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? Wilton House Longleat Chartwell Hatfield House

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

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

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

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

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

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? Harewood Petworth Burghley House Penshurst Place

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