Christmas Quiz 2021
See the questions and answers to our official 2021 Christmas Quiz series
The Historic Houses Christmas Quiz is an opportunity to have a bit of fun and test your knowledge about history and our member houses and gardens. Scroll down this page to see the questions and answers from our Christmas Eve e-bulletin, and find a link to the official Historic Houses Christmas Quiz.
Merry Christmas from all the Historic Houses team.
Anagrams
Can you decipher these anagrams? Simpy rearrange the letters in each anagram to spell out the name of a Historic Houses member house.
Question one: apes conceal
Clue: Many kings crowned here.
Answer: Scone Palace
Question two: aldo watchers
Clue: Popular on Netflix.
Answer: Castle Howard
Question three: chester vale
Clue: Home to a famous Tudor family.
Answer: Hever Castle
Question four: beefy board
Clue: Tapestries copied from cartoons by Raphael.
Answer: Forde Abbey
Question five: capable hemline
Clue: A famous battle in Germany.
Answer: Blenheim Palace
Question six: calmest centaurs
Clue: Still appoints an official 'fool'.
Answer: Muncaster Castle
Question seven: toupee soon, huh?
Clue: The work of Sir William Bruce and William Adam.
Answer: Hopetoun House
Question eight: sick parody
Clue: Georgian house with a modern attitude.
Answer: Iscoyd Park
Decipher the house
Each of the below lines of images spells out the name of a Historic Houses member house. Can you decipher their meaning? If you’re reading this on a mobile device, pinch out on the screen to enlarge each image.
Can you guess the name of the house?
Answer: Rockingham Castle
Can you guess the name of the house?
Answer: Burghley House
Can you guess the name of the house?
Answer: Abbotsbury Subtropical Garden
Can you guess the name of the house?
Answer: Combermere Abbey
Can you guess the name of the house?
Answer: Dalemain Mansion
The 2021 Christmas Quiz
How well do you think you know history and Historic Houses? It's that time of year again when we put your knowledge to the test with our annual Christmas Quiz. There are thirty questions to answer, split into six rounds of five questions. So make sure you've given yourself ten to twenty minutes to sit down, relax, and enjoy our annual quiz. Feel free to take the quiz with friends and family, or forward this newsletter to them if you can't be with them this Christmas.
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