Royal Christmases Quiz
Enjoy our free quiz about kings and queens and the British Royal Family.
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert popularised the Christmas tree with the published image of their 1848 family gathering around the tree. However, it was Queen Charlotte, the German wife of George III, who established the tradition in the UK with the first known English tree at Queen’s Lodge, Windsor, in 1800. Test your knowledge of such ‘royal facts’ in our festive quiz about today’s Royal Family and historical kings and queens.
Royal Christmases - Questions
- Which king was famously crowned at Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day?
- Who wrote the first Christmas Day message by a British monarch, when King George V broadcast his speech live in 1932?
- After the death of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria spent all of her the Christmases in which part of England?
- Can you name the Queen consort of George III who is thought to have introduced the Christmas tree to the Royal Family?
- Queen Elizabeth and other members of the Royal Family would attend the morning service at St Mary Magdalene Church every Christmas Day in which village?
- Which English monarch was known as the 'Pudding King' ever since he requested plum pudding for his first royal Christmas feast?
- Which monarch held a Christmas banquet on Twelfth Night in 1532 with 200 dishes?
- When sending around 750 Christmas Cards how would Queen Elizabeth II sign her name?
- The Puritan-led English Parliament banned Christmas in 1647, which king fully restored the traditional celebrations of Christmas?
- Elizabeth II gave the first televised Christmas message in which year?
- What mysteriously disappeared from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day in 1950?
- Tudor courts often used which palace for their Christmas celebrations, which is a large house in the Royal Borough of Greenwich?
- When do today’s Royal Family exchange presents: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or Boxing Day?
- Which artist gave Henry VIII a painting of his young son Edward as a Christmas gift?
- What Christmas gift did citizens of the City of London give to Richard II in 1392: (a) a camel and a pelican, (b) an elephant and ostrich, or (c) a lion and flamingo?
- A peculiar tradition started by King Eward VII, what are guests expected to do before and after their Christmas stay at Sandringham?
- Which board game is banned in royal homes because in the words of one royal: "It gets too vicious"?
Royal Christmases - Questions and Answers
- Which king was famously crowned at Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day?
Answer - William the Conqueror (in 1066) - Who wrote the first Christmas Day message by a British monarch, when King George V broadcast his speech live in 1932?
Answer - Rudyard Kipling - After the death of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria spent all of her the Christmases in which part of England?
Answer - Isle of Wight - Can you name the Queen consort of George III who is thought to have introduced the Christmas tree to the Royal Family?
Answer - Queen Charlotte - Queen Elizabeth and other members of the Royal Family would attend the morning service at St Mary Magdalene Church every Christmas Day in which village?
Answer - Sandringham - Which English monarch was known as the 'Pudding King' ever since he requested plum pudding for his first royal Christmas feast?
Answer - George I - Which monarch held a Christmas banquet on Twelfth Night in 1532 with 200 dishes?
Answer - King Henry VIII - When sending around 750 Christmas Cards how would Queen Elizabeth II sign her name?
Answer - Elizabeth R - The Puritan-led English Parliament banned Christmas in 1647, which king fully restored the traditional celebrations of Christmas?
Answer - King Charles II - Elizabeth II gave the first televised Christmas message in which year?
Answer - 1957 - What mysteriously disappeared from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day in 1950?
Answer - Stone of Scone, or Stone of Destiny - Tudor courts often used which palace for their Christmas celebrations, which is a large house in the Royal Borough of Greenwich?
Answer - Eltham Palace - When do today’s Royal Family exchange presents: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, or Boxing Day?
Answer - Christmas Eve - Which artist gave Henry VIII a painting of his young son Edward as a Christmas gift?
Answer - Hans Holbein - What Christmas gift did citizens of the City of London give to Richard II in 1392: (a) a camel and a pelican, (b) an elephant and ostrich, or (c) a lion and flamingo?
Answer - (a) a camel and a pelican - A peculiar tradition started by King Eward VII, what are guests expected to do before and after their Christmas stay at Sandringham?
Answer - Weigh themselves - Which board game is banned in royal homes because in the words of one royal: "It gets too vicious"?
Answer - Monopoly