2016 QUIZ ANSWERS
How well did you do in the 2016 quiz? Find out more about the answers below, or take the quiz again.
Question 1
Answer: Topiary designs are not a typical feature of a Capability Brown Landscape.
To celebrate the 300th anniversary of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown’s birth, we held events across the country. At English Heritage we are fortunate to care for several of Brown’s most intriguing commissions, including the landscapes of Audley End and Wrest Park.
Find out moreQuestion 2
Answer: Children chose Tim Berners-Lee inventing the World Wide Web as one of their top moments from history.
We then asked kids across England to draw this moment which featured as the final panel of a modern day Bayeux Tapestry.
Find out moreQuestion 3
Answer: Simon de Montfort was not involved in a battle for the English throne is 1066. He was the 6th Earl of Leicester who led the rebellion against King Henry III during the Second Barons' War.
In 2016, 950 years after The Battle of Hastings, we brought the story of the Norman Conquest to life. Discover more about the battle itself and its impact and how we commemorated the events of 1066.
Find out moreQuestion 4
Answer: Amelia Edward's Blue Plaque was erected in 2015, not 2016.
This year marked the 150th anniversary of London's Blue Plaque Scheme. Some of the people commemorated with blue plaques in 2016 included: Freddie Mercury, Ava Gardner, Bobby Moore and Tommy Cooper.
Find out moreQuestion 5
Answer: The second graffiti image is from the World War II Tunnels at Dover Castle, not Richmond Castle.
In 2016 English Heritage launched a conservation project to protect the graffiti on the walls of the 19th-century cell block at Richmond Castle, many of which were written by conscientious objectors of the First World War.
Find out moreQuestion 6
Answer: The statue of Gallos is found at Tintagel Castle.
The summer of 2016 saw the beginning of an exciting new archaeological project at Tintagel Castle. A new outdoor interpretation area was also created and a incredible footbridge that will follow the path of the original crossing between the mainland and the headland is being planned.
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