Curled Up in a Comfy Chair Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Chrysanthemum Throne

The Chrysanthemum Throne can refer to the Takamikura, the oldest surviving throne used by the Japanese emperor. However, it is mainly used rhetorically to refer to the Japanese monarchy itself, in much the same way as the term 'Sublime Porte' was used to denote the Ottoman Sultan and his government, though there was also an actual gate called the 'Sublime Porte'.

Answer: Charlemagne

The Throne of Charlemagne built for the Palatine chapel in Aachen in 790 served the Kings of Germany as their seat of coronation until 1531. It is a simple plain throne almost entirely free of any decoration other than four marble plates held together with bronze clamps on the seat. Oddly enough, Charlemagne was not crowned on this throne.

Answer: Sedia gestatoria

Sedia gestatoria or chair for carrying is a sedan chair which is richly adorned and covered in silk. It was originally used to carry popes to and from papal ceremonies in St. Peter's Basilica and the Basilica of St. John Lateran. Pope Leo XIII however used it to carry the sick who were unable to come to the Basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in the 1800s.

Answer: Silver

A gift from Count Magnus Gabriel de la Gardie to Queen Christina for her coronation in 1650, the Silver Throne is now located in the Hall of State in the Palace of Stockholm. Queen Christina of Sweden abdicated from The Silver Throne on June 5th, 1654, having converted to Roman Catholicism, something that was incompatible with her role as head of the church in Sweden, which was Lutheran.

Answer: St. Edward's Chair

Commissioned in 1296 by King Edward I and named after Edward the Confessor, St. Edward's Chair once contained the coronation stone of Scotland known as the Stone of Scone. The kings and queens of England sat in this throne after their coronation beginning in 1308. Queen Mary II (April 30, 1662 - December 28, 1694) is the only monarch of Great Britain since the Union of the Crowns in March 25, 1603 not to have sat in it at coronation, as her husband was crowned at the same time, and it would have been undignified to have one monarch sitting on another's lap.

Answer: The Dragon Throne

The Dragon Throne was the seat of power in Imperial China. The Dragon Throne was a hereditary monarchy. Chinese tradition states that The Dragon Throne and Imperial China started with the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC continuing unbroken until the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912.

Answer: The Lion

The Lion Throne is the English term used to for the throne of the Tibetan Dalai Lama. Since the Chinese takeover of Tibet it is not known what has happened to the actual throne.

Answer: Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Throne

Maharaj Ranjit Singh's throne is bedecked with elegant gold sheets on an octagonal base. When the British annexed the Punjab in 1849 they took possesion of the Maharaja's throne and is on display in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Answer: Ivory

The history of the Ivory Throne only dates back to Ivan IV but some believe it may have been around since the marriage of Ivan III to Byzantine princess Sophia Palaeologus in 1469. It is a wooden, high backed chair and pedestal covered with plates of relief carvings of mythological, every day, and historical scenes in ivory.

Answer: King Solomon's

The throne of Solomon is described in 1 Kings as part of the Bible sometimes referred to as "Solomon's Splendor". It comes directly after the story of Queen of Sheba's visit during which she tested him with hard questions.