Victorian quiz offers timely prize

The Victoria Day long weekend is now behind us, so DailyNews is offering readers a chance to keep on top of events—with a trivia contest offering a particularly timely prize.

Up for grabs is a smart desk clock, bearing Roman numerals set in a leather frame embossed with the UWindsor logo, courtesy of the Alumni Affairs office.

The winner will be randomly selected from all correct responses received by 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 22. To be eligible, select the most correct answer to each of the following questions:

  1. Queen Victoria was born May 24 in what year?
    a) 1812
    b) 1819
    c) 1837
    d) 1842
     
  2. She was christened one month later under what name?
    a) Alexandrina Victoria
    b) Georgia Victoria
    c) Victoria Georgia
    d) Victoria Regina
     
  3. Victoria was the last British monarch representing which royal house?
    a) Hanover
    b) Saxe-Coburg
    c) Stuart
    d) Tudor
     
  4. How many schools in the Greater Essex County District School Board bear her name?
    a) none
    b) one
    c) two
    d) three
     
  5. On what date will Elizabeth II surpass Victoria as the longest-reigning British monarch?
    a) she already did on January 1, 2013
    b) May 24, 2013
    c) January 1, 2014
    d) September 9, 2015

Contest is open to all readers of the DailyNews. Send an e-mail with your responses to uofwnews@uwindsor.ca. One entry per contestant, please. Note: the decision of the judge in determining the most correct response is inviolable.