👑 Crown Jewels & Regalia Trivia Questions & Answers
Crowns, sceptres, orbs and the priceless symbols of monarchy. Below are 30 free crown jewels & regalia trivia questions with answers — part of Royalty trivia on BUZZ. Want a real challenge that adapts to what you know? Play the Royalty quiz — no signup needed to start.
30 Crown Jewels & Regalia trivia questions
Q1. Where in London can visitors see Britain's Crown Jewels on public display?
Answer: The Jewel House, Tower of London
💡 The Jewel House sees around 2.5 million visitors a year filing past the regalia on moving walkways.
Q2. What gold globe topped with a cross does the monarch carry to symbolize Christian rule?
Answer: The Sovereign's Orb
💡 The hollow gold Orb was made in 1661 and is banded with jewels dividing it into three sections representing the three continents known in medieval times.
Q3. In 1671, Colonel Thomas Blood tried to steal England's Crown Jewels disguised as what?
Answer: A parson
💡 Blood had spent weeks befriending the elderly jewel keeper, even giving his wife gloves as a gift, before making his move.
Q4. Which crown holds the 317-carat Cullinan II diamond right at the front?
Answer: The Imperial State Crown
💡 Cullinan I and II were both cut from the same enormous rough stone found in 1905.
Q5. A solid-gold stool said to house the nation's soul is sacred to which West African kingdom in Ghana?
Answer: Ashanti
💡 It's considered so sacred that even the king himself never sits on it — it has its own separate throne.
Q6. About how much does the solid-gold St Edward's Crown weigh?
Answer: About 2.2 kg (5 lb)
💡 The crown is worn only for the fleeting moment of crowning itself, then swapped for the lighter Imperial State Crown.
Q7. The Stuart Sapphire was reputedly smuggled abroad by which fleeing king in 1688?
Answer: James II
💡 The sapphire now sits quietly at the back of the Imperial State Crown, out of the spotlight.
Q8. What eagle-shaped vessel pours the coronation's holy oil onto the Anointing Spoon?
Answer: The Ampulla
💡 Its eagle head unscrews, with a tiny hole in the beak for pouring the oil.
Q9. What nickname did Queen Elizabeth II give her Cullinan III and IV diamond brooch?
Answer: Granny's Chips
💡 She inherited the two stones from Queen Mary in 1953, hence the affectionate name.
Q10. Pope Paul VI, in 1964, was the last pope to wear which triple-tiered headpiece?
Answer: The Papal Tiara
💡 Paul VI laid his tiara on the altar of St Peter's and gave it away to be sold for the poor.
Q11. George V's Imperial Crown of India was made for which 1911 Delhi ceremony?
Answer: The Delhi Durbar
💡 George V wore it only once, later writing it 'hurt my head' after 3.5 heavy hours.
Q12. Rather than executing Thomas Blood for his jewel heist, King Charles II gave him what instead?
Answer: A pardon and a pension
💡 Blood also got his confiscated Irish estates back and a spot at court, all for his audacity.
Q13. The huge Cullinan I diamond, the Great Star of Africa, sits atop which piece of British regalia?
Answer: The Sovereign's Sceptre
💡 At 530.4 carats, it's still the largest clear cut diamond in the world.
Q14. The colossal Cullinan diamond was pulled out of the ground in 1905 in which country?
Answer: South Africa
💡 The rough stone weighed a jaw-dropping 3,106 carats before being cut into smaller gems.
Q15. The Koh-i-Noor was formally handed over under the terms of the Last Treaty of which city?
Answer: Lahore
💡 The boy ruler forced to give it up, Duleep Singh, was only about 10 years old at the time.
Q16. Legend says the deep-red Black Prince's Ruby was gifted in 1367 by which Spanish king?
Answer: Peter of Castile
💡 It's actually a red spinel, not a true ruby, and sits above the Cullinan II in the Imperial State Crown.
Q17. In 1216, King John of England reportedly lost treasure crossing which tidal estuary?
Answer: The Wash
💡 He died of dysentery just nine days after the disaster, so he never got a chance to look for it.
Q18. What nickname did Napoleon give the coronation crown made for his 1804 ceremony at Notre-Dame?
Answer: The Crown of Charlemagne
💡 It was a brand-new piece, but modeled on old drawings and a bust said to depict Charlemagne himself.
Q19. Scotland's crown jewels were once buried under a church floor to hide them from whose forces?
Answer: Oliver Cromwell's forces
💡 They stayed hidden for nine years, dug up periodically at night just to air them out.
Q20. Which British crown holds the Koh-i-Noor diamond today?
Answer: The Crown of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
💡 The diamond was moved into her platinum crown in 1937, ahead of her husband George VI's coronation.
Q21. Which colony's government gave the giant Cullinan diamond to Edward VII in 1907?
Answer: The Transvaal Colony
💡 The gift marked the king's 66th birthday, just two years after the stone was pulled from the ground.
Q22. How many major stones did the Cullinan diamond yield after its 1908 cutting?
Answer: Nine
💡 The cutting firm also kept 96 smaller polished stones from the rough as its fee.
Q23. In 1805, Napoleon crowned himself with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as king of where?
Answer: Italy
💡 He reportedly declared 'God has given it to me; beware he who touches it' as he set the crown on his own head.
Q24. Four Scottish students stole the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey on which 1950 holiday?
Answer: Christmas Day
💡 The stone broke in two the moment the students pulled it free of the Coronation Chair.
Q25. The stolen Stone of Scone was found abandoned in 1951 at which Scottish abbey?
Answer: Arbroath Abbey
💡 It was left on the site of the high altar, where Scotland's 1320 Declaration of Arbroath had been sealed.
Q26. In 1996, the Stone of Scone was permanently returned to which Scottish castle?
Answer: Edinburgh Castle
💡 The deal lets the stone travel back to Westminster Abbey whenever a new coronation needs it.
Q27. The Diamond Diadem, worn to and from the coronation, became familiar from which everyday item?
Answer: UK postage stamps
💡 Arnold Machin's 1967 stamp portrait shows the Queen wearing this same diadem.
Q28. Coronation armills are ceremonially called 'bracelets of sincerity and' what?
Answer: Wisdom
💡 Elizabeth II's 1953 armills were a gift from the Commonwealth, replacing a pair used since 1661.
Q29. Iran's Naderi Throne, covered in over 26,000 gems, takes its name from a Persian word meaning what?
Answer: Rare or unique
💡 Despite the name, it has no direct link to the conqueror Nader Shah - it dates from the later Qajar era.
Q30. Denmark keeps its royal regalia, including three crowns and a sceptre, at which castle's treasury?
Answer: Rosenborg Castle
💡 The regalia are only brought out for a monarch's lying-in-state these days, not for coronations.
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