Royal Collection - Quiz
Royal Collection
  • 1. In what year was the Royal Collection Trust established?
A) 1993
B) 2020
C) 1989
D) 2012
  • 2. Which event prompted the creation of the Royal Collection Trust?
A) The opening of a new museum
B) The Windsor Castle fire
C) A change in royal succession
D) The COVID-19 pandemic
  • 3. Does the Royal Collection Trust have responsibility for buildings?
A) No
B) Yes, only Windsor Castle
C) Yes, all royal buildings
D) Only for maintenance of exteriors
  • 4. How many staff members does the Royal Collection Trust employ approximately?
A) 500
B) 29
C) 1000
D) 130
  • 5. Where is the studio responsible for the conservation of furniture and decorative objects located?
A) Marlborough House
B) Buckingham Palace
C) Palace of Holyroodhouse
D) Windsor Castle
  • 6. How is the Royal Collection Trust funded?
A) Government funding
B) Public tax subsidies
C) Through entrance fees and sales
D) Private donations only
  • 7. How much money did the Trust lose during 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
A) £10 million
B) £29 million
C) £130 million
D) £64 million
  • 8. When were the roles of Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures and Works of Art reinstated after the pandemic redundancies?
A) December 2020
B) June 2022
C) December 2023
D) January 2021
  • 9. Which entity appoints the Management Board?
A) The Operations Board
B) The Government
C) The Board of Trustees
D) The Sovereign
  • 10. Who is the current Director of the Royal Collection?
A) James Leigh-Pemberton
B) Michelle Lockhart
C) Keith Harrison
D) Tim Knox
  • 11. Which of the following is NOT an officer of the Royal Household listed as a Trustee?
A) The Keeper of the Privy Purse
B) The Private Secretary to the Sovereign
C) The Director of the Royal Collection
D) The Lord Chamberlain
  • 12. What is the primary focus of the Operations Board?
A) Operational issues and delivery of strategy
B) Financial auditing
C) Writing books about the collection
D) Acquisition of new art pieces
  • 13. Who is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees?
A) Clive Alderton
B) James Leigh-Pemberton
C) Marc Bolland
D) Tim Knox
  • 14. What is the legal status of the Royal Collection Trust?
A) Public limited company
B) Sole proprietorship
C) Company limited by guarantee and Registered Charity
D) Government department
  • 15. Who serves as the Librarian and Assistant Keeper of The Royal Archives?
A) Caroline de Guitaut
B) Stella Panayotova
C) Gwen Hamilton
D) Anna Reynolds
  • 16. Who owns the Royal Collection?
A) The public
B) It is privately owned
C) The Royal Collection Trust
D) The British government
  • 17. What happens to non-personal items in the collection?
A) They are donated to national museums
B) They can be sold at public auction
C) They become public property
D) They can only be willed to the monarch's successor
  • 18. According to the Duke of Edinburgh in 2000, what is the monarch's liberty regarding the collection?
A) They can only sell duplicates
B) They are strictly forbidden from selling them
C) They are perfectly at liberty to sell them
D) They must have parliamentary approval to sell
  • 19. What did Iain Sproat state regarding selling objects from the collection?
A) It requires approval from the House of Commons
B) It is prohibited by law
C) It is entirely a matter for the Queen
D) It is the responsibility of the Lord Chamberlain
  • 20. What happens to duplicates of items in the Royal Collection?
A) They are destroyed
B) They are given away as presents within the Commonwealth
C) They are kept in storage indefinitely
D) They are sold to the public
  • 21. What might happen if the UK became a republic, regarding the collection?
A) The monarch might require compensation under the European Convention on Human Rights
B) The collection would be divided among the heirs
C) The collection would automatically become state property
D) The collection would be sold to pay off national debt
  • 22. What is the primary reason minor items have been sold in the past?
A) To clear storage space
B) To settle royal debts
C) To raise money for acquisitions
D) To pay for palace repairs
  • 23. When was the European Convention on Human Rights incorporated into British law?
A) 1971
B) 1995
C) 2000
D) 1998
  • 24. Which artist is mentioned as having modern art acquired by Elizabeth II?
A) Salvador Dali
B) Lucian Freud
C) Claude Monet
D) Pablo Picasso
  • 25. How many paintings were acquired by the Queen in the first 50 years of her reign (excluding works on paper)?
A) 2,500
B) 20
C) 7,000
D) 75
  • 26. When was a new department of the Royal Household established to oversee the Royal Collection?
A) 1991
B) 1987
C) 1952
D) 1993
  • 27. How many items were accessible on the Royal Collection website in August 2026?
A) 7,000
B) 300,093
C) 20
D) 2,500
  • 28. Approximately how many paintings are in the Royal Collection?
A) 300,093
B) 7,000
C) 500
D) 2,500
  • 29. What is the King's Gallery?
A) The private residence of the monarch
B) A library for royal manuscripts
C) A museum for ancient armour
D) A purpose-built exhibition centre
  • 30. Who currently owns the Royal Collection?
A) The British Museum
B) The Royal Collection Trust
C) King Charles III
D) The British Government
  • 31. Which monarch was a passionate collector of Italian paintings and a patron of van Dyck?
A) George III
B) Charles II
C) George IV
D) Charles I
  • 32. Who is responsible for the collection's outstanding holdings of Old Master drawings?
A) George III
B) Albert
C) Charles II
D) George IV
  • 33. Which monarch is primarily responsible for the collection's 18th-century French furniture and porcelain?
A) George III
B) Queen Victoria
C) George IV
D) Charles I
  • 34. Where are the 65,000 printed books of the King's Library, originally formed by George III, currently located?
A) Windsor Castle
B) The British Library
C) The Royal Collection Trust archives
D) Buckingham Palace
  • 35. From whom did George III buy a collection that included over 40 Canalettos?
A) Alessandro Albani
B) Joseph 'Consul' Smith
C) Charles I
D) Frederick Augusta Barnard
  • 36. How many drawings by Leonardo da Vinci are in the Royal Collection?
A) 550
B) 144
C) 200
D) 85
  • 37. How many drawings by Hans Holbein the Younger are in the Royal Collection?
A) 144
B) 550
C) 200
D) 85
  • 38. To which historical figure did the "war coat" in the costume collection belong?
A) Tipu Sultan
B) George III
C) Louis XIV
D) Napoleon Bonaparte
  • 39. How many items are in the Gems and Jewels collection kept at Windsor Castle?
A) 550
B) 300
C) 277
D) 144
  • 40. When was the catalogue 'Ancient and Modern Gems and Jewels in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen' published?
A) 1862
B) 2019
C) 1872
D) 2008
  • 41. In 2019, how many Leonardo da Vinci drawings were displayed in the King's Gallery at Buckingham Palace?
A) 550
B) 85
C) 144
D) 200
  • 42. Who authored the 1985 book about Early Flemish pictures in the Royal Collection?
A) Christopher White
B) John Shearman
C) Lorne Campbell
D) Oliver Millar
  • 43. Which author wrote 'The Queen's Pictures' published in 1977?
A) Hugh Roberts
B) Andrew Martindale
C) Vanessa Remington
D) Oliver Millar
  • 44. Who wrote 'The Later Italian Pictures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen'?
A) Michael Levey
B) John Shearman
C) Christopher White
D) Christopher Lloyd
  • 45. What is the subject of Christopher White's 2016 book?
A) Victorian Pictures
B) Georgian Miniatures
C) Dutch Pictures
D) Early Italian Pictures
  • 46. Which author wrote about the furnishing and decoration of George IV's apartments at Windsor?
A) Oliver Millar
B) Hugh Roberts
C) Jennifer Scott
D) Anna Reynolds
  • 47. Vanessa Remington authored a book about which specific collection type in 2010?
A) Tudor fashion
B) Later Italian pictures
C) Early Flemish pictures
D) Victorian Miniatures
  • 48. Who is the author of 'In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion'?
A) Anna Reynolds
B) Lorne Campbell
C) Oliver Millar
D) Graham Reynolds
  • 49. John Shearman is the author of a book regarding which type of Royal Collection paintings?
A) The Early Italian Pictures
B) The Later Italian Pictures
C) The Later Flemish Pictures
D) The Early Flemish Pictures
  • 50. Who wrote 'The Paintings in the Royal Collection: A Thematic Exploration'?
A) Christopher Lloyd
B) Oliver Millar
C) Michael Levey
D) Christopher White
  • 51. What is the primary subject of the 2020 book by Desmond Shawe-Taylor?
A) Dutch Landscapes
B) Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace
C) Charles I as Collector
D) The First Georgians
  • 52. In what year was the book 'The First Georgians: Art & Monarchy, 1714–1760' published?
A) 2010
B) 2007
C) 2014
D) 2009
  • 53. Which publication focuses on portrait miniatures from the Royal Collection?
A) Dutch Landscapes
B) The Conversation Piece
C) Enchanting the eye
D) Masterpieces in Little
  • 54. Who authored the 2009 work 'The Conversation Piece, Scenes of Fashionable Life'?
A) Christopher Lloyd
B) Martin Clayton
C) Jane Roberts
D) Desmond Shawe-Taylor
  • 55. Which author co-authored 'Masterpieces in Little' with Christopher Lloyd?
A) Lucy Whitaker
B) Jennifer Scott
C) Martin Clayton
D) Vanessa Remington
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