A Tudor Quiz
By Tim Lambert
1. The Tudors ate peaches and apricots, true or false?
2. The Tudors ate with knives and forks, true or false?
3. Meat was luxury, true or false?
4. The Tudors ate flowers, true or false?
5. In the 16th century spoons were made of cow's horn, true or false?
6. The Tudors did not drink tea and coffee, true or false?
7. There were famines in England in the 16th century, true or false?
8. In Tudor times laws laid down which materials and which colours the different classes could wear, true or false?
9. In the 16th century most people got up at 5 am in Summer and 6 am in Winter, true or false?
10. The MaryRose sank on her maiden voyage, true or false?
11. Tudor men call their trousers breeches, true or false?
12. Francis Drake was the first Englishman to circumnavigate (sail around) the world, true or false?
13. Lady Jane Grey was Queen of England for 9 days, true or false?
14. Tudor people were much smaller than we are, true or false?
15. A metal called pewter was commonly used to make dishes and plates, true or false?
16. Black clothes were expensive, true or false?
17. Edward VI was 9 years old when he became king, true or false?
18. Edward VI was 25 when he died, true or false?
19. Henry VIII called Anne of Cleves a 'Flanders Mare', true or false?
20. Queen Elizabeth I wore silk knickers, true or false?
21.The Tudors did not have clocks, true or false?
22. The Tudors did not wear glasses, true or false?
23. Henry VIII was 55 when he died, true or false?
24. Tudor windows often lacked glass, true or false?
25. Henry VIII had an older brother, true or false?
26. In the early 16th century the English ruled Calais, true or false?
27. A doublet was a type of short jacket, true or false?
28. The population of England in 1500 was about 1 million, true or false?
29. The population of England in 1600 was about 5 million, true or false?
30. Tudor men did not wear shirts, true or false?
31. In the late 16th century wealthy Tudors wore a white collar called a ruff around their necks, true or false?
32. In the late 16th century women wore a frame called a farthingale made of hoops of wire, whalebone or wood under their dress, true or false?
33. Queen Elizabeth had black teeth, true or false?
34. Only men could read and write, true or false?
35. Thomas Cromwell was a blacksmith's son, true or false?
36. Thomas Wolsey was a butcher's son, true or false?
37. Tudor men did not wear underwear, true or false?
38. The Tudors did not have carpets, true or false?
39. Sometimes Tudors sat on the floor, true or false?
40. When Elizabeth I caught smallpox a doctor treated her by wrapping her in red cloth, true or false?
41. Rich people like kings and queens deliberately travelled slowly, true or false?
42. A petard was a kind of musical instrument, true or false?
43. At a Tudor feast people ate meat then threw the bones onto the floors for the dogs, true or false?
44. In Tudor England tobacco was used as a medicine, true or false?
45. In Tudor England bits of Egyptian mummy were used as a medicine, true or false?
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