Q 01/05

Which Philadelphia landmark carries a verse from the biblical Jubilee law in Leviticus?

A) Carpenters' Hall

B) The Liberty Bell

C) The Betsy Ross House

D) The Franklin Institute

Answer · why

B) The Liberty Bell

The Liberty Bell carries its verse from Leviticus 25, and 1830s abolitionists adopted the old State House bell as a symbol and gave it its name.

Q 02/05

Which anniversary is traditionally marked with silver?

A) 5th

B) 10th

C) 25th

D) 50th

Answer · why

C) 25th

25th is the silver anniversary, and guests were once expected to send silver, so a 19th-century etiquette guide welcomed invitations adding 'No presen...

Q 03/05

What is the formal name for a 150th anniversary?

A) Semicentennial

B) Bicentennial

C) Sesquicentennial

D) Tercentennial

Answer · why

C) Sesquicentennial

Sesquicentennial joins Latin sesqui, 'one and a half', to centennial, and Philadelphia's 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition flopped amid heavy rain and ...

Q 04/05

Queen Victoria's 1897 Diamond Jubilee thanksgiving service was held outside which London church?

A) Westminster Abbey

B) St Paul's Cathedral

C) Southwark Cathedral

D) St Martin-in-the-Fields

Answer · why

B) St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral: Victoria, too frail to manage its steps, stayed in her carriage, so the short service was held outside the building.

Q 05/05

Which punk band's 'God Save the Queen' was banned by the BBC during the 1977 Silver Jubilee?

A) The Clash

B) Sex Pistols

C) The Damned

D) The Stranglers

Answer · why

B) Sex Pistols

The Sex Pistols tried playing it from a boat on the Thames on the Jubilee holiday, and police arrested their manager Malcolm McLaren and others when i...