THE TRINITY HOUSE TH500 QUIZ
Answer these brain-teasers to be in for a chance to win an illustrated print and the Trinity House photo book
The entry with the most correct answers (with a ballot to settle a tie) will win a Trinity House-themed print by renowned illustrator
Peter Kent and a copy of the new Trinity House photography book Light Through A Lens being published on 11 September.
Send your finished sheets to TH500 Quiz, Trinity House, Tower Hill, London, EC3N 4DH or email th500.quiz@trinityhouse.co.uk by 29
August 2014. The winner will be announced on 3 September. Good luck!
Name
HISTORY
PERSONALITIES
1. What was the exact date (dd/mm/yyyy) that
Henry VIII granted a Royal Charter to Trinity House?
1. Professor Michael _______
Pioneer in the use of electricity and Scientific Advisor
to Trinity House in the late 19th century
2. How many ships are depicted on the Trinity
House coat of arms?
2. Grace _______
19th century lighthouse keeper’s daughter famous
for the rescue of the drowning victims of the wrecked
Forfarshire near the Longstone Lighthouse
3. In which year did Trinity House become
responsible for the last remaining privately-owned
lighthouses in England and Wales?
3. Saint _______
The Patron Saint of sailors, for whom the Corporation
is named in the first Royal Charter
4. Which was the last lighthouse to be built by
Trinity House?
4. Sir James _______
The first Engineer-in-Chief of Trinity House, responsible
for the Eddystone and the rebuilt Bishop Rock
TRINITY HOUSE TODAY
ODD ONE OUT
1. What is the lifting capacity of THV Galatea’s crane?
1. Lighthouses:
Les Hanois, Longships, Lizard, Longstone
2. The rare Tuberous Thistle (Cirsium tuberosum) can
be found at which Welsh lighthouse?
3. Which Trinity House lighthouse is both the
smallest and the highest in the British Isles?
4. During the 2012 Summer Olympics, Trinity House
London was the host venue for which nation’s
team?
2. Trinity House London:
Charles II, Henry VIII, William IV, George III
3. Eddystone Lighthouses:
1698, 1703, 1759, 1882
4. Masters:
William Pitt, Samuel Pepys, HRH Prince Philip, 1st
Duke of Wellington
ANAGRAMS
Rearrange these phrases to reveal the name of a Trinity House lighthouse
1. Sorehead Vet
3. All Bold Print
2. Unduly Shot
4. Cashier’s Tent