A) Queen Elizabeth II B) Queen Victoria C) King George III D) King Henry VIII
A) 650 B) 900 C) 775 D) 500
A) Westminster Abbey B) Tower of London C) Buckingham Palace D) Kensington Palace
A) King George VI B) King Edward VII C) Queen Elizabeth II D) Queen Victoria
A) The Blue Drawing Room B) The Ballroom C) The White Drawing Room D) The Picture Gallery
A) Robert Adam B) John Nash C) Christopher Wren D) Inigo Jones
A) The Atrium B) The Quadrangle C) The Piazza D) The Courtyard
A) The Crown Estate B) The Monarchy Office C) The Royal Household D) The Palace Guard
A) Buckingham House B) Windsor Castle C) Hampton Court Palace D) Kensington Palace
A) It is used only for ceremonial purposes without any administrative function. B) It functions solely as a museum open to the public year-round. C) It acts as a private vacation home for the royal family. D) It serves as the official residence and administrative headquarters.
A) Oxford, Oxfordshire B) London, City of Westminster C) Manchester, Greater Manchester D) Birmingham, West Midlands
A) Art Deco style B) Chinese regency style C) Neo-Classical style D) Victorian Gothic style
A) The River Avon B) The River Tyburn C) The River Severn D) The River Thames
A) Geoffrey de Mandeville B) Henry VIII C) James VI and I D) Edward the Confessor
A) A public park. B) A four-acre mulberry garden for silk production. C) A royal stables. D) An orchard.
A) Mary Davies B) Queen Elizabeth I C) Hugh Audley D) King Charles II
A) William Blake B) Henry Bennet C) John Sheffield D) George Goring
A) George Goring B) Henry Bennet C) John Sheffield D) William Winde
A) A large, three-floored central block with two smaller flanking service wings. B) Single large tower with multiple floors. C) Two-story rectangular building with a single wing. D) Four-sided courtyard with surrounding buildings.
A) Charles Sheffield B) Henry Bennet C) George III D) John Sheffield
A) $10,000 B) $50,000 C) $30,000 D) $21,000
A) 1674 B) 1761 C) 1774 D) 1703
A) John Nash B) Thomas Cubitt C) Edward Blore D) James Pennethorne
A) 1840 B) 1837 C) 1850 D) 1826
A) The French Revolution of 1789 B) An Act of Parliament in 1775 C) The destruction of the Palace of Westminster by fire D) His accession to the throne in 1820
A) Windsor Castle B) Clarence House C) Balmoral Castle D) Osborne House
A) Italian Renaissance B) Baroque C) Gothic Revival D) French neoclassical architecture
A) Old Somerset House B) Carlton House C) Clarence House D) Brighton Pavilion
A) John Nash B) George IV C) Edward Blore D) Prince Albert
A) The palace was too modern for royal tastes B) There were no gardens attached to the palace C) The chimneys smoked excessively, causing cold interiors D) The palace had too many state rooms
A) Ludwig van Beethoven B) Felix Mendelssohn C) Johann Sebastian Bach D) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
A) 1901 B) 1925 C) 1938 D) 1913
A) The Original Dixieland Jazz Band B) Duke Ellington's Band C) Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra D) Sidney Bechet's Quintet
A) Rationing B) Evacuation of all residents C) A complete shutdown of the palace D) Increased military presence
A) The East Hall B) The West Chamber C) The South Drawing Room D) The North Gallery
A) Five B) Seven C) Nine D) Ten
A) A Japanese Zero B) A British Spitfire C) An American B-17 Flying Fortress D) A German Dornier Do 17
A) An RAF general B) A politician C) A historian D) A King's Messenger
A) 6 June 1944 B) 15 September 1940 C) 8 May 1945 D) 11 November 1918
A) A British flag B) A banner reading 'V-E Day' C) A display of fireworks D) The palace's blacked-out windows
A) 1962 B) 2015 C) 1970 D) 1993
A) Since 1993 B) After 1970 C) In 2015 D) In 1968
A) Queen Elizabeth II B) Prince Philip C) Charles Tryon, 2nd Baron Tryon D) The Bromsgrove Guild
A) £100 million B) £500 million C) £369 million D) £250 million
A) Four B) One C) Three D) Five
A) 80 feet (24 m) B) 90 feet (27 m) C) 100 feet (30 m) D) 60 feet (18 m)
A) Music Room B) Picture Gallery C) Green Drawing Room D) Throne Room
A) 60 yards (55 m) B) 70 yards (64 m) C) 55 yards (50 m) D) 40 yards (37 m)
A) Grand Staircase B) Royal Corridor C) Minister's Staircase D) Main Hallway
A) Bronze B) Alabaster C) White marble D) Granite
A) Oriental atmosphere B) Renaissance design C) Gothic architecture D) Victorian style
A) Richard Westmacott B) Charles Allom C) Robert Jones D) Benjamin Vulliamy
A) Charles Allom B) Robert Jones C) Richard Westmacott D) Benjamin Vulliamy
A) Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China B) Paris, France C) London, England D) Vienna, Austria
A) Benjamin Vulliamy B) Robert Jones C) Richard Westmacott D) Charles Allom
A) 1920s B) 1873 C) 1847 D) 1850
A) Chinese Luncheon Room B) Principal Corridor C) Yellow Drawing Room D) Centre Room
A) All the state rooms B) The 1844 Room and State Dining Room C) Only the Ballroom and Throne Room D) The Picture Gallery and Music Room
A) 1000 B) 325 C) 50 D) 500
A) William Chambers B) Sir Christopher Wren C) John Nash D) Aston Webb
A) To hold political meetings B) To conduct diplomatic negotiations C) : To showcase royal fashion trends D) Aristocratic young ladies making their first entrance into society
A) 5 hectares B) 10 acres C) 39 acres (16 ha) D) 100 acres
A) Four times B) Three times C) Twice D) Once
A) 2007 B) 1982 C) 2012 D) 1999 |