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When was she born?
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7 September 1533
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Who was her father?
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Henry VIII
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Who was her mother?
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Anne Boleyn
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What house was she born into?
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House of Tudor
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When was her mother executed?
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19 May 1536
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Who became Elizabeth's governess in 1537 and remained her friend until her death in 1565?
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Catherine "Kat" Ashley
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How many languages could she either write or speak?
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11 (English, French, Flemish, Italian, Spanish, Latin, Greek, Welsh, Cornish, Irish and Scottish)
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Who became her tutor 1544?
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William Grindal
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After above died in 1548, who became her tutor? (hint: her brother Edward's tutor)
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Roger Ascham
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When did her father die?
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28 January 1547
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What wife of her father did Elizabeth live with after her father died?
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Catherine Parr
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Who did above marry, who may have sexually abused Elizabeth?
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Thomas Seymour
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Who interrogated Elizabeth, when asked if above was planning to depose his brother as Lord protector and marry Elizabeth off to himself?
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Robert Tyrwhitt
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When did her brother die?
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6 July 1553
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Who became queen after above's death?
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Lady Jane Grey
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How long did above reign as queen?
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9 days
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Who was Elizabeth's sister that succeeded above as Queen, who marched into London with Elizabeth at her side?
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Mary Tudor (Mary I)
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What rebellion was Elizabeth accused of being involved with, leading to her being imprisoned in the Tower of London by her sister?
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Wyatt's rebellion
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After no hard evidence against Elizabeth, what palace was she put on house arrest, on 22 May 1544?
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Woodstock Palace
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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?
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17 April 1555
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When did her sister die?
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17 November 1558
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What astrologer was one of Elizabeth's advisors, who set the day of her coronation?
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John Dee
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When was Elizabeth crowned Queen of Engand?
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15 January 1559
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What title was Elizabeth forced to accept instead of Supreme Head she desired?
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Supreme Governor of the Church of England
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Who was Elizabeth 'in love with', who she wanted to marry if his wife died?
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Robert Dudley
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What earldom did Elizabeth grant to above?
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Leicester
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What treaty was signed with Scotland was to replace the Auld Alliance that Scotland had with France, in 1560?
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Treaty of Edinburgh
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What disease did Elizabeth contract, and was bedridden, that encouraged her to wear white-make up with arsenic?
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smallpox
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Who killed Mary Queen of Scots husband, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, and married her two years later in 1567?
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James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell
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After, Mary Queen of Scots' defeat, how long was she detained in England for?
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19 years
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What major catholic rebellion was defeated by Elizabeth and 750 rebels were executed on her orders?
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rising in the North (Northern Rebellion)
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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?
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Ridolfi Plot
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What papal bull excommunicated Elizabeth in 1670?
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Regnans in Excelsis
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Who was the Pope who excommunicated Elizabeth?
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Pope Pius V
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Who did Elizabeth knight for circumnavigating the globe in 1581, who acted as vice-admiral against the Spanish Armada?
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Francis Drake
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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?
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Walter Raleigh
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What treaty with the Dutch did Elizabeth sign in 1585, which resulted in the Anglo-Spanish war?
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Treaty of Nonsuch
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What English settlement in North America mysteriously disappeared without a trace, in 1586?
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Roanoke Island
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What plot was used by the spymaster of England, Francis Walsingham, in evidence for the trial of Mary Queen of Scots in 1586?
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Babington Plot
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When was Mary Queen of Scots executed, Elizabeth claimed was against her knowledge?
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On 8 February 1587
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When did the Spanish Armada set sail for England?
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12 July 1588
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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?
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Francis Vere
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When did Elizabeth send her English Armada?
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1589
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In the second English Armada, what Earl gave out knighthoods despite only Elizabeth could do so?
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Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex
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What battle in 1600, was the sergeant major-general described by Elizabeth as 'the worthiest captain of our time'?
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Battle of Nieuwpoort
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What company was established in Elizabeth's reign, in 1600, which dominated Asian trade with Britain in centuries to come?
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East India Company (EIC)
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In 1601, in the fourth Spanish Armada, what Irish town was held by the Spanish for three months?
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Kinsale
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What was the name of Elizabeth's speech at Whitehall Palace on 30 November 1601?
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"Golden Speech"
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When did Elizabeth die?
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24 March 1603
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Where did she die?
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Richmond Palace, Surrey
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