Yours Truly, Your Mistress Trivia Quiz

Answer: Nell Gwynn

Eleanor "Nell" Gwynn was one of the many mistresses of King Charles II. Originally employed as an orange seller at London's Bridges Street Theatre she soon became an actress, one of the first females to do so, as prior to then most female parts had been played by young males. She bore Charles at least one illegitimate son and was one of his long term mistresses.

Lily Langtry was a mistress of King Edward VII.
Alice Kepple was a mistress of King Edward VII.
Barbara Villers was a mistress of King Charles II.

Answer: Emma Hamilton

Emma, Lady Hamilton, was the mistress of Lord Horatio Nelson for many years, bearing him a daughter Horatia. She was married to Sir William Hamilton, who was some years older than her, and the affair seems to have been tolerated and possibly even encouraged, by him. He died in 1803, but Nelson did not marry Emma. After his death in 1805 the Government ignored his wishes to look after her and his daughter and she died in poverty in 1815.

Sally Hemmings was the mistress of Thomas Jefferson.
Elizabeth Throckmorton was the wife of Walter Raleigh.
Elizabeth Carew was a mistress of Henry VIII.

Answer: Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton had a torrid affair that started on the set of "Cleopatra" (1963). He was married to Sybil Williams at the time, and they divorced in 1963.He married Elizabeth Taylor for the first time in 1964. They divorced in 1974, but remarried in October 1975. However this did not last and they divorced again in July 1976. During their time together Burton purchased some magnificent jewellery for Elizabeth Taylor including the Krupp diamond, and a massive 69.42 carat pear shaped diamond, which has become known as the Taylor-Burton diamond.

Zsa Zsa Gabor, Ava Gardner and Lauren Bacall are all famous actresses. Ms Gabor is famous for her multiple marriages.

Answer: Marilyn Monroe

In the years since his death it has been alleged that President John Kennedy had affairs with several women, including actresses Angie Dickinson and Marilyn Monroe. It is also alleged that Miss Monroe had an affair with his brother, Robert, possibly simultaneously. Since her death, declared suicide, there have been several conspiracy theories to suggest she was murdered to prevent the affair becoming public.

Jayne Mansfield, Jean Harlow and Gina Lollobrigida are all famous actresses of the period.

Answer: Christine Keeler

The Profumo affair hit the headlines in 1963. John Profumo, Minister for War in Harold Macmillan's cabinet, had an affair with Christine Keeler, who was, at the same time, also sleeping with a known Russian spy. Mr Profumo lied in the House of Commons when questioned about it, and was forced to resign when everything eventually became public.

Mandy Rice Davis was involved in the Profumo Affair.
Twiggy and Jean Shrimpton were famous 1960s models.

Answer: Mary Boleyn

Henry began an affair with Mary Boleyn in around 1521, but when her sister, Anne, returned to Court from France in 1522 he quickly changed his affections and began his pursuit of her instead. Mary enjoyed no influence, status or power from her royal affair, which is thought to have ended in around 1526, just before the birth of her second child. Anne Boleyn refused to become his mistress and held out for several years. Henry VIII eventually married her in 1533.

Bessie Blount, Elizabeth Wyatt and Anne Hastings were all mistresses of Henry VIII.

Answer: Monica Lewinsky

Monica Lewinsky was a White House intern who became involved in a relationship with President Bill Clinton. In a strongly worded denial Clinton said "I did not have sexual relations with that woman". In subsequent testimony to a grand jury Miss Lewinsky admitted the affair and produced a stained blue dress which she had saved, and had not had cleaned. This provided DNA evidence and President Clinton was eventually impeached for perjury, obstruction of justice and malfeasance in office. He was acquitted by the Senate on February 12 1999.

Gennifer Flowers was another of Bill Clinton's alleged mistresses.
Judith Exner was an alleged mistress of John Kennedy.
Blaze Starr was the mistress of Louisiana Governor, Earl Long.

Answer: Edwina Currie

In 2002 Edwina Currie revealed that she had indulged in a four year affair with Prime Minister John Major. Mr Major admitted the affair but described it as a shameful episode which his wife, Norma, knew about and had forgiven him for. Edwina Currie was always a colourful character. John Major seemed an unlikely candidate for an affair with anyone. Having once famously stated that he tucked his shirt into his underpants he was generally regarded as rather nice and somewhat dull.

Sarah Keyes was the mistress of Cecil Parkinson.
Alison Adams was the mistress of Alan Clark.
Tracey Temple was the mistress of John Prescott.

Answer: Antonia de Sancha

In July 1992 David Mellor resigned as Heritage Minister after constant press stories about his affair with actress Antonia de Sancha. She sold her story to the tabloids and the allegation that captured the public imagination was that Mr Mellor liked to make love wearing a Chelsea football shirt. He was an admitted Chelsea supporter. Mr Mellor remained Conservative MP for Putney until 1997 when he lost his seat to Labour in the General Election.

Tricia Howard was the mistress of Paddy Ashdown.
Sally Farmiloe was the mistress of Jeffrey Archer.
Emily Barr was the mistress of Hartley Booth.

Answer: Rebecca Loos

In April 2004 a story appeared in the British press claiming that David Beckham had had a four month affair with his personal assistant Rebecca Loos. Rebecca, who speaks fluent Spanish, was his assistant during the transitional period when he moved from Manchester United to Real Madrid, and claimed that the affair started because his wife, Victoria, spent much of her time in England pursuing her own career. She claimed that in addition to spending nights with him they had "sex text" up to 30 times a day. David Beckham denied her claims.

Saleh Kazemi was the mistress of Steve McNair who killed him and herself.
Jaimie Grubbs was one of Tiger Woods mistresses.
Danielle Bux was the mistress of Gary Linnekar.