Carey

Thomas Wyatt and Robert Devereux both incited rebellion, and Thomas Seymour attempted to kidnap King Edward VI. Henry Carey was loyal to his queen and cousin, Elizabeth I.

Answer: Greenwich Palace

Protestants were burned at Smithfield during the reign of "Bloody" Mary I; Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle, and hundreds of people were executed on Tower Hill, including Katherine Howard and Anne Boleyn's lovers. No one (that I know of) was executed at Greenwich Palace.

Answer: Katherine of Aragon's Badge

The Tudor colors were green and white, the white rose was the emblem of the House of York, and Whitehall Palace was the white Tudor "Hall". Katherine of Aragon's badge was a pomegranate, which is a reddish color.

Answer: Philip II

Francis I was a French King during the Tudor Dynasty, Calais was taken from England by the French in 1558. Charles V was the Holy Roman Emperor and Spanish by birth. In the Edict of Nantes (1598) Henri IV granted toleration to French Protestants, subject to various conditions.

Answer: Guilford Dudley

William Stafford's wife Mary Boleyn was married to William Carey, Robert Dudley's third wife, Lettice Knollys, to Walter Devereux, and Charles Brandon's third wife, Mary Tudor, to Louis XII.

Answer: Apple

Katherine Parr had a rose, Jane Seymour had a phoenix, and Katherine Howard had a girl.

Answer: The sister of Edward VI

Edward's oldest sister was Mary. The others were Lady Jane Grey, Jane Seymour, and Jane Guilford (yes, that is where the first name comes from).

Answer: Bloody Mary

"Bloody Mary" was the nickname of Mary I.

Answer: Sock

They didn't wear socks in England back in the sixteenth century.

Answer: Katherine Grey

Katherine Grey was Lady Jane Grey's sister, and had she stayed queen, Katherine would have succeeded her to the throne.

Answer: Robert Cecil

Robert Cecil came a little late in her reign, when she had basically accepted she would never marry.

Answer: Holy Roman Emperor

Henry VIII (King of England, Ireland, and parts of France) was given the title "Defender of the Faith" by the Pope only years before establishing himself as "Supreme Governor of the Church of England". Charles V was the Holy Roman Emperor.

Answer: Henry VIII becomes King

Katherine Parr died on September 7, 1548. Elizabeth I was born on September 7, 1533. Amy Robsart was found dead on September 8, 1560. Henry VIII became King on April 22, 1509.

Answer: Edward, Duke of Buckingham

Edward was his only legitimate heir when Henry VIII died in 1547. Henry Prince of Wales was the son of Katherine of Aragon, but he died when he was only two months old. Henry Fitzroy was his illegitimate son by Bessie Blount.