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