1. Who was Catherine Howard’s mother?
a) Joyce Culpepper
b) Agnes Tilney
c) Elizabeth Howard
d) Margaret Mowbray
2. What did Henry Mannox teach Catherine Howard?
a) Latin
b) Music
c) Greek
d) Science
3. To whom was Catherine Howard engaged?
a) Walter Raleigh
b) Nicholas Throckmorton
c) Thomas Culpepper
d) Stephen Gardiner
1. When was Caligula Roman emperor?
a) 44-54
b) 37-41
c) 69-72
d) 54-68
2. When was Caligula born?
a) 15 March 14
b) 12 June 10
c) 31 August 12
d) 15 December 16
3. Where was Caligula born?
a) Antium
b) Thrace
c) Sparta
d) Valetta
1. When was Edward IV crowned king of England?
a) 20 January 1433
b) 28 June 1461
c) 12 October 1437
d) 8 July 1480
2. When was Edward IV born?
a) 3 March 1421
b) 28 April 1442
c) 6 December 1416
d) 8 August 1410
3. Where was Edward IV born?
a) Rouen
b) Lancaster
c) York
d) London
(This quiz about Cyrus II of Persia (Iran) aka Cyrus the Elder and Cyrus the Great who lived in 6th century BC.)
1) Which empire was founded by Cyrus?
a) Assyrian
b) Achaemenid
c) Abyssinian
d) Greek
2) Which kingdom was inherited by Cyrus?
a) Anshan
b) Anatolia
c) Thrace
d) Crete
3) Which two Iranian tribes were united by Cyrus?
a) Medes and Persians
b) Scythians and Bactrians
c) Bedouins and Moors
d) Mongols and Tibetans
1. When was Catherine of Aragon born?
a) 30 September 1476
b) 17 January 1484
c) 10 April 1489
d) 16 December 1485
2. Where was Catherine of Aragon born?
a) Alcala de Henares
b) Madrid
c) Barcelona
d) Valencia
3. When did Catherine of Aragon marry Arthur?
a) 4 February 1598
b) 15 May 1596
c) 14 November 1501
d) 31 August 1505
1) What is the meaning of Humayun?
a) Brave
b) Fortunate
c) Lion
d) Tiger
2) Who of the following was not a brother of Humayun?
a) Askari
b) Khurram
c) Kamran
d) Hindal
3) Who of the following was Humayun’s wife?
a) Anjumand Banu
b) Mehrunnisa
c) Zebunnisa
d) Hamida Banu
1) To which dynasty did Cleopatra belong?
a) Bonaparte
b) Tudor
c) Stuart
d) Ptolemaic
2) When was Cleopatra born?
a) 100 BC
b) 76 BC
c) 69 BC
d) 58 BC
3) When did Cleopatra become queen for the first time?
a) 98 BC
b) 67 BC
c) 51 BC
d) 44 BC
1. When was Catherine of Valois born?
a) 15 March 1406
b) 17 April 1404
c) 12 July 1403
d) 27 October 1401
2. Where was Catherine of Valois born?
a) Paris
b) Reims
c) Nantes
d) Amiens
3. When did Catherine of Valois marry Henry V?
a) 5 February 1421
b) 2 June 1420
c) 31 August 1424
d) 14 November 1422
1. When did Henry VI become king of England?
a) 9 March 1457
b) 14 May 1411
c) 1 September 1422
d) 5 November 1436
2. When was Henry VI born?
a) 28 January 1407
b) 19 June 1401
c) 4 August 1411
d) 6 December 1421
3. Where was Henry VI born?
a) Lancaster
b) York
c) Windsor
d) Pembroke