E: 12/07 9am Win 2021 Premium Proof Annual Coin Set (daily competition)

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Royal Mint

Day 1  How Many Portions Of Strawberries And Cream Are Served During The Wimbledon Fortnight?
Answer  191,930  From Wimbledon

Have searched, I think a different question daily for six days.

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Day 2  https://www.royalmint.com/tennis-2021-quiz/quiz/entry/?       Closes 8 July

Prize  John Logie Baird 2021 UK 50p Silver proof coin

THE NUMBER OF TIMES A COMMEMORATIVE COIN IS STRUCK AT THE ROYAL MINT IS THE SAME NUMBER OF GRAND SLAMS ANDY MURRAY HAS WON IN HIS CAREER. HOW MANY DO YOU THINK?

Answer (according to Wiki) Andy Murray has won 3 grand slams.

Can someone confirm?

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libra10 said:

Day 2  https://www.royalmint.com/tennis-2021-quiz/quiz/entry/?       Closes 8 July

Prize  John Logie Baird 2021 UK 50p Silver proof coin

THE NUMBER OF TIMES A COMMEMORATIVE COIN IS STRUCK AT THE ROYAL MINT IS THE SAME NUMBER OF GRAND SLAMS ANDY MURRAY HAS WON IN HIS CAREER. HOW MANY DO YOU THINK?

Answer (according to Wiki) Andy Murray has won 3 grand slams.

Can someone confirm?

From Google:
He has won three Grand Slam singles titles – two at Wimbledon (2013 and 2016) and one at the US Open (2012) – and has reached eleven major finals.

RoCoB

Anne Jessopp is The Royal Mint’s Chief Executive. Do you know who is patron of Wimbledon?

Answer: The Duchess of Cambridge

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https://www.royalmint.com/tennis-2021-quiz/quiz/entry/?

Day 4 Men’s Semi-final

One lucky winner will receive a Team GB Silver Proof 50p

The last time Wimbledon had a capacity crowd was in 2019, with 500,397 people in attendance. Can you guess how many London 2012 Olympic Tennis 50ps went into circulation in 2011?

Answer - 1,454,000

libra10

https://www.royalmint.com/tennis-2021-quiz/quiz/entry/?

Day 5 Ladies final  

Prize - 95th birthday of  Her Majesty the Queen 2021 £5 Silver proof coin

A series of portraits of the All England Lawn Tennis Club Lady Champions are situated outside the club house entrance at Wimbledon. What do these have in common with Her Majesty The Queen's effigy released in 1998?

Answer  They were created by Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS

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https://www.royalmint.com/tennis-2021-quiz/quiz/entry/

Day 6  Men's Final

Prize  1877 Sovereign

Do you know what this 1877-dated gold Sovereign and Wimbledon have in common?

Answer   Both were created in 1877

Can someone confirm?

RoCoB

Wimbledon Trophies

Year Created: original in 1877; current men’s single in 1887; current women’s single in 1886; current men’s doubles in 1884; current women’s doubles in 1949; and current mixed doubles in 1902
First Year Awarded:  1877
Sport:  Tennis
Country of Origin:  Wimbledon, London, England

Found : https://www.oldest.org/sports/sports-trophies/

In 1817 the gold guinea was gone, enter the Gold Sovereign valued at 20 shillings (one pound). The iconic St George and the Dragon reverse, still in use today, was designed by the Royal Mint’s chief medallist, Benedetto Pistrucci.

Found: https://atkinsonsbullion.com/news/april-2016/the-history-of-the-gold-sovereign