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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