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  • 1. In what year was the Royal Collection Trust established?
A) 1989
B) 2012
C) 2020
D) 1993
  • 2. Which event prompted the creation of the Royal Collection Trust?
A) The COVID-19 pandemic
B) A change in royal succession
C) The opening of a new museum
D) The Windsor Castle fire
  • 3. Does the Royal Collection Trust have responsibility for buildings?
A) Only for maintenance of exteriors
B) Yes, all royal buildings
C) No
D) Yes, only Windsor Castle
  • 4. How many staff members does the Royal Collection Trust employ approximately?
A) 1000
B) 130
C) 500
D) 29
  • 5. Where is the studio responsible for the conservation of furniture and decorative objects located?
A) Palace of Holyroodhouse
B) Buckingham Palace
C) Marlborough House
D) Windsor Castle
  • 6. How is the Royal Collection Trust funded?
A) Government funding
B) Through entrance fees and sales
C) Public tax subsidies
D) Private donations only
  • 7. How much money did the Trust lose during 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic?
A) £10 million
B) £64 million
C) £29 million
D) £130 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) January 2021
C) June 2022
D) December 2023
  • 9. Which entity appoints the Management Board?
A) The Operations Board
B) The Board of Trustees
C) The Government
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 Lord Chamberlain
D) The Director of the Royal Collection
  • 12. What is the primary focus of the Operations Board?
A) Acquisition of new art pieces
B) Financial auditing
C) Writing books about the collection
D) Operational issues and delivery of strategy
  • 13. Who is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees?
A) Tim Knox
B) James Leigh-Pemberton
C) Marc Bolland
D) Clive Alderton
  • 14. What is the legal status of the Royal Collection Trust?
A) Sole proprietorship
B) Company limited by guarantee and Registered Charity
C) Government department
D) Public limited company
  • 15. Who serves as the Librarian and Assistant Keeper of The Royal Archives?
A) Gwen Hamilton
B) Caroline de Guitaut
C) Anna Reynolds
D) Stella Panayotova
  • 16. Who owns the Royal Collection?
A) It is privately owned
B) The British government
C) The Royal Collection Trust
D) The public
  • 17. What happens to non-personal items in the collection?
A) They become public property
B) They can only be willed to the monarch's successor
C) They can be sold at public auction
D) They are donated to national museums
  • 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 must have parliamentary approval to sell
D) They are perfectly at liberty to sell them
  • 19. What did Iain Sproat state regarding selling objects from the collection?
A) It requires approval from the House of Commons
B) It is the responsibility of the Lord Chamberlain
C) It is prohibited by law
D) It is entirely a matter for the Queen
  • 20. What happens to duplicates of items in the Royal Collection?
A) They are given away as presents within the Commonwealth
B) They are destroyed
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 collection would be sold to pay off national debt
B) The collection would be divided among the heirs
C) The collection would automatically become state property
D) The monarch might require compensation under the European Convention on Human Rights
  • 22. What is the primary reason minor items have been sold in the past?
A) To pay for palace repairs
B) To settle royal debts
C) To raise money for acquisitions
D) To clear storage space
  • 23. When was the European Convention on Human Rights incorporated into British law?
A) 2000
B) 1998
C) 1971
D) 1995
  • 24. Which artist is mentioned as having modern art acquired by Elizabeth II?
A) Claude Monet
B) Pablo Picasso
C) Lucian Freud
D) Salvador Dali
  • 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) 1987
B) 1993
C) 1991
D) 1952
  • 27. How many items were accessible on the Royal Collection website in August 2026?
A) 2,500
B) 7,000
C) 20
D) 300,093
  • 28. Approximately how many paintings are in the Royal Collection?
A) 500
B) 2,500
C) 300,093
D) 7,000
  • 29. What is the King's Gallery?
A) The private residence of the monarch
B) A museum for ancient armour
C) A purpose-built exhibition centre
D) A library for royal manuscripts
  • 30. Who currently owns the Royal Collection?
A) The Royal Collection Trust
B) The British Museum
C) The British Government
D) King Charles III
  • 31. Which monarch was a passionate collector of Italian paintings and a patron of van Dyck?
A) Charles I
B) George III
C) Charles II
D) George IV
  • 32. Who is responsible for the collection's outstanding holdings of Old Master drawings?
A) George III
B) Charles II
C) Albert
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) Buckingham Palace
C) The Royal Collection Trust archives
D) The British Library
  • 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) 200
B) 85
C) 550
D) 144
  • 37. How many drawings by Hans Holbein the Younger are in the Royal Collection?
A) 200
B) 85
C) 550
D) 144
  • 38. To which historical figure did the "war coat" in the costume collection belong?
A) Tipu Sultan
B) Napoleon Bonaparte
C) Louis XIV
D) George III
  • 39. How many items are in the Gems and Jewels collection kept at Windsor Castle?
A) 300
B) 144
C) 550
D) 277
  • 40. When was the catalogue 'Ancient and Modern Gems and Jewels in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen' published?
A) 1872
B) 2019
C) 1862
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) Oliver Millar
D) Lorne Campbell
  • 43. Which author wrote 'The Queen's Pictures' published in 1977?
A) Andrew Martindale
B) Hugh Roberts
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) Christopher Lloyd
C) Christopher White
D) John Shearman
  • 45. What is the subject of Christopher White's 2016 book?
A) Dutch Pictures
B) Victorian Pictures
C) Georgian Miniatures
D) Early Italian Pictures
  • 46. Which author wrote about the furnishing and decoration of George IV's apartments at Windsor?
A) Anna Reynolds
B) Hugh Roberts
C) Oliver Millar
D) Jennifer Scott
  • 47. Vanessa Remington authored a book about which specific collection type in 2010?
A) Early Flemish pictures
B) Later Italian pictures
C) Victorian Miniatures
D) Tudor fashion
  • 48. Who is the author of 'In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion'?
A) Anna Reynolds
B) Oliver Millar
C) Graham Reynolds
D) Lorne Campbell
  • 49. John Shearman is the author of a book regarding which type of Royal Collection paintings?
A) The Later Flemish Pictures
B) The Early Italian Pictures
C) The Later Italian Pictures
D) The Early Flemish Pictures
  • 50. Who wrote 'The Paintings in the Royal Collection: A Thematic Exploration'?
A) Christopher White
B) Michael Levey
C) Christopher Lloyd
D) Oliver Millar
  • 51. What is the primary subject of the 2020 book by Desmond Shawe-Taylor?
A) The First Georgians
B) Dutch Landscapes
C) Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace
D) Charles I as Collector
  • 52. In what year was the book 'The First Georgians: Art & Monarchy, 1714–1760' published?
A) 2014
B) 2009
C) 2010
D) 2007
  • 53. Which publication focuses on portrait miniatures from the Royal Collection?
A) Dutch Landscapes
B) Enchanting the eye
C) Masterpieces in Little
D) The Conversation Piece
  • 54. Who authored the 2009 work 'The Conversation Piece, Scenes of Fashionable Life'?
A) Jane Roberts
B) Desmond Shawe-Taylor
C) Christopher Lloyd
D) Martin Clayton
  • 55. Which author co-authored 'Masterpieces in Little' with Christopher Lloyd?
A) Martin Clayton
B) Vanessa Remington
C) Jennifer Scott
D) Lucy Whitaker
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