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The ultimate Downton Abbey quiz

The ultimate Downton Abbey quiz

If you’re anything like Team Stylist, you’re seriously addicted to a Sunday night dose of Downton. But do you know your upstairs from your downstairs and your heiress from your housekeeper? Take our corset-clad quiz to discover how much you know about the hit country house drama…

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The ultimate Downton Abbey quiz

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1. Shrapnel from the Boer War

2. Weekend

3. Carnival Films

4. Solicitor

5. Pharoah and Isis

6. Highclere Castle

7. Monarch of the Glen

8. Yes, but only on the ground floor

9. Uptown Downstairs Abbey

10. Yorkshire

11. 6

12. Well done, Mother dear

13. The Cheerful Charlies

14. PBS

15. The sinking of the Titanic

16. Brideshead Revisited

17. She slipped on a bar of soap

18. French and how to curtsy

19. By dying in Lady Mary's bed

20. Gosford Park

21. Stealing wine from the cellar

22. 15

23. John Lunn

24. Branson

25. Violet

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How did valet John Bates sustain the knee injury that makes him limp?

Question 1 of 25

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In the first ever episode, what word did the Dowager Countess not know the meaning of?

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What's the name of the production company that makes Downton and whose logo appears at the end of the credits?

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What did Matthew Crawley do for a living before he became Downton's designated heir?

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What are the names of Lord Grantham's golden Labradors?

Question 5 of 25

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At which stately home is the series mainly filmed?

Question 6 of 25

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Downton Abbey was created and is written by Julian Fellowes. In which other Sunday night drama did Fellowes regularly appear as an actor?

Question 7 of 25

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Was there electricity in the house during the first series?

Question 8 of 25

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What was the title of the Comic Relief spoof this spring, starring Joanna Lumley, Jennifer Saunders, Victoria Wood and Kim Cattrall?

Question 9 of 25

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In which English county is Downton Abbey supposed to be?

Question 10 of 25

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Downton was nominated for 22 Emmys at last month's ceremony but how many did it win?

Question 11 of 25

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When Maggie Smith won this year's Emmy for Best Supporting Actress, what did Hugh Bonneville tweet?

Question 12 of 25

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What is the name of butler Carson's old music hall double act?

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On which US network does Downton Abbey air?

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Which historical event set the first series in motion?

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Downton Abbey is the most sucessful British period drama ratings-wise since...what?

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What caused the Counthess of Grantham to miscarry in series one?

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What does Lady Sybil say are the only two things anyone ever learns from a governess?

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How did dashing Turkish diplomat Mr Kemal Pamuk cause a kerfuffle in series one?

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Downton Abbey writer Julian Fellowes has won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. For which film?

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What does Bates catch Thomas the footman doing in series one?

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When this series comes to a close next month, how many episodes of Downton will there have been so far in total?

Question 22 of 25

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Who composed the Downton Abbey theme tune?

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The socialist chauffeur shares a surname with a real-life prominent businessman. What is it?

Question 24 of 25

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What's the first name of the Dowager Countess of Grantham, played by Maggie Smith?

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