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KENYA 1 Elizabeth was proclaimed Queen on the death of her father on February 6 th 1952, can you name the country she was in when she received the news?

2 Who was the serving Prime Minister at the time of the accession? WINSTON CHURCHILL Served in office from 25 th October 1951 – 7 th April 1955

3 The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place at Westminster Abbey, can you name the month and the year? JUNE 1953

4 What was the name of the Archbishop of Canterbury who performed the coronation? GEOFFREY FISHER (DR)

NORMAN HARTNELL 5 Who designed the dress the Queen wore at her coronation?

11 th DECEMBER 1997 [At Portsmouth Naval Base in the presence of the HM The Queen] 6 ‘Britannia’ was launched in April 1953 by the HM the Queen, commissioned January 1954 BUT when was she decommissioned?

CORONATION CHICKEN 7 Which of these dishes was invented to mark the Queen being crowned – Corned beef, Coronation chicken or Chicken supreme?

TRUE 8 True or False: the Queen is the first British Monarch to have celebrated a Diamond Wedding anniversary?

27 MILLION 9 How many people around the world watched the Queen’s Coronation, was it 25, 26, 27 or 28 million?

BOBBY MOORE 10 The first football match the Queen attended was the FA Cup Final of 1953, but which England player received the World Cup from her in 1966?

PRINCE ANDREW [1960] 11 Who was the first child to be born to the Queen after she was crowned?

THE LIGHTING OF BEACONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 12 Which jubilee tradition was started by Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee year and has continued ever since?

THE LONDON PALLADIUM 13 The Queen and Prince Phillip attended their first Royal Variety Performance in 1952, in which West End theatre was it held?

SIR ELTON JOHN Born 1947, the other two were born All these three knights of the realm performed at the Diamond Jubilee concert of 2012, but which one is the youngest, Sir Elton John, Sir Cliff Richard or Sir Tom Jones?

EVEREST 15 On which mountain did the Union Flag fly for the first time in May 1953 thanks to Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, Snowdon, Ben Nevis or Everest?

BUCKINGHAM PALACE 16 The Queen was the first monarch to open which Palace to the public?

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN 17 Guitarist Brian May played on the roof of Buckingham Palace for Queen’s Golden Jubilee concert in 2002, what did he play?

MUTE SWANS 18 The ‘Queen’ owns all of what kind of bird in Britain?

IT’S A KNOCKOUT 19 In 1987 the Queen’s children Prince Edward, Princess Anne and Prince Andrew all took part in a slapstick TV show together, on what popular show was it based?

5 They are: Victoria [63 years], George III [59 years], Henry III [56 years), Edward III [50 years] and James VI of Scotland / James I of England [*58 years]. * Of that 58 years James served as King of Scotland, Ireland and England for 22 years 20 How many other British kings and queens have reigned for 50 years or more, 3, 4, 5 or 6?

The Union Flag, popularly known as the *Union Jack, is the national flag of the United Kingdom. It is the British flag. It is called the Union Flag because it symbolises the administrative union of the countries of the United Kingdom. It is made up of the individual Flags of three of the Kingdom's countries all united under one Sovereign - the countries of 'England, of 'Scotland' and of 'Northern Ireland' (since 1921 only Northern Ireland has been part of the United Kingdom). As Wales was not a Kingdom but a Principality it could not be included on the flag. *The Union Flag is commonly known as the Union Jack, although the exact origin of the name is unclear. One explanation is that it gets its name from the "jack staff" of naval vessels from which the original Union Flag was flown. Modern Flag (adopted 1801) DESIGN: The Cross of Saint Andrew counter changed with the Cross of Saint Patrick, over all the Cross of Saint George.

The Royal Standard [shown above] represents the Sovereign and the United Kingdom. The Royal Standard is flown when The Queen is in residence in one of the Royal Palaces, on The Queen's car on official journeys and on aircraft -when on the ground. It may also be flown on any building, official or private if the owner or proprietor so requests, during a visit by The Queen, but not ecclesiastical buildings. The Royal Standard also used to be flown on board the Royal Yacht, when it was in service and The Queen was on board. Since the Union of the Crowns in 1603, the composition of the Royal Standard has taken various forms. In today's Standard there are four quarterings, (pictured left) two for England (three lions passant), one for Scotland (a lion rampant) and one for Ireland (a harp). The Royal Standard Wales is not represented in the Royal Standard, as its special position as a Principality was recognised by the creation of the Prince of Wales long before the incorporation of the quarterings for Scotland and Ireland in the Royal Arms. The Royal Standard is only flown when the Sovereign is present. If the Union Jack is flying above Buckingham Palace instead of the Standard, The Queen is not in residence. When The Queen goes to Parliament, the Royal Standard flies from Victoria Tower. Unlike the Union flag, the Royal Standard is never flown at half mast, even after the death of a monarch, as there is always a Sovereign on the throne. *In Scotland a different version of the Royal Standard is used, (pictured right) with two Scottish quarterings instead of two English quarteringss.

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