Wedding Venues of British Prime Ministers Quiz

Answer: 6-9 Carlton House Terrace

The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is the oldest national scientific institution in the world, having been founded in 1660. They started off meeting at Gresham College, then after the Great Fire of London (1666) moved to Arundel House, then returned back to Gresham in 1673. In 1710 they moved to Fleet Street and then in 1780 they moved to Somerset House.
Three prime ministers have lived on Carlton House Terrace, Palmerston (No.5), Grey (No. 13) and Gladstone (No. 11). Numbers 6-9 were previously used by the German ambassador.
The other three addresses were early meeting places for the Geological Society of London, the Royal Astronomical Society and the Society of Antiquaries, all of which moved into Burlington House in 1874, and are still there today.

Both the Duke and Duchess were buried at St. Marylebone Parish Church, where another Prime Minister, Robert Peel, married Julia Floyd on 8th June 1820.

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt married Edith Carow here on 2nd December 1886. This was his second marriage, he had married Alice Lee in Massachusetts in 1880, but she died two days after child birth in 1884.
Millard Fillmore was married in New York; Warren Harding was married in Columbus, Ohio; Gerald Ford was married in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Answer: RAF fighter command

The RAF used the building between 1926 and 2009, although it ceased to be fighter command in 1968. Queen Adelaide, widow of William IV, spent the last years of her life living here (1848-49). It became a hotel in 1882, and despite having a railway specially built to it, was not a success.

It then became a girls school, that closed in 1924. It became a museum in 2014 owned by the Battle of Britain Trust. Aberdeen's first wife died in 1812. On 8th July 1815 he married Lady Harriet Hamilton, mother of the four year old owner of Bentley Priory. Aberdeen was already James Hamilton's uncle by marriage, now he was his step-father as well.

This marriage also took place at the priory.

Answer: Sir Edward Burne-Jones

Burne-Jones painted and did illustration work for books, but his main contribution during the second half of the 19th century were his stained glass windows, which can be found all over Britain. The nativity scene in the west window is supposed to be Burne-Jones' last stained glass design. The east window is a copy of a previous design, made by Morris & Co. The other stained glasses in the church are by Henry Holiday, F. C. Eden and Haswall.
You will also find an interesting plaque (with a photo underneath) remembering Benson's death whilst visiting Gladstone, that says "near this place Edward White Benson Archbishop of Canterbury 'fell asleep in Christ' on October 11 1896"
Sir Edwin Landseer designed Nelson's column, and Sir David Wilkie was a Scottish painter.

Answer: Within two weeks of being designated a category A listed building, it was demolished

Lord Minto, who had been on the local planning committee, had been trying to demolish it for years, and has been described as a "Text book example" of what an owner should do if he objects to his building being listed. Only about two thirds of it now remain, and can be found five and a half miles northeast of Hawick. It was originally a tower house, rebuilt in the 1740s as a mansion and altered again in the 19th century.
Lord Russell had married Adelaide Lister 11th April 1835, but she died three years later.

Answer: Elizabeth I

Introduced by Henry FitzAlan (1512-1580) 19th Earl of Arundel. These were light weight carriages, developed in the Hungarian town of Kottse (or Kocs, called by the French Coche), supposedly by Listhuis, Bishop of Westpriun.

The Marchioness of Salisbury later laid the cornerstone of the North Aisle of the church in 1884.

Answer: Warwick Castle

Warwick Castle was originally built in 1068, well before Nash's time. The re-roofing of Warwick Castle's great hall, that was done during Nash's lifetime, was done by Ambrose Poynter.
Clarence house was built between 1825 and 1827.
Shanbally Castle was built in about 1810, and is the largest house Nash designed in Ireland. Shanbally was demolished in 1960.
The Royal Pavilion was redesigned by Nash between 1815 and 1822.

Answer: Donald Bitzer, H. Gene Slottow and Robert Willson

They did the work at the University of Illinois. The monocrome version was demonstrated in in 1964 and the colour version the following year.
The Hungarian Kálmán Tihanyi, was the person who came up with the idea of a plasma screen in 1936.
George Heilmeier created the first operational LCD, also in 1964.
Tsutae Shinoda worked for Fujitsu on developing the first mass produced colour plasma display panel.

Logie Baird's father was a preacher at St. Bride's Church, only one block to the west of the West Free Church. St. Bride's was demolished in 1990, and the stained glass window of Logie Baird was put into the new Helensburgh library, that was built on the site. Since 2015 what was the West Free Church (it had other names besides) became the Helensburgh Parish Church, as it was the only Church of Scotland congregation left in town. Stanley Baldwin dedicated a new window in the church to Bonar Law, after rebuilding, following a fire in 1924.

Answer: Just So Stories for Little Children

This consisted of thirteen short stories about how a particular feature of an animal came to be. They originate from stories told to Kipling's daughter to send her to sleep.
"The Tale of Peter Rabbit" is by Beatrix Potter; "Five Children and It" is by E. Nesbit and "The Little White Bird" is by J. M. Barrie. All four are children's books first published in 1902.

Kipling's first cousin was Stanley Baldwin.

Answer: Battle of Dunbar

Exact numbers are a bit sketchy, but half of them seem to have died between Dunbar and Durham. Half of those who did arrive died of the poor condition they were kept in at the cathedral. Most if the remainder were deported to New England, Virginia and the Caribbean.
Battle of Neville's Cross that took place near Durham was in 1346, Battle of Nesbit Moor was in 1355, another Battle of Nesbit Moor in 1403 and Battle of Flodden was in 1513.
Between 1933 to 1951 Cyril Alington (Elizabeth's father) served as Dean of Durham. Cyril was headmaster at Eton when Alec Douglas-Home was there. Cyril along with William Temple, Archbishop of York and Hensley Henson, Bishop of Durham conducted the service.