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Who Made These Quotes? II Trivia Quiz

See if you know who spoke these tricky English history quotes.

A multiple-choice quiz by Jaffas85. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Jaffas85

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
55,937

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
954

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who said, 'I understand not, most mighty King, how you should retain such hope! Your wife I cannot be, both in respect of my own unworthiness and also because you have a Queen already. Your mistress I will not be. How could I injure a princess of such great virtue?'? Hint

Anne Boleyn

Jane Seymour

Elizabeth Blount

Alys of France

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who said, 'After God, I desire to obey no one but the Emperor whom I have always looked upon as a father. I am determined to follow his Majesty's advice and choose whomever he may recommend.'? Hint

Queen Elizabeth I

Anne of Cleves

Katherine of Aragon

Queen Mary I

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who said, 'I am here, no traitor to the King, but a priest. Why do you seek me? I am ready to suffer in His name, who redeemed me by his blood.'? Hint

Thomas Becket

Archbishop Cranmer

Thomas Wolsey

Archbishop Warham

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who said, 'What wonder if we lack the natural affections of mankind? We are from the devil, and must needs go back to the devil.'? Hint

King Henry VIII

King Edward III

King Richard I

William the Conquerer

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who said, 'Her majesty will make trial of me, how I love her and what will discourage me from her service, but resolved I am that no worldly respect shall draw me back from my faithful discharge of my duty towards her, though she shall show to hate me, as it goeth very near for I find no love or favour at all.'? Hint

Robert Dudley

Christopher Hatton

Phillip II of Spain

Sir Walter Raleigh

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who said, 'When I am dead, they shall succeed that have most right. If the Queen your sovereign be that person, I shall never hurt her; if another have better right, it would not be reasonable to require me to do a manifest injury.'? Hint

Queen Mary I

Queen Elizabeth I

Mary, Queen of Scots

Queen Victoria

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who said, 'You can think how astonished others will be when they see us, the Queen of England and me according so well.'? Hint

Phillip II of Spain

Mary, Queen of Scots

King Henri II of France

Duke of Norfolk

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who said, 'I am the King's faithful subject. I say no harm, I think no harm, but I wish everybody good. If this be not good enough to keep a man alive, in good faith, I long not to live.'? Hint

Thomas More

Richard II

Thomas Wolsey

Henry VI

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who said, 'I see nothing in this woman as men report of her and I marvel that wise men would make such report as they have done.'? Hint

Henry VIII

Thomas Seymour

Eustace Chapuys

Thomas Cromwell

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who said before being executed, 'Good people, I come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same. The fact, indeed, against the Queen's Highness was unlawful, and the consenting there unto by me, I do wash my hands in innocency before God and the face of you, good Christian people.'? Hint

Anne Boleyn

Catherine Howard

Lady Jane Grey

Thomas Cranmer

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Anne Boleyn

This response to Henry VIII's attentions only inflamed Henry's growing desire for Anne Boleyn, who in time became his second wife and the mother of Queen Elizabeth I.

2. Who said, 'After God, I desire to obey no one but the Emperor whom I have always looked upon as a father. I am determined to follow his Majesty's advice and choose whomever he may recommend.'?

Answer: Queen Mary I

Mary I was referring to her cousin the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. Mary deeply trusted her cousin and many English men saw this as a threat to England's interests and feared that England could be swallowed up into the Great Holy Roman Empire.

3. Who said, 'I am here, no traitor to the King, but a priest. Why do you seek me? I am ready to suffer in His name, who redeemed me by his blood.'?

Answer: Thomas Becket

These were the words Thomas Becket spoke shortly before his death by men eager to please their King, Henry II. Becket and the King had been engaging in a quarrel for many years over politics and religion.

4. Who said, 'What wonder if we lack the natural affections of mankind? We are from the devil, and must needs go back to the devil.'?

Answer: King Richard I

Richard was fond of recalling the tale that he was descended from the Devil.

Answer: Robert Dudley

Robert Dudley and Queen Elizabeth I had been friends since they were eight and many expected that they would marry. Hence many courtiers tried to gain preferential treatment with the 'favourite' throughout the reign. Elizabeth could never marry Robert because he was her subject. He was also a commoner and the son and grandson of convicted traitors.

Answer: Queen Elizabeth I

Mary, Queen of Scots would frequently push Elizabeth to be acknowledged as her heir to the throne of England. She felt she was the rightful successor to Elizabeth.

7. Who said, 'You can think how astonished others will be when they see us, the Queen of England and me according so well.'?

Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots was very thrilled to have been granted an interview with her cousin and sister Queen, and hoped they could build better relations together and that Elizabeth would acknowledge Mary as her successor. Unfortunately the interview was cancelled and Mary and Elizabeth would never meet.

8. Who said, 'I am the King's faithful subject. I say no harm, I think no harm, but I wish everybody good. If this be not good enough to keep a man alive, in good faith, I long not to live.'?

Answer: Thomas More

Thomas More was sent to the Tower and condemned to death for not signing and agreeing to Henry VIII's Act of Succession which called for acknowledgment of Anne Boleyn as Queen and Elizabeth Tudor as the King's heir. Thomas and Henry had once been good friends but Thomas did not go along with Henry's monumental changes.

9. Who said, 'I see nothing in this woman as men report of her and I marvel that wise men would make such report as they have done.'?

Answer: Henry VIII

Henry felt very deceived and let down when he first laid eyes upon his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. He was led to believe that she was very beautiful and well accomplished. Blame for this fell squarely on Henry's most trusted servant Thomas Cromwell, and unfortunately this resulted in his execution.

Answer: Lady Jane Grey

Lady Jane Grey felt much remorse for her part in usurping the English throne which through an act of Parliament rightfully belonged to her cousin Mary. Mary Tudor intended not to execute her cousin and wished to wait until things died down, but was persuaded that a coup could once again be launched in her name, and Mary capitulated and had her cousin, Lady Jane Grey executed in 1554.

Source: Author Jaffas85

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