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1 How many wives of Henry VIII were beheaded?
A Two (Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard)
2 Which historical figure lost her head on 8th February 1587 at Fotheringhay castle, England?
A Mary, Queen of Scots (the only surviving legitimate child of King James V of Scotland. She was six days old when her father died and she acceded to the throne.
3 Which of Henry VIII’s queens lost her head on Tower Hill for High Treason on 19th May 1536?
A Anne Boleyn (adultery, incest and treason)
4 The corpse of which military and political leader did King Charles II order be dug up and beheaded?
A Oliver Cromwell (in 1600, 2 years after his death from natural causes)
5 Who allegedly kept the embalmed head of her beloved husband in a velvet bag until her death circa 1647?
A Lady Raleigh
6 According to the New Testament, who ordered the beheading of John the Baptist?
A Herod (Herod Antipas)
7 In the final act of the William Shakespeare tragedy, who kills and beheads Macbeth?
A Macduff (Lord Macduff, the Thane of Fife)
8 Which English king was beheaded in 1649 –
A Charles I
9 Beheaded in 1483, Anthony Woodville was the brother-in-law of which English king?
A Edward IV (who married Elizabeth Woodville)
10 Which painter’s works include ‘Judith beheading Holofernes’ in 1598 and ‘Supper at Emmaus’ in 1602?
A Caravaggio (accept Michelangelo Merisi)