Henry VII Trivia Quiz

This tests your knowledge of the first monarch of the House of Tudor. The information comes from Brittanica and numerous history books.

A multiple-choice quiz by mnbates. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
mnbates

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
120,944

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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1. Which king did Henry VII defeat in order to gain the throne? Hint

Edward V

Richard II

Richard III

Henry VI

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2. At which battle did Henry VII gain the throne? Hint

Marston Moor

Naseby

Bosworth Field

Edge Hill

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3. What year was the battle in which Henry VII won the throne? Hint

1509

1483

1485

1491

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4. Who did Henry VII marry, uniting two warring Houses with a claim on
the throne? Hint

Margaret Beaufort

Margaret

Elizabeth of York

Mary

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5. Which two warring Houses did Henry unite with his marriage? Hint

Saxe-Coburg and Windsor

Plantagenet and Tudor

Lancaster and York

Stuart and Hanover

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6. In what year did Henry VII marry? Hint

1486

1491

1489

1496

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7. What was the name of the court Henry created to control the
administration of justice - as he saw it? Hint

The Politburo

The Cabal

The Court of the Star Chamber

The Directory

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8. What significant change did Henry VII make to the English monarchy's
financial arrangements? Hint

He started income tax

He instituted a 'poll' tax

He paid all his revenue into a central treasury

He confiscated the land of the Catholic church

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9. To whom did Henry VII contract his son, Arthur, in marriage? Hint

Catherine of Aragon

Catherine Howard

Ann of Cleves

Jane Seymour

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10. What year did Henry VII die? Hint

1536

1509

1542

1547

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which king did Henry VII defeat in order to gain the throne?

Answer: Richard III

Richard III was probably not the hunch-back murderer that Tudor historians made him out to be, or the notable characterisation
of Shakespeare's 'Richard III' by Olivier or Pacino.

2. At which battle did Henry VII gain the throne?

Answer: Bosworth Field

Bosworth Field is near the town of Market Bosworth in Leicestershire, England. The other battles all took place in English Civil War.

3. What year was the battle in which Henry VII won the throne?

Answer: 1485

1483 was the year Richard III made himself king, 1491 was the date
Henry VIII was born, 1509 was the date Henry VII died.

4. Who did Henry VII marry, uniting two warring Houses with a claim on the throne?

Answer: Elizabeth of York

Margaret Beaufort was his mother, Mary and Margaret were his
daughters.

5. Which two warring Houses did Henry unite with his marriage?

Answer: Lancaster and York

Henry represented the heirs of John of Gaunt of the House of
Lancaster, Elizabeth represented the House of York. This ended the
so-called "Wars of the Roses." The other Houses mentioned are all
English/British Royal Houses.

6. In what year did Henry VII marry?

Answer: 1486

1489 was the birth date of Margaret, 1491 the birth date of Henry VIII, 1496 the birth date of Mary. Arthur his first son was born 20 September 1486 and died 2 April 1502.

7. What was the name of the court Henry created to control the administration of justice - as he saw it?

Answer: The Court of the Star Chamber

The Cabal was a group of ministers who governed for Charles II,
the Directory was one of the governments immediately post revolution
in France, and the Politburo was the governing body of the Soviet
Union.

8. What significant change did Henry VII make to the English monarchy's financial arrangements?

Answer: He paid all his revenue into a central treasury

The 'poll' tax was instituted at the time of Richard II, his son
Henry VIII confiscated Catholic church land, income tax - as we
know it today - was instituted by William Pitt the Younger to
finance the Napoleonic wars.

9. To whom did Henry VII contract his son, Arthur, in marriage?

Answer: Catherine of Aragon

The others are wives of his brother Henry VIII as was Catherine of
Aragon (daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain).

10. What year did Henry VII die?

Answer: 1509

1536 was the year Anne Boleyn was executed. Jane Seymour) died in 1537; Catherine Howard was executed in 1542, and in 1547 Henry VIII died.

Source: Author mnbates

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