Saturday 4th April 2026
Difficulty: Hard
Alexandra Palace (#1,233)
Questions by Nick Gough
Photo: Jack Rose @ Wikipedia. (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Alexandra Palace is an entertainment and sports venue in north London. It is a Grade II listed building.
1. Alexandra Palace opened on 24th May 1873, and was named after Alexandra, the popular Princess of Wales. In which country was Princess Alexandra born?
2. How long after it opened did Alexandra Palace burn down?
3. In what year were the world's first public broadcasts of (then) "high-definition" television made by the BBC from Alexandra Palace?
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