Q.1
In 1689, for the first and only time, England was ruled by a pair of monarchs. Who was the queen ruling alongside her husband?
  • Mary II
  • Jane
  • Elizabeth I
  • Mary III
Q.2
The Virgin Queen is a name given to which queen, whose armies defeated the Spanish Armada in 1558?
  • Matilda
  • Elizabeth I
  • Anne
  • Victoria
Q.3
Which queen, the last Stuart monarch, was on the throne when the Act of the Union was passed, uniting England, Scotland and Wales for the first time?
  • Anne
  • Victoria
  • Mary I
  • Mary II
Q.4
The cross of Charing Cross is one of 12 crosses erected in 1290 as memorials to whom?
  • Henrietta-Maria of France
  • Eleanor of Castile
  • Catherine of Braganza
  • Mary of Teck
Q.5
Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday is celebrated with the Trooping the Colour each year in June. What is the actual date of her birthday?
  • 23rd March
  • 21st April
  • 20th May
  • 24th June
Q.6
Where is the heart of Queen Mary buried?
  • In Hampton Court Palace
  • Under the altar of the church of St Peter Ad Vincula, in the Tower of London
  • In the Chapel Royal at St James’ Palace
  • In Westminster Abbey
Q.7
Which of Henry VIII's 6 wives had a crowned pomegranate as her personal heraldic symbol?
  • Catherine of Aragon
  • Catherine Parr
  • Anne of Cleves
  • Anne Boleyn
Q.8
Which queen is often refereed to as The Nine Days Queen?
  • Matilda
  • Eleanor of Aquitaine
  • Mary Queen of Scots
  • Lady Jane Grey
Q.9
Which queen bore her Hanoverian king 15 children?
  • Queen Augusta
  • Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  • Catherine of Braganza
  • Queen Anne
Q.10
So many of today’s European Royal families are descended from this queen that she was dubbed “The Grandmother of Europe”. Who was she?
  • Eleanor of Castile
  • Margaret of Anjou
  • Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
  • Queen Victoria
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