If you can tear yourselves away from the excitement of Advent Calendars, present wrapping and satsumas, herewith the Christmas Quiz. This year, everything has an FP connection (sort of) so no excuse for not getting full marks. For that reason I've included a tiebreaker. Prize = a place on the celebrated AEBMW (Atwell Easter Bonnet Making Workshop). Closing date for entries = St. Anysia's day (30th December, do try and keep up!).
1) What do The Dorchester, Westminster Abbey and Fulham Palace have in common?
2) Which Fulham Palace Head Gardener was appointed Page of the Backstairs to a queen?
3) The "Immortal Seven" included which Bishop of London?
4) The two "living fossils" at Fulham Palace are? (Candidates who include me as one of their answers will be disqualified)
5) Who is the only person to have been appointed Bishop of London twice?
6) Where in SW6 might you have seen a Tower of Jewels for the first time this year?
7) Colonel Edmund Harvey spent £7,617 8s and 10d in buying what?
8) One of the items sold on the Barrow this year was the aptly named "Common Bishop's Weed". It is known to botanists as?
9) Who was the first person in England to grow kidney beans for the table rather than as an ornamental plant?
10) "Sinistrorse" is an epithet that can be applied to which two notable specimens in the Fulham Palace Garden?
11) The colour scheme in the Knot Garden derives its inspiration from?
The Great Hall Fireplace at Fulham Palace
12) Which important contributor to Fulham Palace Garden met his somewhat mysterious end on the Roanoke River?
13) Which Bishop of London was honoured for contribution to nursing and midwifery?
14) OFSTED graded what at Fulham Palace as "Good" earlier this year?
15) Who was this year's winner of "The Vineyard" trophy?
16) What underground feature at Fulham Palace still exists in an unbroken circuit?
17) Who featured on "Question Time" held at Sycamore House?
18) Which Swiss exile introduced the French Tamarisk to Fulham Palace Garden?
19) Who has his own separate palace at Fulham Palace?
20) Whereabouts in Fulham Palace might you kneel on a wand?
Tiebreaker: Which side of a tree has the most leaves?
Enjoy!
Jamie Atwell,
Garden Volunteer