Q 01/05

The Crown's exiled Duke of Windsor gave up the throne in 1936 to marry which American divorcée?

A) Wallis Simpson

B) Thelma Furness

C) Nancy Astor

D) Jennie Jerome

Answer · why

A) Wallis Simpson

Wallis Simpson was the woman Edward VIII chose over the crown in December 1936; his abdication put his younger brother on the throne and made ten-year...

Q 02/05

Elstree Studios, where much of The Crown was shot, is in which English town?

A) Borehamwood

B) Watford

C) Iver Heath

D) Shepperton

Answer · why

A) Borehamwood

Borehamwood, not the neighbouring village of Elstree, is where Elstree Studios stands; The Crown built its palace private quarters and its Downing Str...

Q 03/05

After a magazine attack on her speeches in season two of The Crown, the Queen agrees to televise which annual broadcast?

A) The Easter message

B) The Christmas message

C) The New Year message

D) The Commonwealth Day message

Answer · why

B) The Christmas message

The Christmas message first went out on television in 1957, months after a magazine article mocked the Queen's speaking style as 'a pain in the neck'.

Q 04/05

Anton Lesser plays which prime minister in season two of The Crown?

A) Alec Douglas-Home

B) Harold Wilson

C) Harold Macmillan

D) Winston Churchill

Answer · why

C) Harold Macmillan

Harold Macmillan, played by Anton Lesser, resigned in October 1963 on grounds of ill health, yet lived until 1986, long enough to enter the Lords as E...

Q 05/05

Which actor portrayed Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 'The Crown'?

A) Jeremy Northam

B) John Lithgow

C) Ben Daniels

D) Alex Jennings

Answer · why

B) John Lithgow

John Lithgow, an American, plays Churchill in his second spell in power, from 1951 to 1955, fending off colleagues who want the ailing premier to reti...