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