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