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Wives of King Henry VIII

Can you name all of King Henry VIII's wives?
Quiz by lilig48
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Last updated: December 7, 2019
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First submittedSeptember 14, 2012
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Average score83.3%
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Fate
Wife
1
Banished
Catherine of Aragon
2
Beheaded
Anne Boleyn
3
Died after childbirth
Jane Seymour
4
Marriage not consummated
Anne of Cleves
5
Beheaded
Catherine Howard
6
Widowed
Catherine Parr
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Level 32
Mar 30, 2014
100%!!!!:)
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Level 74
Oct 4, 2014
0%!!!!:(
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Level 18
Aug 9, 2015
100% With 1:13 left
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Level 38
Sep 9, 2015
100% with 1:35 left!
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Level 56
May 21, 2016
...with 1:43 left!
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Level 27
Jun 1, 2016
... with 1, 42 left!!
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Level 68
Jun 1, 2016
1:50 left. Glad to see my masters degree in Tudor history is making itself useful today. :D
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Level 53
Jun 2, 2022
1:50 left too, with just History A-Level hahaha
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Level 35
Jul 9, 2022
1:51, taking History GCSE lol
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Level 45
Mar 16, 2023
1:53, obsessed with six the musical
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Level 71
Oct 1, 2023
1:51 left ... First read about Henry VIII as a teenager - fascinating just because the Tudor story is so different from our American history books.
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Level 74
May 10, 2016
Too easy. Could have been a little harder if you had to type the entire name.
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Level 74
May 10, 2016
Beheaded, banished. . . .. reminds me

divorced, beheaded, died . . .

divorced, beheaded, survived.

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Level 38
Jun 2, 2016
HORRIBLE HISTORIES!!
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Level 31
Jun 2, 2016
That rhyme came waaaaaaaaaaay before the program
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Level 70
Jul 6, 2019
"Annulled, annulled, died, annulled, executed, widowed" would be more accurate, but it makes less of a rhyme.
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Level 47
Mar 11, 2022
''Died, died, died, died, died, died’’ Would make more sense since they all died eventually, but that would make it less of a rhyme.
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Level 78
Nov 1, 2023
...even more of a rhyme surely?
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Level 44
Oct 10, 2023
AND TONIGHT WE ARE LIVEEEEEE
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Level 45
Jun 1, 2016
Seriously you barely need a minute for this quiz!
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Level 31
Jun 2, 2016
10 seconds would be more of an appropriate time for a challenge
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Level 71
Jun 4, 2016
This is a knowledge quiz, not a typing challenge.
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Level 59
Jul 6, 2019
The minimum time is 15 seconds.
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Level 73
Jun 1, 2016
this was just n the front page a few days ago
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Level 57
Jun 2, 2016
I swear one of the Catherines had their name spelt with a K and not a C. Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm not
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Level 31
Jun 2, 2016
You're wrong
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Level 74
Jun 2, 2016
yeah, I've seen it so too - I guess there wasn't a great deal of conformity 500+ years back
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Level 74
Jun 2, 2016
or even 400; can't count today
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Level 46
Jun 6, 2016
i'm pretty sure it was Catherine of Aragon, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr but don't trust me lol
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Level 53
Nov 19, 2021
According to my school, they were spelled:

• Katherine

• Catherine

• Kateryn

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Level 67
Oct 8, 2023
Seriously guys, spelling in those days was incredibly random. iirc, there are six surviving signatures of Shakespeare, and none of them did he spell the same... weirdly, none of them are the current spelling that we use today, either. Go figure.
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Level 82
Jun 3, 2016
My uncle married three women with the same name, too. Three Karens.
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Level 71
Jun 4, 2016
That way if you talk in your sleep your still safe.
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Level 78
Apr 12, 2017
at the same time or one after the other?
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Level 82
Dec 19, 2021
sequentially
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Level 75
Jul 6, 2019
At least they were in series. My brothers' wives had the same names, and my sons-in-law have the same first and middle names. It makes things a bit complicated.
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Level 70
Dec 19, 2021
Is your uncle Ron Swanson? Hope he calls them Karen I, Karen II, and Karen III. Bonus if his mother's name is also Karen and he carries around a seemingly indecipherable note in his wallet that only the man who one day murders him will be able to understand.
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Level 46
Jun 6, 2016
1:52 left ayoo
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Level 84
May 31, 2017
Henry VIII seems like such a nice guy. Good thing all that power wasn't entrusted to some whacko.
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Level 83
Sep 18, 2017
Curious how the British history curriculum thinks it is of paramount importance to learn Henry VIII's wives by rote.
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Level 82
Dec 19, 2021
Yep. And who invented what machine in the industrial revolution, also vital.

Our record of colonial atrocities, though...not so much.

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Level 62
Dec 21, 2017
Who would willingly go into marriage with somebody who beheaded and banished multiple previous wives? Catherine Parr was quite the thrill seeker
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Level 76
Jul 7, 2019
Ummm when it's the king of England in the time period you didn't have a choice.
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Level 28
Apr 27, 2020
You didn't really get a choice. If the king decided he fancied you, you married him.
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Level 80
May 16, 2018
Anne of Green Gables isn't working. Somehow.
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Level 88
Aug 15, 2018
What an absolute piece of crap this guy was.
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Level 89
Jul 6, 2019
One of many.
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Level 70
Dec 19, 2021
There was even an enviable position in the Tudor court called the Groom of the Stool who was responsible for transporting the king's plush, velvet and silk lined portable toilet whenever needed and chronicling its use.
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Level 59
Dec 20, 2021
enviable huh?
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Level 75
Feb 3, 2023
Pretty much like the majority of English kings and kings in general. And men in general, especially in medieval times. lol
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Level 33
Oct 1, 2023
men are dogs.... and dogs are men.... but dogs arent men... and men arent dogs.... you geti t... espeically as you get older..... im getting older...... just old hahaHAHA
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Level 35
Jul 6, 2019
Amazing quiz but you should change the C in Catherine to a K for Katherine Parr.
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Level ∞
Jul 6, 2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Parr
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Level 28
Jul 6, 2019
1.51 left time should be alot less make it a challenge
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Level 43
Sep 1, 2019
dad?
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Level 44
Oct 23, 2020
100%, 5 points and 1:36 left
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Level 60
Jan 2, 2021
Ah yes...

Divorced Beheaded Died, Divorced Beheaded Survived.

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Level 61
Jun 14, 2021
Thank you to the song "Ex-Wives" from the Six soundtrack
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Level 58
Dec 20, 2021
I'm not British, not European, not American, english is not even my first language and we are barely thought uks history besides industrial revolution at school, however, thanks for Six (the musical) hahahah