Tudor World

Question 1

Which of the following did Shakespeare NOT write?

Accepted Answer

Pride & Prejudice

Question 2

What sport was first placed using kitchen sieves?

Accepted Answer

Tennis

Question 3

Shakespeare's plays were performed in

Accepted Answer

Round Theatres

Question 4

What form of entertainment did Elizabeth prevent the House of Commons from banning in 1585?

Accepted Answer

Bear Baiting

Question 5

Executions of prisoners were conducted privately with no spectators

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

Galen's theories were proved wrong by Vesalius, because Vesalius dissected..

Accepted Answer

Humans

Question 7

What did Vesalius produce in 1543?

Accepted Answer

Fabric of the Human body

Question 8

What Tudor invention is in our bathrooms today?

Accepted Answer

Flushing toilet

Question 9

Sir Francis Drake was knighted by Elizabeth

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Why did the Spanish become a lifelong enemy for Drake?

Accepted Answer

Spanish ships attacked and sunk some of his ships

Question 11

A law was passed in the Tudor period banning ordinary people from certain sports

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

When Columbus found land in 1492 where did he think he had found?

Accepted Answer

India

Question 13

When did Columbus discover America?

Accepted Answer

1492

Question 14

Which Continent/Country did Columbus discover?

Accepted Answer

America

Question 15

Sir John Hawkins, Sir Martin Frobishner and Sir Walter Raleigh were famous..

Accepted Answer

Pirates

Questions 15