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Who Made These Quotes? Trivia Quiz

See if you know who spoke these English history quotes.

A multiple-choice quiz by Jaffas85. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Jaffas85

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
55,553

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1989

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who said, 'This is the Lord's doing and it is marvellous in our eyes.'? Hint

Queen Elizabeth I

Empress Maude

Queen Victoria

Queen Mary I

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who said, at her execution, 'Into Thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit'? Hint

Catherine Howard

Anne Boleyn

Margaret Pole

Mary, Queen of Scots

3. Who said, 'I much more willingly put them off than I put them on. Out of obedience to you and my mother I have grievously sinned. Now I willingly relinquish the crown. May I not go home?' ? Hint

Empress Maude

Mary, Queen of Scots

Queen Mary I

Lady Jane Grey

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who said 'I don't wish to make windows into men's souls' ? Hint

Elizabeth Wydville

Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth I

Margaret of Anjou

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who said 'I am not the Princess Dowager but the Queen, and the King's true wife! And since I have been crowned and annointed Queen, so I will call myself during my lifetime'? Hint

Katherine of Aragon

Anne Boleyn

Margaret of Anjou

Eleanor of Aquitaine

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who said 'Who will not rid me of this turbulent priest?' ? Hint

Henry II

King Henry VIII

Queen Elizabeth I

King Edward III

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who said 'I am the martyr of the people. I die a Christian according to the profession of the Church of England as I found it left to me by my father'? Hint

Thomas More

Lady Jane Grey

Richard III

Charles I

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who said 'Who is this unknown Welshman?'? Hint

Henry VII

Edward IV

Richard III

Henry VIII

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who said 'Your beauty and other excellent qualities have so bewitched me that I am no longer master of myself'? Hint

Thomas Wyatt

Edward Seymour

Thomas Seymour

Henry VIII

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who said 'Today dies a man of much wit, but very little judgement'? Hint

Queen Mary I

King Edward VI

Catherine Parr

Queen Elizabeth I

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who said, 'This is the Lord's doing and it is marvellous in our eyes.'?

Answer: Queen Elizabeth I

These were the words Elizabeth Tudor uttered upon learning of her accession to the English Crown in November of 1558.

2. Who said, at her execution, 'Into Thy hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit'?

Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots

These were the words Mary, Queen of Scots, uttered moments before her execution in Fotheringhay Castle.

3. Who said, 'I much more willingly put them off than I put them on. Out of obedience to you and my mother I have grievously sinned. Now I willingly relinquish the crown. May I not go home?' ?

Answer: Lady Jane Grey

Under a tidal wave of popularity Mary Tudor took her place as the rightful Queen of England after the brief nine day reign of the unfortunate Lady Jane Grey.

4. Who said 'I don't wish to make windows into men's souls' ?

Answer: Queen Elizabeth I

A famous quote of Queen Elizabeth I.

5. Who said 'I am not the Princess Dowager but the Queen, and the King's true wife! And since I have been crowned and annointed Queen, so I will call myself during my lifetime'?

Answer: Katherine of Aragon

This was what Katherine of Aragon remarked after being informed that after the marriage of Henry and Anne Boleyn that she was to be referred to simply as the 'Princess Dowager', and that she had never truthfully been the King's wife.

6. Who said 'Who will not rid me of this turbulent priest?' ?

Answer: Henry II

Henry II was referring to his enemy and one time friend Thomas Becket who was always opposing the King's views on politics and religion.

7. Who said 'I am the martyr of the people. I die a Christian according to the profession of the Church of England as I found it left to me by my father'?

Answer: Charles I

Charles I put on a coat before his execution as it was a cold day and he didn't want anyone to mistake his shivering for fear.

8. Who said 'Who is this unknown Welshman?'?

Answer: Richard III

Richard was referring to the young Welshman by the name of Henry Tudor who had designs upon Richard's throne.

9. Who said 'Your beauty and other excellent qualities have so bewitched me that I am no longer master of myself'?

Answer: Thomas Seymour

Thomas Seymour was very enamoured with the Lady Elizabeth and their mutual infatuation developed at Chelsea Manor while they were both living with the Queen Dowager, Catherine Parr.

10. Who said 'Today dies a man of much wit, but very little judgement'?

Answer: Queen Elizabeth I

These were Elizabeth's comments about Thomas Seymour shortly after his execution in 1549.

Source: Author Jaffas85

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