Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria - Quiz
Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria
  • 1. Who was the King of the Belgians in relation to Queen Victoria?
A) Double first cousin twice removed
B) First cousin
C) Half-nephew
D) First cousin once removed
  • 2. Which relative was the Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg to the late Queen?
A) First cousin twice removed
B) Half-great-nephew
C) Half-nephew
D) First cousin
  • 3. Who represented the King of Saxony at the funeral?
A) The Duke of Aosta
B) Prince Arnulf of Bavaria
C) The King of the Belgians
D) The Duke of Saxony
  • 4. What relation was Count Edward Gleichen to the late Queen?
A) First cousin
B) Half-great-nephew
C) Half-nephew
D) First cousin twice removed
  • 5. Who represented the Austrian Emperor at the funeral?
A) Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria
B) The King of the Hellenes
C) The Duke of Aosta
D) Prince Mohammed Ali Tewfik
  • 6. Who represented the King of Italy?
A) The Duke of Aosta
B) The Crown Prince of Siam
C) The King of Portugal
D) The Duke of Saxony
  • 7. Who represented the Russian Emperor?
A) Prince Ernst of Saxe-Altenburg
B) The Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway
C) Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia
D) The Prince of Hohenzollern
  • 8. Who represented the Khedive of Egypt and Sudan?
A) The Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
B) The Thakore Sahib of Morvi
C) The Crown Prince of Siam
D) Prince Mohammed Ali Tewfik
  • 9. What was the relationship of Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the late Queen?
A) First cousin once removed
B) Half-nephew
C) First cousin
D) Double first cousin twice removed
  • 10. Who represented the King of Württemberg?
A) Duke Robert of Württemberg
B) The Prince of Hohenzollern
C) Prince Arnulf of Bavaria
D) Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar
  • 11. Who represented the King of Denmark?
A) The Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway
B) The Crown Prince of Denmark
C) The King of the Hellenes
D) The Crown Prince of Siam
  • 12. What relation was Prince Leopold Clement of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to the late Queen?
A) Half-great-nephew
B) First cousin twice removed
C) First cousin once removed
D) Double first cousin twice removed
  • 13. Who represented the Prince Regent of Bavaria?
A) Prince Ernst of Saxe-Altenburg
B) The Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
C) Prince Arnulf of Bavaria
D) The Prince of Hohenzollern
  • 14. Who represented the King of Siam?
A) The Crown Prince of Siam
B) The Crown Prince of Denmark
C) The Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway
D) Prince Mohammed Ali Tewfik
  • 15. What is the relationship between The King of the United Kingdom and the late Queen Victoria?
A) Husband
B) Grandson
C) Son
D) Brother
  • 16. How was the German Emperor related to Queen Victoria?
A) Grandson
B) Son
C) Great-grandson
D) Nephew
  • 17. What relation was Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife to Queen Victoria?
A) Granddaughter
B) Niece
C) Daughter
D) Great-granddaughter
  • 18. What was the relationship between The Crown Prince of Romania and Queen Victoria?
A) Son-in-law
B) Grandson-in-law
C) Grandson
D) Great-grandson
  • 19. On what day of the week was Queen Victoria's funeral service held?
A) Monday
B) Saturday
C) Friday
D) Sunday
  • 20. Where was Queen Victoria's funeral service held?
A) St Paul's Cathedral
B) Westminster Abbey
C) St George's Chapel
D) Frogmore Mausoleum
  • 21. What prayer did Charles Gounod contribute to the service?
A) The Sevenfold Amen
B) The Lord's Prayer in Latin
C) Psalm 15
D) Man that is born
  • 22. Why was the traditional 'Dead March' from Saul not played at the funeral?
A) Victoria disliked Handel's music
B) The organist could not play it
C) It was reserved for the interment
D) It was too long
  • 23. Which composer's funeral march was actually played instead of Handel's?
A) Ludwig van Beethoven
B) Johann Heinrich Walch
C) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
D) Henry Purcell
  • 24. How long did Queen Victoria's body lie in state at St George's Chapel?
A) Two days
B) One week
C) One day
D) Three days
  • 25. Where was Queen Victoria finally interred?
A) Westminster Abbey
B) Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore
C) Windsor Castle
D) St George's Chapel
  • 26. What music did the pipers play during the final part of the journey to the mausoleum?
A) The Sevenfold Amen
B) The Black Watch Dead March
C) How blest are they
D) Psalm 15
  • 27. Who sculpted the tomb effigy of Queen Victoria?
A) Henry Purcell
B) Sir Arthur Sullivan
C) Baron Carlo Marochetti
D) Sir John Stainer
  • 28. In what year was the tomb effigy of Queen Victoria finally installed?
A) 1899
B) 1861
C) 1900
D) 1901
  • 29. Which composer wrote the anthem 'The face of death' used at the interment?
A) Sir Arthur Sullivan
B) Thomas Tallis
C) Sir John Stainer
D) William Croft
  • 30. At what age did Queen Victoria die?
A) 84
B) 78
C) 81
D) 87
  • 31. Where did Queen Victoria die?
A) Buckingham Palace
B) Kensington Palace
C) Osborne House
D) Windsor Castle
  • 32. What color was the dress Queen Victoria was buried in?
A) Black
B) Purple
C) Silver
D) White
  • 33. Whose dressing gown was placed by Victoria's side in the coffin?
A) Prince Arthur
B) Albert
C) John Brown
D) Edward VII
  • 34. Who served as pallbearers at Victoria's funeral?
A) Dukes
B) Military Generals
C) Equerries
D) Princes
  • 35. How was the coffin conveyed for the first time in a royal funeral?
A) By pallbearers
B) By gun carriage
C) By automobile
D) By horse-drawn hearse
  • 36. What was the name of the ship that carried Victoria's body from Cowes?
A) HMY Alberta
B) HMS Excellent
C) HMY Windsor
D) HMY Victoria
  • 37. What animals were used to pull the gun carriage through London?
A) Bay horses
B) Sailors
C) Cream horses
D) Black horses
  • 38. Who ended up pulling the gun carriage at Windsor?
A) Dukes
B) The Royal Horse Artillery
C) The royal family
D) Sailors
  • 39. Which foreign leader was in attendance at the funeral?
A) The Tsar of Russia
B) Wilhelm II
C) The President of France
D) The King of Spain
  • 40. How long had it been since the last burial of a monarch at the time of Victoria's death?
A) 40 years
B) 50 years
C) 25 years
D) 64 years
  • 41. Where was the only London event held regarding the funeral?
A) Between railway stations
B) Westminster Hall
C) Buckingham Palace
D) The Tower of London
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