Platinum Jubilee Quiz  - Answers

  1. In what year did the fire occur in Windsor Castle. 1992
  2. What is the real date of the Queen’s birthday? April 21
  3. What ceremony takes place on the Queen’s Official Birthday? Trooping the Colour
  4. Which member of the Royal Family has appeared in a live episode of Coronation Street? Prince of Wales
  5. Who are the Queen’s bankers? Coutts
  6. How many different Prime Ministers have served the Queen? 14
  7. What was the name of the Queen’s first corgi? Susan
  8. What was the name of the Australian Prime Minister who put his arm around the Queen? Paul Keating
  9. When was the national anthem first performed? 1745
  10. Where is the former Royal Yacht Britannia now berthed? Leith, near Edinburgh
  11. What was the Queen’s mother’s maiden name? Bowes Lyon
  12. What is the name of the Games started by Prince Harry for injured service people? Invictus
  13. What is the Queen’s favourite drink? Gin and Dubonnet
  14. What was the Duke of Edinburgh’s favourite drink? Pale ale
  15. In which year did the Queen and Prince Philip get married? 1947
  16. Who was the Queen’s co star at the Olympics opening ceremony? Daniel Craig
  17. Who is the mother of Tom Parker Bowles? Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
  18. Name the first four in line of succession to the Queen. Charles, William, George, Charlotte
  19. Why was the coronation of Edward VII postponed in 1902? King had appendicitis
  20. Where was the Queen born? 17 Bruton Street Mayfair
  21. Where was the Queen staying when she learned of the death of her father? Kenya
  22. What was the name of the man that Princess Margaret first wanted to marry? Peter Townsend
  23. Who was Prime Minister at the time of the Abdication Crisis? Stanley Baldwin
  24. Which of his wives did Henry VIII behead? Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard
  25. What was the Queen’s nickname with her family when she was a child? Lilibet
  26. Who is Miss Sienna Mapelli Mozzi? Daughter of Princess Beatrice of York
  27. What are the first names of the children of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge? George Alexander Louis, Charlotte Elizabeth Diana, Louis Arthur Charles
  28. What is the official London residence of the Prince of Wales? Clarence House
  29. Where is Prince Edward (Earl of Wessex) in the line of succession to the throne? 14th
  30. Who is in charge of organising a coronation? Duke of Norfolk
  31. Who is the present Master of the Queen’s music? Judith weir
  32. Who is the present Poet Laureate? Simon Armitage
  33. Where is the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony held? The Cenotaph
  34. What was the name of the Royal Family before it became Windsor? Saxe Coburg Gothe
  35. To whom is the Princess Royal married? Timothy Lawrence
  36. Which Duke died in a wartime flying accident in 1942? Duke of Kent
  37. At which University did the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meet? St Andrews
  38. How heavy is the crown the Queen wore at her Coronation? 2.23kg or 4.9 lbs.
  39. Where are Queen Victoria and Prince Albert buried? Frogmore
  40. What is the name of Queen Victoria’s residence on the Isle of Wight? 0sborne
  41. Where was the Duke of Edinburgh born? Corfu
  42. Who made the Queen’s Coronation dress? Norman Hartnell
  43. How many monarchs have there been since William the Conqueror? 40 or 41 – Lady Jane Grey??
  44. On which occasions can you expect to receive a telegram from the Queen? 100, 105 birthdays and each year after 105. 60, 65,70th wedding anniversary and every year thereafter
  45. Where was Charles 1 beheaded? Outside Banqueting House, Whitehall
  46. How many children did Queen Victoria have? 9
  47. What did Prince Albert die from? Typhoid fever
  48. Where are the two private residences of the Queen? Sandringham and Balmoral
  49. For which Honours does the Queen personally select the recipients? Orders of the Garter and Thistle, Order of Merit and Royal Victorian Order
  50. Which British Royals have competed at the Olympic Games? Princess Anne, and her daughter, Zara Tindall