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The Parish Magazine - July/August 2022 35 TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE QUEEN and her 70 years of service . . . During this Jubilee year we have been swamped with information about Her Majesty The Queen, her family and her closest advisors. How much of her fascinating story do you remember? Here are 70 Jubilee questions to test you, your families and friends. The answers are on page 37 THE QUEEN’S EARLY YEARS 1. Where was the Queen born? 2. Who were the Queen’s parents? 3. What time of the day was the Queen born? 4. What is the date of the Queen’s birthday? 5. Where did the Queen live as a child? 6. Where was the Queen educated? 7. What did the Queen win at the age of 14 years? 8. When and where did the Queen, as Princess Elizabeth, make her first solo engagement? 9. When was Princess Elizabeth engaged to Prince Philip? 10. What happened to the Queen’s wedding bouquet? THE QUEEN’S CORONATION 11. How many Queens were crowned in Westminster Abbey before Queen Elizabeth II? 12. What were the names of the eight horses that pulled the Coronation Coach? Peter Rennie 13. What chair did the Queen sit on to be crowned? 14. How many people watched the Coronation on television? 15. How many people listened to the Coronation on the radio? 16. How many guests were in Westminster Abbey for the Coronation? 17. How many monarchs have reigned since William I? 18. Who designed the Queen’s Coronation dress? 19. How many journalists and photographers covered the Coronation? 20. How many servicemen took part in the procession? THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH 21. When and where was the Duke of Edinburgh born? 22. Who was the Duke’s great-great-grandmother? 23. What was the Duke’s first naval appointment? 24. How many speeches did the Duke of Edinburgh deliver? 25. What is the Duke’s connection with the ‘Silver Wink’? 26. Where is the Duke of Edinburgh worshipped as a god? 27. Where did Prince Philip live during his childhood? 28. What is ‘Edinburgh Green’? 29. What other two titles did the Duke of Edinburgh have? 30. When did the Duke gain his helicopter wings? THE QUEEN’S SERVICE 31. How many items of correspondence has the Queen received during her reign? 32. How many acts of Parliament has the Queen authorised? 33. Since 1952, how many honours and awards has the Queen presented? 34. How many guests attended the Queen’s garden parties? 35. How many State Banquets has the Queen given? 36. How many Godchildren does the Queen have? 37. How many telegrams has the Queen sent to couples celebrating their diamond wedding (60 years) anniversary. 38. How many Christmas puddings has the Queen given to her staff? 39. How many Royal Variety Shows has the Queen attended? 40. How many charities and organisations is the Queen patron? THE QUEEN’S POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS ADVISORS 41. Who was Prime Minister when the Queen was crowned? 42. Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury when the Queen was crowned? 43. How many Prime Ministers have there been during the Queen’s reign? 44. How many Archbishops of Canterbury have there been during the Queen’s reign? 45. Who was the fifth Archbishop of Canterbury to serve under the Queen? 46. Who were the 8th and 13th Prime Ministers to serve under the Queen? 47. Who is the Domestic Chaplain to the Queen in St George’s Chapel Windsor? 48. Why is St George’s Chapel Windsor unique within the Anglican Church in England? 49. How many Presidents of America have been in office during the Queen’s reign? 50. Who was the only President of America that the Queen never met? THE COMMONWEALTH 51. How many Commonwealth Realms are there in addition to the UK? 52. What is the Queen’s title in Australia? 53. How many countries use currency having an image of the Queen? 54. How many independent Commonwealth countries are there? 55. How much of the world belongs to the Commonwealth? 56. When is Commonwealth Day? 57. How often are the Commonwealth games held? 58. How many people are there in the Commonwealth? 59. How many countries are there in the Commonwealth? 60. Where does the word ‘Commonwealth’ come from? THE PRINCE OF WALES 61. Where and when was Prince Charles born? 62. Who baptised Prince Charles? 63. Prince Charles has 11 titles, what are they? 64. What was the first school Prince Charles attended? 65. When did Prince Charles go to boarding school in Berkshire? 66. When was Prince Charles invested as the Prince of Wales? 67. What subjects did Prince Charles read at university? 68. When did Prince Charles qualify as a helicopter pilot? 69. Approximately, how much do the Prince of Wales charities raise each year? 70. In 2007, the Prince of Wales founded a charity to help deprived young people. What is it called?
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