What game is being played here?
Can members say the rhyme & make the hand signs?
Name the church?
Ask members to say the rhyme together ...
Name the cathedral & city?
Name the current Pope?
Name the chapel?
Name the painting & the artist?
Factoid. The artist was made to paint the ceiling and in a secret act of defiance he painted Adam (the first man) with a belly button & God sitting in a brain, i.e. science over religion.
Name the place where this girl saw visions of the Virgin Mary?
What is her saint name?
Name the cathedral & the city?
Name the architect?
Name the cathedral & city?
Name the square?
Name the cathedral & city?
What are the tourist boats called?
Name the English cathedral & the river it sits next to?
Name the 700 year old map that resides within?
Name this Jerusalem church?
What place of worship would you find inside?
Name the largest cathedral in Britain?
What do locals call its Catholic counterpart?
Name this London cathedral & the gallery at the base of the dome?
Name the architect?
Name the cathedral & the city?
Name the narrow streets leading up to it?
Name the cathedral, the river it sits on & the city?
What year did it catch fire (some people said they saw an image of Christ in the flames)?
Name this Welsh cathedral city?
When is his feast day & can you name the other three patron saints?
Ireland - he banished snakes
Scotland - he was Christ's first disciple
England - he slayed a dragon
While we're talking about the four nations, what are our four flowers?
Name the royal abbey?
Name this couple who married there in 2011?
Name these twinned islands?
In which regions of the two countries would you find them?
Name England's oldest cathedral?
Who wrote tales about it and the city in 1400?
Which English cathedral has the tallest spire & houses the 'Magna Carta' (a royal charter of rights)?
Which King wrote it in 1215?
In which Italian cathedral would you find the 'Holy Shroud'?
Who believes it to be genuine; who believes it to be a medieval forgery (bearing in mind photographic negative was not invented until 1826?
Which English cathedral is near Glastonbury?
What are the swans famous for doing there?
Which Italian cathedral has a leaning tower?
What was the degree of lean before stabilisation?
Which Italian cathedral has one of the largest domes in the world? Which statue (replica) would you find in the square outside)?
What is the name of St James's cathedral in northern Spain?
What is the name of the pilgrimage path that connects France to it?
Name this Holy Island in Northumberland?
Name the castle nearby?
Name this church & abbey?
Which horror character is associated with this town?
Name the TV show or movie?
Reminiscence. Who has tasted this wine? Can you remember any other golden oldies?
Song break.
'Get Me To The Church On Time', 'My Fair Lady' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diWNbCdvcz4&list=RDdiWNbCdvcz4&start_radio=1
'Flash, Bang, Wallop', 'Half A Sixpence' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCP0-XfbyRU
'Climb Every Mountain', 'Sound Of Music' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKuqySkqhHw
'I Will Follow Him', 'Sister Act' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPpd-6X3tEo
'The Lord Is My Shepherd', 'Vicar Of Dibley' theme - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAZN1oVir5A
'Hallelujah Chorus', 'Handel's Messiah' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUZEtVbJT5c
Moving on to castles ...
Try saying these rhymes with members ...
- "Humpty Dumpty ..."
- "The Grand Old Duke Of York ..."
- "Sing A Song Of Sixpence ..."
Complete this phrase, "I'm the King of the Castle ..."
Who let down her hair?
Name the fairy tale?
What is her name & who woke her up?
Whose glass slipper is this? Who is this & can you name her seven friends?
Name this King & his six wives?
Name this London castle & the river it sits on?
Which guards & birds protect it?
Name this royal couple?
Which London castle did they mostly live in?
Name the king who abdicated & the woman he did it for?
Name the palace he relinquished living in & the royal couple who took over from them?
Name this Welsh castle?
Who was made Prince Of Wales here in 1969?
Factoid. The ancient crown was missing a jewel, so they spray painted gold a table tennis ball and stuck it on top.
Name this Scottish royal castle?
What breed of dogs are pictured here?
Name this London castle (same as above) & the person who lived there until recently?
What did she call the year it caught fire in 1992?
Name this Scottish castle?
What royal event takes place here every August?
Name this Welsh castle?
How many of the animals on 'Animal Wall' can you name?
Here is a video of the keys to the castle being given to the people in 1947 ...
Name this Welsh castle & cheese?
Whose statue can be found outside it?
Name this Cornish castle?
Name the legendary king who is associated with it?
Name this fairytale castle, just north of Cardiff?
The castle was recently used to film the TV series 'Merlin'. Which legendary castle was Merlin associated with?
Name this wall which stretches 73 miles from the east coast to west coast of north England?
Which type of tree which grew in a gap in the wall was recently cut down by vandals?
Name this castle on the south east coast of England?
Which tapestry shows King Harold being shot in the eye by an arrow in 1066?
Name this castle in the midlands?
Who lived there when Richard The Lionheart went to fight in the Third Crusade & who lived in a nearby forest and fought him?
TV theme - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbyYr6L5xQM
Name the castle & the loch it sits on?
What is the name of the monster that is said to live there?
Name the Welsh castle & the song written about it?
Name the 1964 movie that saw the Welsh Guard sing this song at the Battle of Rorke's Drift in South Africa?
Here it is - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSEU5zHgcTc
Which seaside castle played an important role in 'Operation Dynamo', which coorindated the rescue of soldiers from Dunkirk?
Which Prime Minister is pictured here?
Name this German castle which served as a maximum security prisoner of war camp in WW2?
How many escaped from here during the years 1939-45?
Name the castle & the man?
Name as many characters as you can?
Here are a few to get you started ...
Simply name these royal TV shows & movies?
Final songs ...
'Getting To Know You', 'The King And I' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlx6gQWfjp0
'Prince Charming', Adam And The Ants - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p__WmyAE3g
'Everything I Do', Bryan Adams - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0pdQU87dc8
'I'm Henry V111 I Am', Herman And The Hermits - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFNoDsOmluA
'The Circle Of Life', 'The Lion King' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GibiNy4d4gc
'Killer Queen', Queen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZBtPf7FOoM
'Amazing Grace', Elvis Presley - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3XdXEJEI4E
'Candle In The Wind', Elton John - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OefdqK3jKi0
ANSWERS
Here's the church and there's the steeple.
Open the door and see all the people.
Here's the parson going upstairs.
And here he is now he's saying his prayers.
St Mary-Le-Bow, Cheapside, London
St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome / Pope Francis
Sistine Chapel / 'The Creation Of Adam' Michelangelo
Lourdes / Saint Bernadette
Basilica De La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona / Antoni Gaudi
St Basil's Cathedral, Moscow / Red Square
St. Mark's Cathedral, Venice / Gondolas
Worcester Cathedral / Mappa Mundi
Church Of The Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem / Christ's tomb
Liverpool Cathedral / Paddy's Wigwam
St. Paul's Cathedral / Whispering Gallery/ Christopher Wren
York Minster / The Shambles
Notre Dame, The Seine, Paris / 2019
St. David's - 1st March - Daffodil
St. Patrick - 17th March - Shamrock
St. Andrew - 30th November - Thistle
St. George - 23rd April - English Rose
Westminster Abbey / Prince William & Kate Middleton
Mont Saint Michel, Normandy & St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall
Canterbury Cathedral / Chaucer
Salisbury Cathedral / King John
Turin Cathedral
Wells Cathedral / Ringing the bell for food at the Bishop's Palace
Pisa Cathedral / By 1990 the tilt had reached 5.5 degrees and the tower was closed to tourists. By 2001 after remedial works to stabilise the tower the tilt had recued to 3.97 and the tower reopened
Florence Cathedral / Michelangelo's David
Santiago de Compostela / The Camino Way
Lindisfarne / Bamburgh Castle
Whitby Abbey / Dracula
'Hunchback Of Notre Dame', 1923
'Nuns On The Run', 1990
'Shoes Of The Fisherman', 1968
'Sister Act', 1992
'The Da Vinci Code', 2006
'The Sound Of Music', 1965
'The Nun Story', 1959
'Father Ted'
'Father Brown'
'Vicar Of Dibley'
'Oh Brother'
“Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, all the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't put Humpty together again.”
"Oh the grand old Duke of York
He had ten thousand men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
And he marched them down again.
And when they were up they were up
And when they were down they were down
And when they were only halfway up
They were neither up nor down."
"Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye. Four and twenty blackbirds, Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened The birds began to sing; Wasn't that a dainty dish, To set before the king? The king was in his counting house, Counting out his money; The queen was in the parlour, Eating bread and honey."
Complete this phrase, "I'm the King of the Castle ... Get down you dirty rascal."
Who let down her hair? Rapunzel
Name the fairy tale? Jack And The Beanstalk
What is her name & who woke her up? Sleeping Beauty / Prince Charming
Whose glass slipper is this? Cinderella
Who is this & can you name her seven friends? Snow White / Happy, Sleepy, Grumpy, Sneezy, Dopey, Doc & Bashful
Tower Of London / Ravens & Beefeaters
Victoria & Albert / Winsdor Castle
Edward V111 & Wallace Simpson / King George v1 & Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Caernarvon Castle / Prince Of Wales Investiture
Balmoral Castle / Corgis
Windsor Castle / Queen Elizabeth 11 / 1992
Edinburgh Castle / Royal Military Tattoo
Cardiff Castle / Original animals included: a pair of lions holding shields, a lioness, a lynx, a bear, a sea lion, a wolf, a pair of apes and a hyena. You can tell these apart from their later cousins because they have glass eyes. The wall was moved and relocated west of the Castle in 1923 due to the widening of Duke Street, and six extra animals were added. The six additional animals were the vulture, beaver, leopard, a pair of raccoons, a pelican and an anteater.
Caerphilly Castle & Cheese / Tommy Cooper
Tintagel Castle / King Arthur
Castell Coch / Camelot
Hadrian's Wall / Sycamore
Dover Castle / Bayeux Tapestry
Nottingham Castle / Sheriff Of Nottingham / Robin Hood
Urquhart Castle, Loch Ness / Nessie
Harlech Castle / 'Zulu'
Dover Castle / Winston Churchill
Colditz / 130 but only 32 got clean away
Disney Castle / Walt Disney / Daffy, Goofy, Pluto, Mickey, Minnie
'The King And I', 1956
'The Queen', 2006
'The King's Speech', 2010
'Beauty And The Beast', 2017
'Excalibur', 1981
'Robin Hood', 1938
'The Madness Of King George', 1994
'Carry On Henry', 1971
'Cleopatra', 1963
'Blackadder'
'Braveheart', 1995
'Mrs Brown', 1997
'King Kong', 1933
'Carry On Cleo', 1964
'Henry V', 1989
'Return Of The King', 2003
'The Lion King', 2019
'Mary Queen Of Scots', 1971
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