Royal Palaces Quiz

No pictures this time, but this is another test of your knowledge of some of the finest buildings in the United Kingdom. (1pt each.)

1. Name the residence of Prince Edward and Princess Sophie of Wessex.
2. Name the Queen's Scottish summer retreat.
3. What was built on the site of Goring House (1633), Arlington House (1694) and Buckingham House (1703) ?
4. Name the Princess Royal's country residence.
5. Name Prince Charles's country residence.
6. Name the Queen's residence in Northern Ireland.
7. In which Palace in Scotland does the Queen stay for State (as opposed to non-State) occasions ?
8. What is the official residence of the Dukes and Duchesses of Gloucester and Kent, and whose grounds contain the Serpentine ?
9. Name the Royals' privately-owned country retreat in Norfolk.
10. Name the London residence of the Princess Royal.
11. Name the residence (in Richmond) of Princess Alexandria.
12. Name the former residence (in Sussex) of Queen Victoria's youngest child Princess Beatrice, now open to the public.
13. Name the former Palace on the Victoria Embankment where now stands the Unilever Building: It was rebuilt after the Great Fire Of London, and was in use both as a prison and as a poor house.
14. Up near John O'Groats, the late Queen Mum bought this castle on her husband King George VI's death in 1952 and visited it for two months each year right up until her own death. Name it.
15. What has been Prince Charles's home since 2003 ?
16. Located within Windsor Great Park, what was the residence of Edward VIII (whilst he was Prince of wales) - between 1930 and 1936 ?
17. Built on a site used by the Knights Hospitalier, name Thomas Wolsey's stately pile which after making massive improvements to, he was obliged to hand over to Henry VIII when he fell out of favour with the king.
18. The third one to be built on this site, name the palace where the Queen celebrated her 80th birthday last year.
19. Name the mansion in Pall Mall which was the residence of Edward VII for the thirty-eight years before he was crowned King.
20. Name the residence of Prince Andrew.

And for two bonus points, what do the following have in common - Nonsuch House, the Palace of Placentia, Richmond Palace, Savoy Palace and Woodstock Palace ?

Good luck !

[barbelman]

1 Buckingham Palace
2 Balmoral
4 Gatcombe Park
5 Highgrove
6 Hillsborough?
7 Holyrood House?
8 Kensingtom Palace
9 Sandringham
15 Clarence House
17 Hampton Court?
18 Windsor

Bonus is that none of them exist anymore......

thank you
Tony

Great answers, Tony, I thought this quiz would be a bit difficult.

Anyway, you have nine out of eleven correct, plus the bonus question correctly answered for 2pts.

Only ones I can't give are 1) Edward and Sophie have their own pad; and 18) the Queen took up residence in London for her 80th birthday celebs. So it's a London Palace (but not the obvious one ;))

Leader:
[glow=red,2,300]Barbelman 11pts [/glow]

[barbelman]

As no-one else is, I researched these and came up with (after an entertaining hour!)

1. Bagshot Park
3. Buckingham Palace
10 St James' Palace
11 Thatched House Lodge
12 Brantridge Park
13 Bridewell Palace
14 Castle of Mey
16 Frogmore House
18 Kew Palace
19 Marlborough House/Club
20 Royal Lodge @ Windsor

thanks

Tony

First of all, a word of admiration for Tony's suggested guideline of etiquette for taking part in a quiz - answer what you know first, then leave it a while for others to have a go, and then if only to prevent the quiz dying on its feet, research the remaining answers !

So, perfect answers at one point each for 1,3,10,11,12,13,14,18 and 19.
Half only for no.16 as it was actually Fort Belvedere - but the answer you gave is also in Windsor Great Park.
But one-and-a-half points for your answer to 20: The Duke of York moved into the house in 2004, after having vacated Sunninghill Park. Guess what I had down on my crib-sheet ? :-[ :-[ :-[

You now have a perfect score on this quiz.

[glow=red,2,300]Barbelman 22pts[/glow]