Henry VIII

Question 1

What languages did Henry speak

Answer 1

French, Italian and Latin

Question 2

How many wives did Henry have

Answer 2

6

Question 3

What is the rhyme to remember what happened to Henry’s wives

Answer 3

Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived

Question 4

What were his wives in order called

Answer 4

Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Katherine Parr

Question 5

How many children did Henry have

Answer 5

3

Question 6

What were his children called in order

Answer 6

Mary I, Elizabeth I and Edward VI

Question 7

Why did Anne Boleyn always wear gloves

Answer 7

Because she had an extra thumb on her left hand

Question 8

What was Henry’s interests

Answer 8

Composing music, jousting, archery and horse riding

Question 9

List 4 reason why Henry was a SAINT

Answer 9

Henry found the navy and helped keep England safe
Henry was a clever scholar
Henry found the Christ church collage
Henry stopped foreign interference with England’s affairs

Question 10

List 4 reasons why Henry was a SINNER

Answer 10

He made himself head of the England church
He dealt savagely with the uprising in the north
He shut down all monasteries and took all riches
Henry executed 2 wives and men who opposed him

Question 11

Why did Henry divorce Catherine of Aragon

Answer 11

Because he was a married for 20 years and need a son

Question 12

Why did Henry change religion

Answer 12

He needed a divorce to marry Anne Boleyn

Question 13

What did Henry do to get money

Answer 13

Ship it down all monasteries

Question 14

Why did the English like the Protestant idea

Answer 14

They wanted the bible and services in English

Question 15

How and when did Edward die

Answer 15

1553 and typhus

Question 16

How long was Lady Jane Grey on the throne for. And what relation does she have with Edward

Answer 16

She lasted 9 days and was Edwards cousin

Question 17

What was Mary Tudor known as

Answer 17

Bloody Mary

Question 18

What was Mary’s saying

Answer 18

TURN or BURN

Question 19

Who was king of Scotland and what relation did he have with Henry

Answer 19

King James V and was Henry’s VIII nephew

Question 20

Why did Henry and James fight

Answer 20

To see who got to rule the boarder area

Question 21

Which country did James turn to when he needed help

Answer 21

France

Question 22

Who did James marry

Answer 22

Mary of Guise

Question 23

They had a daughter what was her name and when was she born

Answer 23

Mary (Mary queen of Scots) born in 1542

Question 24

When did her father die

Answer 24

When she was a week old

Question 25

Where did her mother sent Mary when she was too young to rule

Answer 25

France her home country

Question 26

What age was Mary when she was promised a marriage and who was it too

Answer 26

She was 6 and she was going to marry further King Francis

Question 27

When did Mary marry

Answer 27

15

Question 28

When did Francis become king

Answer 28

1559

Question 29

Why was Mary forced to leave England

Answer 29

Because her husband died and was forced to leave

Question 30

Who was starting to attack Mary of guise in Scotland

Answer 30

The Protestant under the leadership of John Knox

Question 31

When did Mary of Guise did and when did Scotland become a Protestant country

Answer 31

She died in 1560 | Scotland became Protestant in 1561

Question 32

Why was Mary unwelcome in Scotland

Answer 32

Because she was practising Catholic

Question 33

What relation was Elizabeth to Mary Queen of Scots

Answer 33

2nd cousins

Question 34

Who did Mary Marry second

Answer 34

Lord Darnley

Question 35

What type of person was Darnley

Answer 35

Jealous, cruel, stubborn, drunken

Question 36

What was Rizzio doing when Darnley came in and grabbed him

Answer 36

He was playing the harp for Mary and her ladies

Question 37

How many times was Rizzio stabbed

Answer 37

56

Question 38

Why did Darnley kill Rizzio

Answer 38

He thought they were having affairs

Question 39

What was Mary and Darnleys son called

Answer 39

James VI

Question 40

Who had Mary fallen in love with

Answer 40

Earl of Bothwell

Question 41

When was Darnley killed and how

Answer 41

He died on the 9th February 1567 No one knows how he died all we know is that he was found on the ground with his servers strangled and the house was blown up

Question 42

Why did Mary come to England

Answer 42

For help from her cousin

Question 43

What did Elizabeth do with her

Answer 43

Put her in the Tower of London

Question 44

Why was Elizabeth worried about marry if she let her go

Answer 44

Because Elizabeth didn't have any children and would have to pass the throne to Mary who was Catholic

Question 45

Who planned to Mary Marry and replace Elizabeth

Answer 45

An Italian man Ridolfi

Question 46

What happened in France

Answer 46

Mary's relatives came together

Question 47

What made it possible for Mary to write to friends

Answer 47

Agents

Question 48

How did they communicate

Answer 48

By letters in codes

Question 49

What was the plot involving a foreign invasion

Answer 49

Babington plot

Question 50

Why was Mary not able to be tried by English courts

Answer 50

Because she was Scottish

Question 51

Why did Elizabeth not believe the evidence

Answer 51

She thought it was forged or Mary may have been tricked

Question 52

Who did Mary write letters to

Answer 52

To powerful leaders abroad asking to be help for escape

Question 53

What did Elizabeth do with Catholics

Answer 53

She lets Protestants worship and Catholics worship privately

Question 54

Hat did Elizabeth do to make herself look good

Answer 54

Get especially beautiful paintings painted and to send them to everyone