The Ultimate Elizabeth I Quiz - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who was her mother?	Anne Boleyn	100%
Who was her father?	Henry VIII	100%
What house was she born into?	House of Tudor	100%
Who was Elizabeth's sister that succeeded above as Queen, who marched into London with Elizabeth at her side?	Mary Tudor (Mary I)	93%
What wife of her father did Elizabeth live with after her father died?	Catherine Parr	80%
Who became queen after above's death?	Lady Jane Grey	80%
When was her mother executed?	19 May 1536	73%
When did her father die?	28 January 1547	73%
When was she born?	7 September 1533	73%
Who was Elizabeth 'in love with', who she wanted to marry if his wife died?	Robert Dudley	73%
When did her sister die?	17 November 1558	67%
How long did above reign as queen?	9 days	67%
What disease did Elizabeth contract, and was bedridden, that encouraged her to wear white-make up with arsenic?	smallpox	67%
Who was the famous explorer, who was granted a royal charter authorising him to explore, colonise and rule any land not possessed by any Christian land, on 1584?	Walter Raleigh	67%
When was Elizabeth crowned Queen of Engand?	15 January 1559	60%
When did her brother die?	6 July 1553	60%
Who did Elizabeth knight for circumnavigating the globe in 1581, who acted as vice-admiral against the Spanish Armada?	Francis Drake	60%
How many languages could she either write or speak?	11 (English, French, Flemish, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Greek, Welsh, Cornish, Irish and Scottish)	53%
When did the Spanish Armada set sail for England?	12 July 1588	53%
When did Elizabeth die?	24 March 1603	53%
Who did above marry, who may have sexually abused Elizabeth?	Thomas Seymour	53%
What rebellion was Elizabeth accused of being involved with, leading to her being imprisoned in the Tower of London by her sister?	Wyatt's rebellion	47%
What plot was used by the spymaster of England, Francis Walsingham, in evidence for the trial of Mary Queen of Scots in 1586?	Babington Plot	40%
Who became Elizabeth's governess in 1537 and remained her friend until her death in 1565?	Catherine "Kat" Ashley	40%
What earldom did Elizabeth grant to above?	Leicester	40%
When was Elizabeth recalled to court, because her sister was in the final stages of her apparent pregnancy, but she was not pregnant and many believed the Queen could not conceive?	17 April 1555	33%
What company was established in Elizabeth's reign, in 1600, which dominated Asian trade with Britain in centuries to come?	East India Company (EIC)	33%
Who killed Mary Queen of Scots husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, and married her two years later in 1567?	James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell	33%
When was Mary Queen of Scots executed, Elizabeth claimed was against her knowledge?	On 8 February 1587	33%
What English settlement in North America mysteriously disappeared without a trace, in 1586?	Roanoke Island	33%
What major catholic rebellion was defeated by Elizabeth and 750 rebels were executed on her orders?	rising in the North (Northern Rebellion)	27%
In the second English Armada, what Earl gave out knighthoods despite only Elizabeth could do so?	Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex	27%
What title was Elizabeth forced to accept instead of Supreme Head she desired?	Supreme Governor of the Church of England	27%
What treaty with the Dutch did Elizabeth sign in 1585, which resulted in the Anglo-Spanish war?	Treaty of Nonsuch	27%
What plot to was led by Catholics to try and overthrow Elizabeth and place Mary the now former Queen of Scots, however resulted in Mary's husband beheading?	Ridolfi Plot	20%
When did Elizabeth send her English Armada?	1589	13%
After, Mary Queen of Scots' defeat, how long was she detained in England for?	19 years	13%
Who replaced the Earl of Leicester as sergeant major-general in 1589, a position he retained for fifteen campaigns against the Spanish - with almost unbroken success?	Francis Vere	13%
What was the name of Elizabeth's speech at Whitehall Palace on 30 November 1601?	"Golden Speech"	13%
What astrologer was one of Elizabeth's advisors, who set the day of her coronation?	John Dee	13%
Where did she die?	Richmond Palace, Surrey	13%
What treaty was signed with Scotland was to replace the Auld Alliance that Scotland had with France, in 1560?	Treaty of Edinburgh	13%
In 1601, in the fourth Spanish Armada, what Irish town was held by the Spanish for three months?	Kinsale	7%
Who was the Pope who excommunicated Elizabeth?	Pope Pius V	7%
After above died in 1548, who became her tutor? (hint: her brother Edward's tutor)	Roger Ascham	7%
What battle in 1600, was the sergeant major-general described by Elizabeth as 'the worthiest captain of our time'?	Battle of Nieuwpoort	0%
What papal bull excommunicated Elizabeth in 1670?	Regnans in Excelsis	0%
Who interrogated Elizabeth, when asked if above was planning to depose his brother as Lord protector and marry Elizabeth off to himself?	Robert Tyrwhitt	0%
Who became her tutor 1544?	William Grindal	0%
After no hard evidence against Elizabeth, what palace was she put on house arrest, on 22 May 1544?	Woodstock Palace	0%

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