Twenty-five trivia questions rather loosely based on some of the Queens in English history.

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Have you watched The Queen movie yet? This trivia quiz is about British royals and other Queenie things. Some of the questions are more fun than royal. The questions come first, then the answers below them - so no peeking!

1. Which Queen's home was bombed in World War 2?

2. What were the air raids on London popularly known as?

3. When the man at the back said, "Everyone attack", what did it turn into?

4. Where does royal jelly come from?

5. Who was "Mrs. Brown"?

6. Who played Mrs. Brown in the movie of the same name?

7. What long-running Britcom is that actress the star of, playing a woman of mature years?

8. Who holds the higher rank, a Dame or a Baroness?

9. What living Baroness regally said, "We are a grandmother"?

10. Who was Queen Elizabeth II's paternal grandmother?

11. Who was Queen Elizabeth I's paternal grandmother?

12. Which queen had 18 children, none of whom outlived her?

13. What kind of dogs does the current queen favour?

14. How can you get a second queen for yourself in the game of chess?

15. Who wrote about a game of chess where the pieces came alive and made Alice herself into a queen?

16. Because a certain queen did not produce a male heir for a certain king, a chain of events was put in motion leading to the formation of the Church of England, also known as the Anglican Church and the Episcopalean Church. Which queen was that?

17. What was notable about Ann Boleyn's hands?

18. To whom was Princess Mary of Teck engaged to be married before her marriage to the (as he later became) King George V?

19. Where was Queen Elizabeth II crowned?

20. Where is Queen Elizabeth I buried?

21. What state in the United States of America is named in honour of Queen Elizabeth I?

22. Who claimed to be queen but only lasted nine days?

23. What kind of tennis do the royals play at Hampton Court Palace?

24. Who wrote about "my salad days"?

25. To which queen was he referring?

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1. Which Queen's home was bombed in World War 2? Queen Elizabeth, the present Queen's mother. Buckingham Palace was bombed in 1940.

2. What were the air raids on London popularly known as? the blitz

3. When the man at the back said, "Everyone attack", what did it turn into? A Ballroom Blitz by Sweet. Sweet fans claim that Freddie Mercury and Queen learned a lot from them.

4. Where does royal jelly come from? Bees

5. Who was "Mrs. Brown"? Queen Victoria, rather derogatorily called "Mrs. Brown" in the movie of the same name.

6. Who played Mrs. Brown in the movie of the same name? Judi Dench

7. What long-running Britcom is that actress the star of, playing a woman of mature years? As Time Goes By, starring Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer as lovers reunited after 30 years. Dame Judi has had other TV series, but ATGB specifically features the main characters' maturity as a key plot element.

8. Who holds the higher rank, a Dame or a Baroness? Baroness.

9. What living Baroness regally said, "We are a grandmother"? The Baroness Thatcher, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher as she then was.

10. Who was Queen Elizabeth II's paternal grandmother? Queen Mary, the former Princess Mary of Teck

11. Who was Queen Elizabeth I's paternal grandmother? Elizabeth of York, who married Henry VI and was the mother of Henry VIII, father to Elizabeth I.

12. Which queen gave birth to 18 offspring, none of whom outlived her? Queen Anne.Only one child, William, Duke of Gloucester, survived infancy, and died at the age of 11.

13. What kind of dogs does the current queen favour? Those short-legged brown dogs are corgis. Pembroke Welsh Corgis.

14. How can you get a second queen for yourself in the game of chess? Get your pawn to the opponent's side of the board, and it must be promoted to another piece, but not a king. Typically players choose to promote the pawn to a queen, but it is up to the player to choose.

15. Who wrote about a game of chess where the pieces came alive and made Alice herself into a queen? Lewis Carroll, in Through the Looking Glass

16. Because a certain queen did not produce a male heir for a certain king, a chain of events was put in motion leading to the formation of the Church of England, also known as the Anglican Church and the Episcopalean Church. Which queen was that? Catherine of Aragon, (or Katharine of Aragon) the first wife of King Henry VIII. Henry's need to divorce Catherine is often blamed on his desire for Anne Boleyn, however the absence of an heir was probably his greater concern.

17. What was notable about Ann Boleyn's hands? This is a bit of a trick question. If you say, "She had six fingers on one hand", you get a point, but if you say, "It is a long-running and probably untrue myth about Anne Boleyn that she was a witch and had six fingers on one hand", you get two points!

18. To whom was Princess Mary of Teck engaged to be married before her marriage to the (as he later became) King George V? Victor Albert, the Duke of Clarence, eldest son of the Prince of Walesand elder brother of the Duke of York, who became King George V. Victor Albert died during his engagement to Mary.

19. Where was Queen Elizabeth II crowned? Westminster Abbey, where British monarchs have been crowned since William the Conqueror in 1066.

20. Where is Queen Elizabeth I buried? Westminster Abbey, in an elaborate tomb with her sister Mary (Mary Tudor).

21. What state in the United States of America is named in honour of Queen Elizabeth I? Virginia, named in honour of the Virgin Queen, as the unmarried Queen Elizabeth I was known.

22. Who claimed to be queen but only lasted nine days? Lady Jane Grey. The painting of her execution (The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche) is one of the most beautiful in the National Gallery in London, England.

23. What kind of tennis do the royals play at Hampton Court Palace? Real tennis. In this case, the word "real" is an old form of "royal".

24. Who wrote about "my salad days"? In the context of things royal and queenly, the answer is William Shakespeare.The quotation is, "My salad days, When I was green in judgment: cold in blood".

25. To which queen was he referring? Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, in the play, Anthony and Cleopatra. In the movie, Cleopatra, the title role was played by a legendary queen of film, with a royal name: Elizabeth Taylor.