Thank you all so much! We've hit 20,000 YouTube subscribers yesterday and lots of people asked for the next installment of our Tudor History Challenge where I ask Tim questions about history to see what he knows! I'll be doing another challenge at 25,000 subscribers too!

Why not test yourself with these questions and then you could ask someone else to see how they compare to Tim? Share how you did in the comments...

THE QUESTIONS (NOTE: answers are below):

1. In which year was Queen Elizabeth I born?
2. In which year was the Spanish Armada?
3. Anne Boleyn had four siblings: Mary, George and two others, what were their names?
4. What was the name of Henry VIII’s brother who died in 1502?
5. Which of Henry VIII’s wives outlived him?
6. King Henry VII became king following the Battle of Bosworth, but in which year did this battle take place?
7. Which man was Mary I’s Archbishop of Canterbury?
8. Who was Lady Jane Grey’s mother?
9. Which man did Mary Tudor, Queen of France and sister of Henry VIII, marry secretly in 1515?
10. What was the name of Mary, Queen of Scots’ secretary who was stabbed to death in 1566?
11. In which part of the UK was Henry VII born in 1457?
12. The Field of Cloth of Gold was a meeting between these two European monarchs…
13. Who owned Hampton Court Palace before Henry VIII?
14. Elizabeth of York was born on this day in 1466 and died on this day in 1503…
15. Elizabeth I had nicknames for certain men at court – Robert Dudley was her eyes, Sir Christopher Hatton her “mouton”, Francis Walsingham her “moor”, but which man did she call her “spirit”?
BONUS QUESTION – James VI of Scotland, who became James I of England, was descended from which of Henry VII’s children?

THE ANSWERS - No cheating!!!

1. 1533
2. 1588
3. Henry and Thomas
4. Arthur
5. Anne of Cleves and Catherine Parr
6. 1485
7. Cardinal Reginald Pole
8. Frances Grey (Brandon)
9. Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk
10. David Rizzio (or Riccio)
11. Wales, at Pembroke Castle
12. Henry VIII and Francis I
13. Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
14. 11 February
15. William Cecil, Lord Burghley
BONUS: Margaret Tudor

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