About This Quiz
Do you have the inside track on the downstairs gossip? Know all the whispers from the drawing room? Take our "Downton Abbey" quiz to test how well you know your English manor and the various intrigues that make it scintillating.Lord Grantham's cousin James goes down with the ship.
Only a male heir can inherit the property, which is preposterous because Mary is a boss.
An unaristocratic job at the time, Matthew was a solicitor.
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Sybil was as fashion-forward as she was forward-thinking.
While miniskirts and drinking laws are a big deal to some people in the U.S., World War I was a little more far-reaching.
After penning an impassioned letter to the paper, Edith is asked to become a columnist.
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Alfred was accepted into a culinary program, leaving poor Daisy unrequited.
Cora, the daughter of an extremely successful merchant, was raised in Cincinnati.
Lady Sybil dies in childbirth, leaving behind a daughter.
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Mr. Bates served with Lord Grantham in the Boer War.
Rose's mother takes Mrs. O'Brien on as her lady's maid when she travels to India.
Isobel marries Baron Merton, making her a baroness.
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Violet was madly in love with a Russian prince, who later reappeared in her life.
Lady Sybil helped Gwen secure job placement outside the household.
Rose doesn't convert after her marriage, but the Aldridges remain committed to Judaism.
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Kemal Pamuk is a diplomat for Turkey.
Bill Molesley won the Downton Village Flower Show after the dowager countess realized her own victories were unfair.
Edith goes to Switzerland under the guise of a holiday, but she's really hiding her pregnancy.
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Lord Grantham claims he doesn't know where the priceless Bible is, which is too bad because they would never have to worry about money again if they found it.
Of course, she was pressured to steal the jewelry by a horrible colleague.
Only Edith would be given that plot point, of course.
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Lord Gillingham's servant sexually assaults Anna, but Anna refuses to discuss it.
Even for Downton, it seems a bit far-fetched that Edith suddenly becomes the publisher of a newspaper.
It's a miracle. And a convenient plot point.
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Ethel is redeemed and hired by Isobel.
Mrs. Patmore fights to have her nephew memorialized with other soldiers.
She finally gets her wish when Lord Grantham allows them to hear King George V's speech on the wireless.
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The art historian finds lots of reasons to visit Cora.
In what is no doubt the saddest death of the series, Isis passes away near the end of season five.
Anna is picked out of a lineup as being near Mr. Green at the time of his death.
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