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Richard III and His Times Trivia Quiz

If you can answer all ten questions correctly you certainly know your stuff.

A multiple-choice quiz by trojan11. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
trojan11

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
236,642

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
799

Last 3 plays: Johnmcmanners (10/10), Guest 207 (6/10), Guest 38 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Richard had a deformed right shoulder.

True

False

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where was Richard born? Hint

Warwick

Gloucester

Carlisle

Fotheringhay

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Question 3 of 10

3. Richard's father, Richard Duke of York, was the most important noble in which of the following? Hint

England, Ireland and Wales

England, Ireland and Scotland

England and Wales

England

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Question 4 of 10

4. The Earl of Warwick and the Duke of Clarence staged a coup d'etat in 1469 and rebelled again in 1470. Against whom did they rebel? Hint

Henry VII

Richard III

Edward IV

Henry VI

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Question 5 of 10

5. Whom did Richard arrest at around Christmas 1472 at Stratford le Bow and later imprison? Hint

Earl of Warwick

The princes

Elizabeth, Countess of Oxford

Lord Hastings

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Question 6 of 10

6. In 1483 Parliament authorized the royal family to wear especially splendid clothes forbidden to ordinary dukes and duchesses.

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. The most reliable and often used source for the life of Richard is Thomas More's 'The Life of King Richard'.

True

False

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Question 8 of 10

8. Many things have been said about Richard III. Which of the below is true? Hint

He was an actor through and through

His devotions were mere posturing

He was a deeply religious man

He did not believe in any God

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who commanded the Tudor vanguard at the battle of Bosworth in 1485 which saw the end of Richard and his line as kings of England? Hint

Earl of Oxford

Sir John Cheney

Henry Tudor

The Duke of Norfolk

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Question 10 of 10

10. King Richard fell at Bosworth. How was he killed? Hint

Slain honourably in combat by opposing knights

Butchered horribly by Welsh pikemen

Unhorsed and crushed in the melee by enemy cavalry

Struck by several arrows

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Richard had a deformed right shoulder.

Answer: False

Portraits displaying Richard with this deformity were touched up after his death.

2. Where was Richard born?

Answer: Fotheringhay

Richard was born at Fotheringhay castle in 1452.

3. Richard's father, Richard Duke of York, was the most important noble in which of the following?

Answer: England, Ireland and Wales

Richard Duke of York was of no importance to the Scots at all.

4. The Earl of Warwick and the Duke of Clarence staged a coup d'etat in 1469 and rebelled again in 1470. Against whom did they rebel?

Answer: Edward IV

Warwick was furious at being humiliated over Edward's marriage plans and the destruction of his foreign policy caused by Edward's future plans. Warwick planned an English alliance with France through marriage of the two royal houses and was in France making the arrangements when news came that Edward had gone his own way and chosen someone else. Warwick was left with a good deal of egg on his face and he determined, as he had made Edward King, that he would bring him down, too. Clarence was Clarence and always wanted more than he could get and so sided with Warwick against his brother King Edward 1V.

However, a change of heart brought him back into the family fold at the last and most critical moment. But his scheming finally eroded Edward's patience and later he had his brother executed for treason.

5. Whom did Richard arrest at around Christmas 1472 at Stratford le Bow and later imprison?

Answer: Elizabeth, Countess of Oxford

Richard arrested Elizabeth at a nunnery where he bullied the old lady into giving him what he wanted, above all her lands.

6. In 1483 Parliament authorized the royal family to wear especially splendid clothes forbidden to ordinary dukes and duchesses.

Answer: True

Those boys and girls knew how to look good; they also knew how to make sure that they looked better than anybody else. What better than an act of Parliament preventing the natty dressers of the time from competing? Imagine that happening now!

7. The most reliable and often used source for the life of Richard is Thomas More's 'The Life of King Richard'.

Answer: False

Thomas More was only five years of age in 1483 and therefore his account cannot be relied upon.

8. Many things have been said about Richard III. Which of the below is true?

Answer: He was a deeply religious man

Richard was a devout man. He despised his elder brother's court which he regarded as a sink of filth. For that reason he rarely attended court. Books known to have belonged to Richard show marks of much repeated reading and in particular his personal bible was extremely well thumbed.

9. Who commanded the Tudor vanguard at the battle of Bosworth in 1485 which saw the end of Richard and his line as kings of England?

Answer: Earl of Oxford

Oxford commanded here and it is said that he personally had Norfolk executed on the battlefield. As if he had the time!

10. King Richard fell at Bosworth. How was he killed?

Answer: Butchered horribly by Welsh pikemen

He was wearing plate armour and when he fell in the mud Welsh Pikemen stabbed and ripped at his flesh through the joins in his armour. It was an agonizing and frightful death.

Source: Author trojan11

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