For someone who is proud and grateful to live in a democracy, I sure do love me some royals.
I’m an Anglophile in particular, but anything to do with the history of kings and queens is fascinating. Have you listened to “Noble Blood,” the podcast by Dana Schwartz? It’s gruesome and scintillating and informative, a powerful combination.
Shine up your scepter, strengthen your neck for the weight of a crown and see if you’re ready for your coronation as a monarch of trivia with this quiz about royalty.
Questions:
- What actress has won an Emmy for playing Queen Elizabeth I, and an Oscar and a Tony for playing Queen Elizabeth II?
- Prince Willem-Alexander became King of the Netherlands in 2013 following the abdication of what queen, his mother who had reigned for 33 years?
- The Affair of the Diamond Necklace was a 1783 court scandal that tarnished the reputation of what queen?
- Pembroke and Cardigan are the two types of breeds of what small herding dogs favored by Queen Elizabeth II?
- Fourteen-year-old Leonor, Princess of Asturias, is the heir presumptive of what country’s monarchy?
- Which of King Henry VIII’s six wives is he buried next to in St. George’s Chapel?
- Who became emperor of Japan in 2019 when longtime emperor Akihito abdicated his throne due to declining health?
- Mswati III was crowned king of what country in 1986 at age 18, at that time making him the youngest reigning monarch in the world?
- Prince George of Cambridge, third in line to the British throne, has what two middle names, one of which he shares with a younger sibling?
- Grace Kelly left behind a successful Hollywood career in 1956 to marry what monarch?
Answers up after this Entertainment Tonight clip of how QEII is a total badass. Agree.
Answers:
- Helen Mirren
- Beatrix
- Marie Antoinette
- Welsh Corgi
- Spain
- Jane Seymour
- Naruhito
- Swaziland
- Alexander Louis
- Rainier III of Monaco
Want more royal trivia? Check out this quiz on Queen Elizabeth!