Windsor Castle

Question 1

First built, by whom?

Answer 1

1070
William the Conquerer

Question 2

How started?

Answer 2

Motte and bailey fortress.

Question 3

How many monarchs have lived here?

Answer 3

Over 40

Question 4

What is it the oldest?

Answer 4

Oldest continually inhabited castled in the world.

Question 5

Queen Elizabeth liked it? (2)

Answer 5

Her ‘weekend home’.
Called Buck Palace the ‘office’.

Question 6

QEII - where buried? Who with? (3)

Answer 6

• In St George’s Chapel
• Prince Philip
• Princess Margaret (sisteR)

Question 7

When fire? (5)

Answer 7

• 1992
• Annus Horribilis.
• Charles & Diana split
• Prince Andrew and Sara Ferguson split
• Princess Anne and Mark Philips split

Question 8

How long fire?

Answer 8

Raged for 15 hours.

Question 9

How many rooms destroyed in fire?

Answer 9

Over 100.

Question 10

Repairs cost

Answer 10

• £36 million
• About $105 million in today’s money

Question 11

What did fire change?

Answer 11

Queen opened Buckingham Palace to the public

Question 12

What happened to some of the workers at Windsor Castle

Answer 12

Went on to restore Notre Dame.

Question 13

What is the castle used for? (4)

Answer 13

• Working Palace
• State Visits
• Royal Receptions
• Ceremonial Duties

Question 14

How do we know if the Monarch is in residence?

Answer 14

Royal Standard flies when monarch in residence. Union Jack when they’re away.

Question 15

Highlights

Answer 15

• State Apartments
• St George’s Chapel
• Queen Mary’s Dolls House

Question 16

State Apartments (4)

Answer 16

• Used for state visits and official events
• Paintings by masters like Van Dyck, Rubens, Rembrandt
• Suits of armour, weapons etc etc
• Waterloo Chamber filled with portraits of monarchs and generals from Napoleonic Wars

Question 17

St George’s Hall

Answer 17

• Vast banqueting hall rebuilt after 1992 fire
• QE2 Hosted Obama here in 2011

Question 18

St George’s Chapel (4)

Answer 18

• Dates back to 1475
• Burial place of ten monarchs
• 2018 Wedding of Harry & Meghan
• 2021 Funeral of Prince Philip (photo of Queen sitting alone)

Question 19

Who buried in St George’s Chapel? (3)

Answer 19

• Henry VIII & Jane Seymour (third wife), - - Charles I (buried secretly after execution)
• QE2 & Prince Phlip

Question 20

Order of the Garter - who began it? When?

Answer 20

• Edward III
• 1348

Question 21

What is Order of Garter?

Answer 21

• Oldest and Most Noble Royal Chivalric Order
• Elite club of knights

Question 22

Garter members? (3)

Answer 22

• Sovereign
• the Prince of Wales,
• 24 companions

Question 23

Garter motto

Answer 23

Honi soit qui mal y pense (Shame on him who thinks evil of it)

Question 24

Where motto comes from? (6)

Answer 24

• Countess of Salisbury
• Garter fell off while dancing at a ball
• Courtiers snickered
• The King picked it up and said Honi soit…
• Probably invented later on - garters were principally for men in those days! e.g. to strap armour in place
• More likely it is to do with Edward’s claims to France, which the order was set up to support.

Question 25

Queen Mary's Dolls House - when built?

Answer 25

1920s

Question 26

Why doll's house important?

Answer 26

Largest and most intricate dolls house in the world.

Question 27

Dolls house features:

Answer 27

- running water - electric lifts - miniature books specially written by eg Sir Arthur Conan Doyle & Rudyard Kipling

Question 28

What time, where Changing of the Guard at Windsor Castle? (4)

Answer 28

- Tues, Thurs, Sat - 11am - Lower Ward when King not in residence. Enter and leave via Henry VIII Gate - On lawn outside Royal Apartments when King in residence. Enter through St George's Gate

Question 29

Round Tower (3)

Answer 29

- Central stronghold - Look out for Windsor Ravens - Royal Corgis!