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Can you answer these questions? All of the answers can be found within our Souvenir Diamond Jubilee Edition of First News. Q1 How many guests attended Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation service at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953? Q2 How many guests attended the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton on 29 April 2011? Q3 Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation service was filmed. True or false? Q4 When was Prince William born? Q5 If her royal chauffeur took a day off, would the Queen be able to drive herself? Q6 How many Prime Ministers have been in power during the Queen’s reign? Q7 In what year did Elizabeth make her first public broadcast? Q8 How many corgis has the Queen had during her reign? Q9 How old was Princess Elizabeth II when she married Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh? Q10 After her Coronation service, Queen Elizabeth II and her family waved to the crowds from the balcony of Buckingham Palace. What was the name of the crown she was wearing as she did this? Q11 Who placed St. Edward’s crown on Elizabeth’s head during her Coronation service? Q12 The Queen celebrates two birthdays every year – true or false? Q13 How is Queen Elizabeth II related to Queen Victoria? Q14 On what date was Princess Diana killed in a car accident? Q15 Name one Jubilee celebration happening on Sunday 3 June. Q16 What evidence is there to suggest that the Queen maybe a Harry Potter fan? Q17 How many trees are being planted this year across the UK as part of the Jubilee Woods Project? Q18 Who is Princess Anne, in relation to the Queen? Q19 When was the Queen’s Silver Jubilee? Q20 Does the Queen own a passport? Q21 Around how many million people watched the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana on live TV? Q22 Where was the Queen when her father died? Q23 What does “annus horribilis” mean? Q24 There was a big scare for the Queen during the Trooping the Colour ceremony on 13 June 1981. What happened? Q25 We’re less that two years into this decade, but there have already been some exciting events in the Queen’s life. Give two examples. The Big Jubilee Quiz FirstNews TEACHING RESOURCES www.firstnews.co.uk
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Can you answer these questions? All of the answers can be found within our Souvenir Diamond Jubilee Edition of First News.
Q1 How many guests attended Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation service at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953?
Q2 How many guests attended the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton on 29 April 2011?
Q3 Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation service was filmed. True or false?
Q4 When was Prince William born?
Q5 If her royal chauffeur took a day off, would the Queen be able to drive herself?
Q6 How many Prime Ministers have been in power during the Queen’s reign? Q7 In what year did Elizabeth make her first public broadcast?
Q8 How many corgis has the Queen had during her reign?
Q9 How old was Princess Elizabeth II when she married Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh?
Q10 After her Coronation service, Queen Elizabeth II and her family waved to the crowds from the balcony ofBuckingham Palace. What was the name of the crown she was wearing as she did this?
Q11 Who placed St. Edward’s crown on Elizabeth’s head during her Coronation service?
Q12 The Queen celebrates two birthdays every year – true or false?
Q13 How is Queen Elizabeth II related to Queen Victoria?
Q14 On what date was Princess Diana killed in a car accident?
Q15 Name one Jubilee celebration happening on Sunday 3 June.
Q16 What evidence is there to suggest that the Queen maybe a Harry Potter fan?
Q17 How many trees are being planted this year across the UK as part of the Jubilee Woods Project?
Q18 Who is Princess Anne, in relation to the Queen?
Q19 When was the Queen’s Silver Jubilee?
Q20 Does the Queen own a passport?
Q21 Around how many million people watched the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana on live TV?
Q22 Where was the Queen when her father died?
Q23 What does “annus horribilis” mean?
Q24 There was a big scare for the Queen during the Trooping the Colour ceremony on 13 June 1981. What happened?
Q25 We’re less that two years into this decade, but there have already been some exciting events in the Queen’s life. Give two examples.
The Big Jubilee Quiz
FirstNews TEACHING RESOURCES www.firstnews.co.uk
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8,251 guests 1,900 guests
true 21 June 1982
yes 12
1940 over 30
21 years old the Imperial State Crown
the Archbishop of Canterbury true
she is her great-great-granddaughter
the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant
six million
7 June 1977
750 million people
31 August 1997
she named one of her puppies ‘Gryffindor’
the Queen’s eldest child and only daughter
no
Kenya
because the decade brought many difficult times for the Queen and her family
six shots were fired at her from close range as she rode down The Mall on her horse, Burmese
she became a great-grandmother for the first time and she is celebrating her Diamond Jubilee
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