Q 01/05

In which part of London was the Great Exhibition of 1851 held?

A) Hyde Park

B) Battersea Park

C) Kensington Gardens

D) Regent's Park

Answer · why

A) Hyde Park

Six million people visited, about a third of the population of England and Wales at the time.

Q 02/05

Who designed the Crystal Palace that housed the Great Exhibition?

A) Charles Barry

B) Joseph Paxton

C) Decimus Burton

D) Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Answer · why

B) Joseph Paxton

Paxton drew on his experience building greenhouses for the Duke of Devonshire, and the building went up in nine months.

Q 03/05

Which royal is credited with the idea for the 1851 Great Exhibition?

A) King William IV

B) Queen Victoria

C) Prince Albert

D) Edward, Prince of Wales

Answer · why

C) Prince Albert

The exhibition's surplus went on to fund the Victoria and Albert, Science and Natural History museums.

Q 04/05

Which famous diamond drew crowds to the India exhibit at the Great Exhibition?

A) Regent Diamond

B) Cullinan

C) Hope Diamond

D) Koh-i-Noor

Answer · why

D) Koh-i-Noor

Visitors also queued to pay a penny for George Jennings' flush toilets, the first modern public ones.

Q 05/05

Where was the Crystal Palace re-erected after the 1851 exhibition closed?

A) Sydenham

B) Wembley

C) Richmond

D) Greenwich

Answer · why

A) Sydenham

Sir Henry Buckland, walking his dog, spotted the red glow of the fatal fire on the evening of 30 November 1936; his daughter was named Crystal after t...