The Stately Homes of England

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1. Which house was a gift from a grateful Queen and Nation to a military commander? Blenheim Palace Hatfield House Longleat Cothele

2. Which house, in Wiltshire, boasts a magnificent double cube room dominated by two Van Dyke portraits of Charles I? Chartwell Hatfield House Longleat Wilton House

3. Which house was home to the Duke who negotiated the 1763 Treaty of Paris? Knebworth House Woburn Abbey Knole Hever Castle

4. Which stately home was the family home of the Astors and the setting for the start of the Profumo scandal? Waddington Manor Primrose Hill Cliveden Apsley House

5. Which Castle in Kent was the home of the young Anne Boleyn? Hever Castle Scotney Castle Leeds Castle Sissinghurst Castle

6. Which property was used in the filming of "Brideshead Revisited"? Chartwell Chatsworth Castle Howard Lanhydrock House

7. Joseph Paxton, creator of the Crystal Palace, was Head Gardener at which property in Derbyshire? Haddon Hall Kedleston Hall Tissington Hall Chatsworth

8. Which was the first stately home in England to have a safari park? Longleat Broadlands Woburn Abbey Long Melford

9. Which property, built by Sir William Cecil, plays host to an annual horse trials? Burghley House Penshurst Place Petworth Harewood

10. Which property in Kent was, for 150 years, part of the settlement Queens of England received on the death of their husbands? Dover Castle Leeds Castle Walmer Castle Rochester Castle