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British Castles Trivia Quiz

How much do you know about British Castles?

A multiple-choice quiz by schizo22. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
schizo22

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
280,115

Updated
Aug 25 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1734

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 86 (10/10), Guest 92 (10/10), Guest 2 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. In which English county would you find Leeds Castle? Hint

Derbyshire

Yorkshire

Kent

Lancashire

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Question 2 of 10

2. This castle stands atop an extinct volcano called Castle Rock and overlooks Princes St Gardens. Hint

Edinburgh Castle

Skipton Castle

Stirling Castle

Braemar Castle

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of these castles is in North Yorkshire? Hint

Skipsea

Hull Castle

Driffield Castle

Skipton Castle

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which is the largest inhabited castle in the UK? Hint

Windsor Castle

Edinburgh Castle

Stirling Castle

Caernarfon Castle

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Question 5 of 10

5. At which castle did Prince Charles' investiture take place in 1969? Hint

Cardiff

Edinburgh

Caernarfon

Windsor

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which Scottish castle is mentioned in Shakespeare's "MacBeth"? Hint

Gawfor

Bognie

Braemar

Glamis

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which castle appears on the reverse side of a Clydesdale Bank �20 note? Hint

Braemar

Edinburgh

Stirling

Balloch

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Question 8 of 10

8. Richard II was murdered in this castle. Hint

Leeds

Nottingham

Windsor

Pontefract

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which Scottish castle was Queen Elizabeth II's summer retreat? Hint

Glamis

Braemar

Balmoral

Mey

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which castle did filming take place for the movie 'Highlander'? Hint

Balnagown

Dunrobin

Eilean Donan

Dunbeath

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In which English county would you find Leeds Castle?

Answer: Kent

Named after the village of Leeds in Kent not the city of Leeds in Yorkshire.

2. This castle stands atop an extinct volcano called Castle Rock and overlooks Princes St Gardens.

Answer: Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle still has a military garrison, mainly for ceremonial purposes.

3. Which of these castles is in North Yorkshire?

Answer: Skipton Castle

Skipsea, Driffield and Hull are in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

4. Which is the largest inhabited castle in the UK?

Answer: Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle is also the largest inhabited castle in the world!

5. At which castle did Prince Charles' investiture take place in 1969?

Answer: Caernarfon

Work to build Caernarfon Castle started in 1283.

6. Which Scottish castle is mentioned in Shakespeare's "MacBeth"?

Answer: Glamis

He was Thane of Cawdor and Thane of Glamis.

7. Which castle appears on the reverse side of a Clydesdale Bank �20 note?

Answer: Stirling

The coronation of Mary Queen of Scots took place there in 1543.

8. Richard II was murdered in this castle.

Answer: Pontefract

William Shakespeare's play Richard III mentions the murder -

Pomfret, Pomfret! O thou bloody prison,
Fatal and ominous to noble peers!
Within the guilty closure of thy walls
Richard the second here was hack'd to death;
And, for more slander to thy dismal seat,
We give thee up our guiltless blood to drink.

9. Which Scottish castle was Queen Elizabeth II's summer retreat?

Answer: Balmoral

The estate was bought by Prince Albert in 1852.

10. Which castle did filming take place for the movie 'Highlander'?

Answer: Eilean Donan

The castle has also been seen in the films 'Loch Ness' and 'The world is not enough'.

Source: Author schizo22

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