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50 free The Crown trivia questions with answers. Think you're a true fan of The Crown? Put your knowledge of the Netflix hit series to the test with our engaging trivia quiz. From dramatic palace intrigue to pivotal historical moments, this quiz covers everything you need to know about the royals. See how well you really know the show!
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Q 01Who created and principally wrote 'The Crown'?
Peter Morgan
Peter Morgan created and principally wrote The Crown, produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix.
Q 02Elstree Studios, where much of the series was shot, is in which English town?
Borehamwood
Elstree Studios sits in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire; sets for the palace private quarters and 10 Downing Street were built there for the first season.
Q 03In what year did 'The Crown' first premiere on Netflix?
2016
The Crown premiered on Netflix on 4 November 2016; its first two episodes had screened in UK cinemas three days earlier.
Q 04Anton Lesser plays which prime minister in season two?
Harold Macmillan
Anton Lesser plays Harold Macmillan, whose 1963 resignation in the wake of the Profumo affair closes season two.
Q 05Which actor portrayed Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 'The Crown'?
John Lithgow
John Lithgow, an American a foot taller than the real Churchill, won the 2017 Emmy for the episode 'Assassins'.
Q 06Who played Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in the first two seasons of 'The Crown'?
Matt Smith
Matt Smith plays Philip in the first two seasons, from the 1947 wedding to the 1964 birth of Prince Edward.
Q 07Which actress took over as Princess Margaret from Vanessa Kirby for seasons 3 and 4 of The Crown?
Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter's seasons cover the princess's marriage breakdown and her affair with the much younger Roddy Llewellyn.
Q 08Royal biographer Robert Lacey worked on the series in what capacity?
Historical consultant
Robert Lacey served as the show's historical consultant and defended its inventions by distinguishing historical truth from 'the larger truth about the past'.
Q 09Who was the first actor to play Prince Charles as an adult in The Crown, across seasons 3 and 4?
Josh O'Connor
Josh O'Connor took over for the university and Camilla years and won an Emmy for the part; Dominic West played Charles in seasons 5 and 6.
Q 10Which actress won an Emmy as Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of The Crown?
Claire Foy
Claire Foy won the 2018 Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her final season as the young Queen.
Q 11In what year did Elizabeth marry Philip Mountbatten, shortly after the series opens?
1947
Elizabeth married Philip Mountbatten on 20 November 1947 at Westminster Abbey, and the series opens with that wedding.
Q 12Which cathedral stood in for Westminster Abbey in the coronation scenes?
Ely Cathedral
Ely Cathedral doubled for Westminster Abbey in the wedding and coronation scenes, its nave standing in for the Abbey's in 'Smoke and Mirrors'.
Q 13Who plays King George VI in the first season?
Jared Harris
Jared Harris plays King George VI, whose 1951 lung operation and death in February 1952 open the series and hand the throne to Elizabeth.
Q 21Which actress took over the role of Queen Elizabeth II for seasons three and four of The Crown?
Olivia Colman
Colman was cast in October 2017 and covers the Queen from the mid-1960s to 1990, winning an Emmy for the role.
Q 22Who portrayed Prince Philip in seasons three and four of the series?
Tobias Menzies
Tobias Menzies was cast in March 2018 and plays Philip from the mid-1960s to 1990 in seasons three and four.
Q 23Which international crisis brings down the prime minister in season two?
The Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis of 1956 ended in humiliation for Britain and destroyed Anthony Eden, whose collapse season two charts in detail.
Q 14Which season of 'The Crown' covers the 1992 'Annus Horribilis'?
Fifth
That season also takes in the Windsor Castle fire, the decommissioning of the royal yacht Britannia and the handover of Hong Kong.
Q 15Which actress plays Diana, Princess of Wales, in seasons five and six?
Elizabeth Debicki
Elizabeth Debicki, the Australian, took the role for the divorce years and the 1997 death in Paris, and won a Golden Globe for it.
Q 16Which English city doubled as New York City in the series?
Manchester
Manchester's streets doubled as New York City for the series' American scenes.
Q 17The first season reportedly cost at least how much, making it Netflix's most expensive drama at the time?
£100 million
The first season reportedly cost at least £100 million, making it Netflix's most expensive drama to that point.
Q 18In season one, what event makes Elizabeth Queen while she is on a Commonwealth tour?
Her father's death
She learns the news in Kenya in 1952 and flies home as monarch; the season then follows her coronation and her clashes with Churchill.
Q 19Which actress plays Princess Margaret in the first two seasons?
Vanessa Kirby
Kirby was in negotiations for the part by May 2015 and later reprised it briefly; the role passed to older actresses every two seasons as the timeline moved on.
Q 20In season one, Stephen Dillane plays which artist whose portrait upsets the ageing Churchill?
Graham Sutherland
Stephen Dillane plays Graham Sutherland, whose 1954 portrait Churchill loathed; Clementine had it secretly destroyed, a fate the episode 'Assassins' dramatises.
Q 24Which actress portrayed Camilla Parker Bowles in seasons three and four?
Emerald Fennell
Emerald Fennell, who wrote and directed Promising Young Woman, plays the young Camilla Shand from her 1970s courtship with Charles through the Diana years.
Q 25Which actress took on the role of Queen Elizabeth II for the final seasons, five and six, of The Crown?
Imelda Staunton
Staunton was announced in January 2020, and her seasons run from 1991 to 2005, taking in the annus horribilis and the death of Diana.
Q 26Who was cast as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, for seasons five and six of The Crown?
Jonathan Pryce
Pryce was cast in August 2020 and plays the duke into his eighties, including his friendship with Penny Knatchbull.
Q 27Which Prime Minister was portrayed by Gillian Anderson in season four?
Margaret Thatcher
Gillian Anderson plays Margaret Thatcher in season four, winning a Golden Globe and an Emmy for the role; their weekly audiences chart the two women's mutual incomprehension.
Q 28Which actor played Lord Mountbatten in seasons three and four of The Crown?
Charles Dance
Greg Wise played the younger Mountbatten in the first two seasons; Dance took over as the ageing uncle who acts as a father figure to Charles.
Q 29Who portrayed Prime Minister John Major in season five of The Crown?
Jonny Lee Miller
Jonny Lee Miller plays John Major, prime minister for the whole of season five's 1991-97 span, last seen handing over to Blair after the 1997 election.
Q 30Which actor played Prime Minister Tony Blair in seasons five and six of the series?
Bertie Carvel
Bertie Carvel plays Tony Blair, whose 1997 landslide closes season five and who remains prime minister throughout season six.