- Queen Elizabeth II's father was
a) Earl Mountbatten of Burma
b) King George VI
c) King Edward VII
d) King Edward VIII
- Queen Elizabeth I's father was
a) Henry VIII
b) William the Conqueror
c) James VI of Scotland
d) Richard Cœur de Lion
- Queen Elizabeth's Christian names are
a) Elizabeth Alice Louise
b) Gloria Elizabeth Victoria
c) Regina Secunda Elizabeth
d) Elizabeth Alexandra Mary
- How many grandchildren has Queen Elizabeth?
a) 7
b) 8
c) 9
d) 10
- Queen Elizabeth's husband was born
a) near Southampton in England
b) at Battenberg in Hesse, Germany
c) on the island of Corfu in Greece
d) in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Elizabeth also has the title of
a) Queen of Tonga
b) Dame of Sark
c) Queen of Jamaica
d) Queen of the Falkland Isles
- In 1947, Elizabeth married Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at
a) Westminster Abbey
b) Windsor Castle
c) St Paul's Cathedral
d) the Palace of Holyroodhouse
- The queen's family name is
a) Windsor
b) Mountbatten
c) Mountbatten-Windsor
d) Windsor-Mountbatten
- Buckingham Palace has
a) 250 rooms
b) 450 rooms
c) 650 rooms
d) 1050 rooms
- The Queen's residence in Norfolk is called
a) Sandringham House
b) Clarence House
c) King's Lynn
d) Balmoral
- The Queen regularly hosts garden parties at Buckingham Palace and at Holyroodhouse. How many people attend a typical garden party?
a) 400
b) 1000
c) 1500
d) 8000
- In the order of succession to the throne, where is Princess Anne?
a) second
b) fourth
c) tenth
d) thirteenth
- What relation is the Duchess of Rothesay to the Queen?
a) first cousin
b) daughter-in-law
c) granddaughter
d) niece
- What rôle does the Queen have in the Church of England?
a) Head
b) Supreme Governor
c) Primate
d) Holy Protector
- Monty is
a) one of the Queen's corgis
b) the Queen's private name for Prince Philip
c) one of the horses guarding Buckingham Palace
d) the Queen's name for a naked statue in the courtyard of Windsor Castle
- As a child, who enjoyed tying the guardsmens' shoelaces together and pouring bubble bath into the Windsor Castle swimming pool?
a) Queen Elizabeth
b) Prince William
c) Prince Andrew
d) Princess Anne
- Whose death prompted Charles, Prince of Wales to delay his wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles by one day?
a) Diana Princess of Wales
b) Prince Rainier III of Monaco
c) Ruth Lady Fermoy
d) Pope John Paul II
- Dhia gleidh ar Banrigh mhor is the Gaelic version of
a) Dieu et mon droit (the motto of the Order of the Garter)
b) Turn right at Banrigg Moor (a humorous sketch written by Prince Charles for a Christmas entertainment at Balmoral)
c) God save our gracious Queen (the first line of the national anthem)
d) Nemo me impune lacessit (the motto on the Scottish Royal Coat of Arms)
- What does the Queen call "Granny's Chips"?
a) A special fried potato dish invented by her grandmother, Queen Mary
b) A token bet of £100 on the Queen's horse at the Ascot races
c) two diamonds in the Crown Jewels
d) the list of complaints Queen Mary made about the sanitation at Balmoral
- Who was Prince Philip referring to in 1967 when he said: "The b*st*rds murdered half my family"?
a) the Soviet Union
b) the Nazis
c) Turkey
d) the Irish Republican Army
- What are the names of Princess Margaret's children?
a) David and Sarah
b) James and Beatrice
c) Alexander and Helen
d) Katherine and George
- Who was British Prime Minister when Queen Elizabeth came to the throne in 1952?
a) Harold Macmillan
b) Clement Attlee
c) Margaret Thatcher
d) Winston Churchill
- What did the Queen say her staff need no longer do at the annual Buckingham Palace Christmas party in 1989?
a) stop drinking after their second glass of whisky
b) dance with her
c) have the ballroom cleared and the lights out before midnight
d) bring a bottle each
- Where was the Queen born?
a) Buckingham Palace
b) 17 Bruton Street, Mayfair
c) Royal Lodge, Windsor
d) Glamis Castle, Angus
- When is the Queen's official birthday?
a) 21 April - the same day as her real birthday
b) 24 May - the same day as Queen Victoria's birthday
c) on a Saturday in June, but on a different date in Australia
d) at the last full moon preceding the Summer solstice (or Winter solstice in Australia and New Zealand)
- What is the Queen's official title on the island of Jersey?
a) Duke of Normandy
b) Dame of the Bailiwick
c) Queen Elizabeth II
d) la Reyne des Isles de la Manche
- Where and why did Scottish nationalists plant a bomb in 1953?
a) In Westminster Abbey, because they felt the Queen should have been crowned in Edinburgh
b) Outside Holyrood House, because they did not want an Englishwoman to become Queen
c) Under the Houses of Parliament, because they wanted home rule
d) In a letter box, because it carried the monogram EIIR and there had never been a Queen Elizabeth I in Scotland
- How did the Queen describe the year 1992?
a) An annus mirabilis
b) An annus miserabilis
c) An annus incredibilis
d) An annus horribilis
