General Knowledge Quiz

[MotCO]

Some have been crowned in Caernarfon, though not crowned King, of course.

You may be right, but it is not the right answer.

 

[MotCO]

Hanover?

No - they were all in England.

 

[AndyPJG]

Kingston upon Thames. The King's stone is by the bridge over the Hogsmill between The Guildhall and the Police station.

 

[xotGD]

Bosworth Battlefield?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

At a guess -- one could be Winchester (cathedral or forerunner thereof)?

Henry the Young King was crowned here, but he was only a 'junior king', presumably like a Prince Regent rather than a fully fledged king, so sorry, not correct.

Wasn't Edward the Confessor crowned in Winchester Cathedral in April 1043?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Another one. Believe that King Edgar was crowned at a location in Bath in May 973.

 

[Gloster]

Battle Abbey?

 

[MotCO]

Another one. Believe that King Edgar was crowned at a location in Bath in May 973.

He was indeed. That is one of the three locations.

 

[Gloster]

Tower of London?
Hayle?
Hatfield House?
Fotheringhay?

 

[MotCO]

Kingston upon Thames. The King's stone is by the bridge over the Hogsmill between The Guildhall and the Police station.

Indeed. According to Wikipaedia, Athelstan was certainly crowned in Kingston in 925, Edred in 946, Ethelred the Unready in 979. Other Kings believed to have been crowned here include Edward the Elder (900), Edmund (940), Edwy (955), and Edward (975).

 

[MotCO]

Bosworth Battlefield?

No one was actually crowned there. Henry VII became King after his victory on 22 August 1485, but was actually crowned in Westminster Abbey on 30 October 1485.

 

[MotCO]

Wasn't Edward the Confessor crowned in Winchester Cathedral in April 1043?

Apparently he was - apologies. So I am actually looking for 4 other locations, of which Kingston-upon-Thames, Bath and Winchester have been identified. One more to go.

 

[MotCO]

Tower of London?
Hayle?
Hatfield House?
Fotheringhay?

Nope.

 

[MotCO]

Battle Abbey?

Nope.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Wasn't Edward the Confessor crowned in Winchester Cathedral in April 1043?

Technically, it was the Old Minster at Winchester which is no longer there, and the modern day Winchester Cathedral is/was built partially on top of the footprint of the Old Minster.

 

[EbbwJunction1]

Gloucester Cathedral?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Windsor Castle
Runnymede
Canterbury Cathedral
York Minster
Salisbury Cathedral
St Pauls Cathedral, London

Hang on, I said there were only 3 other sites.

But none of them are correct.

Believe that Edmund Ironside (sometimes known as Edmund II) was crowned at a previous pre-Norman version of St. Pauls Cathedral in late April 1016.

And that King Harthacnut (also known as Hardicanute) was crowned at Canterbury Cathedral in June 1040.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Another one. Believe that Harold Harefoot (Harold I) was crowned in Oxford in c. 1036. There was a re-enactment of this coronation and various other Oxford-related historical events at a Pageant held in 1907 at Magdalen College at which many thousands were in attendance.

 

[AndyPJG]

Indeed. According to Wikipaedia, Athelstan was certainly crowned in Kingston in 925, Edred in 946, Ethelred the Unready in 979. Other Kings believed to have been crowned here include Edward the Elder (900), Edmund (940), Edwy (955), and Edward (975).

Reason for knowing was my office window a while back overlooked it.

 

[MotCO]

Gloucester Cathedral?

It was indeed. Henry III was crowned in 1216

 

[MotCO]

Reason for knowing was my office window a while back overlooked it.

Did you work for Kingston Council?

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Do we have all the correct answers in now (and a few more bonus ones for good measure)?

 

[AndyPJG]

Did you work for Kingston Council?

aye c.1988, aka "RBK". {Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames}

 

[MotCO]

Believe that Edmund Ironside (sometimes known as Edmund II) was crowned at a previous pre-Norman version of St. Pauls Cathedral in late April 1016.

And that King Harthacnut (also known as Hardicanute) was crowned at Canterbury Cathedral in June 1040.

I found it very difficult to find where monarchs were crowned before 1066, and you have shown how bad my research was. You are right on both counts.

 

[MotCO]

Another one. Believe that Harold Harefoot (Harold I) was crowned in Oxford in c. 1036. There was a re-enactment of this coronation and various other Oxford-related historical events at a Pageant held in 1907 at Magdalen College at which many thousands were in attendance.View attachment 100023

I cannot find a source to support this - I have seen a reference to Canterbury, but I couldnot find anything definitive.

 

[MotCO]

Do we have all the correct answers in now (and a few more bonus ones for good measure)?

I think so. I had Kingston, Gloucester and Bath, and you have supplied Winchester, St Pauls and Canterbury. I therefore declare you more capable of answering this question than me, and invite you to take the stage.

 

[Mcr Warrior]

Didn't @LSWR Cavalier actually get quite a few answers correct initially, if we do a quick re-count?

 

[MotCO]

Didn't @LSWR Cavalier actually get quite a few answers correct initially, if we do a quick re-count?

Yes, you are absolutely correct (again!). Think I will have to go back to the maths class as well as the history class .

I invite @LSWR Cavalier to take the floor.

 

[LSWR Cavalier]

Thanks very much.

1 Where is the UK national cycle museum?
2 A great British cyclist who won many Tour de France stages lives not far from the museum, what is his name?
3 What cycling event is held on The Rake?
4 Taeve Schur won the Peace Race for the DDR, what did he do after retiring from cycle racing?
5 Why should the PotUS perhaps be called Joseph "Bidon"?
6 Who experienced" My nineteenth Tour de France"?

 

[Gloster]

1 Camelford?