The Ultimate Henry VIII Quiz - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Who was his father?	Henry VII	89%
What house was Henry VIII in?	Tudor	89%
Who was his first wife?	Catherine of Aragon	76%
Who was his mother?	Elizabeth of York	76%
Who did his brother marry?	Catherine of Aragon	70%
What was the name of his elder brother? (surviving)	Arthur	68%
How old was Henry VIII when he ascended the throne?	17 years old	65%
How many languages was Henry fluent in?	4 (English, Latin, French, Spanish)	65%
Who was his youngest sister? (surviving)	Mary, Queen of France	57%
Who was Henry's first legitimate child and only from his first wife? (to survive infancy)	Mary Tudor	57%
When did his brother die?	2 April 1502	54%
What were many of Henry's councillors accused of when they opposed him? (often resulting in execution)	High treason	54%
When did his father die?	21 April 1509	51%
Who was his maternal grandfather?	Edward IV	51%
Who was Henry VIII's second wife?	Anne Boleyn	49%
Who was Henry's second legitimate child and only from his second wife? (to survive infancy)	Elizabeth Tudor	49%
What was the illegitimate son's name?	Henry Fitzroy	49%
When did his brother get married?	14 November 1501	46%
What year did his father ascend to the throne?	22 August 1485	46%
How old was his first wife when they got married?	23 years old	46%
Who was Henry VIII's third wife?	Jane Seymour	46%
Who was his eldest sister? (surviving)	Margaret, Queen of Scotland	46%
When was he born?	28 June 1491	43%
When was Henry's second wife beheaded?	19 May 1536	41%
Who was Henry VIII's fourth wife?	Anne of Cleves	41%
Who was Henry VIII's sixth and last wife?	Catherine Parr	41%
What was he made duke of, as second son of monarch, in 1493?	Duke of York	41%
Who was Henry's third legitimate child and only from his third wife? (to survive infancy)	Edward Tudor	41%
When did Henry's first wife die?	7 January 1536	38%
Who was Henry VIII's fifth wife?	Catherine Howard	38%
Who did Henry hire to paint her portrait that was painted 'in an overly flattering light'?	Hans Holbein the Younger	38%
Who became Henry's chief advisor in 1532, and was executed in 1540 - Henry VIII regretted this?	Thomas Cromwell	38%
When were they born?	18 February 1516	35%
When did Henry's third wife die?	24 October 1537	35%
What was the name of the undisputed mistress Henry had a son with? (that he had recognised)	Elizabeth Blount	32%
What title did Henry receive from Pope Leo X after publishing the "Defence of the Seven Sacraments"?	Fidei Defensor (Defender of the Faith)	32%
Which one of his wives was Henry buried with?	Jane Seymour	32%
Who did Henry blame for the failure to get an annulment, and accused of treason?	Thomas Wolsey	32%
When was Henry's fourth marriage dissolved, due to him not wanting to consummate?	12 July 1540	30%
When did Henry officially annul his marriage to his first wife?	23 May 1533	30%
When did Henry VIII die?	28 January 1547	30%
When were they born?	7 September 1533	30%
Who succeeded him?	Edward VI	30%
Where was he born?	Palace of Placentia, Greenwich, London	30%
Who replaced above, resigned as Lord Chancellor in 1532, and was executed in 1535?	Thomas More	30%
When was Henry excommunicated by Pope Paul III?	17 December 1538	27%
What battle, overseen by the Queen, resulted in the defeat and death of James IV of Scotland (9 September 1513)?	Battle of Flodden	27%
What was the meeting between Henry VIII and Francis I (King of France) on 7 June 1520, near Calais?	Field of the Cloth of Gold	27%
What was the name of second wife's brother, who was beheaded for treasonable adultery and incest?	George Boleyn	27%
What line of the Bible did his first marriage act contrary to?	Leviticus 20:21	27%
What title did Pope Julius II promise to Henry VIII? (hint: France)	Most Christian King of France	27%
When was Henry's fifth wife executed?	13 February 1543	24%
What Act of Parliament recognised the King's status as head of the Church of England?	Act of Supremacy 1534	22%
What Pope refused to annul Henry to his first wife?	Clement VII	22%
What was the name of Henry VIII's problem in 1525 to find a dynastic successor?	King's "great matter"	22%
What title was given to his first wife after the annulment?	Princess Dowager	22%
What king was buried in the same vault over 100 years later?	Charles I	19%
What month and year did his coronation and first wedding take place?	June 1509	19%
Who did the Pope send to try to convince Henry to not get his marriage annulled?	Lorenzo Campeggio	19%
What was the failed rebellion called that was led by Robert Aske?	Pilgrimage of Grace	19%
What title was she given after the annulment?	The King's Sister	19%
Who became Archbishop of York in 1531?	Thomas Cranmer	19%
How did Henry get injured in a tournament that was a possible cause for a miscarriage in 1536?	Thrown off a horse	19%
Who did his fifth wife have an affair with during the marriage?	Thomas Culpeper	16%
Where did he die?	Palace of Whitehall, Whitehall, London	14%
What league did Henry bring England into, in 1510?	Anti-French Holy League	11%
What small battle did Henry's troops beat France on 30 June 1513?	Battle of the Spurs	11%
Where was Henry buried?	St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle	11%
What French city did Henry obtain for England in 1544, and was secured for 8 years?	Boulogne	5%
Who did Henry convince to join the league? (H.R.E)	Maximilian I	5%
What treaty attempted to unite the Kingdoms of Western Europe against the Ottoman threat?	Treaty of London	5%
What was the 8 year war between England and Scotland that was the result of the above?	Rough Wooing of Scotland	3%
In what battle was James V of Scotland defeated by the English (and later died) in November 1543?	Battle of Solway Moss	0%
What was the name of the Act of Parliament that illegitimated Henry's children to his previous wife/wives that he used twice, once with the second wife and again with the third?	Second Succession Act	0%
What Act of Parliament legitimised his first and second wives' children?	Third Succession Act	0%
What treaty ended the war with France, who came close to invading England after reaching Isle of Wight but was repulsed in the Battle of the Solent?	Treaty of Camp	0%
What treaty did Henry sign to get peace with France after Charles V won the Battle of Pavia? (30 August 1525)	Treaty of the More	0%

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