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Monarchs and Heads of State - Monarchs

The following is a rather regal Picture Quiz!

Put your finery on and see how much you know about these ten Monarchs from around the world.

  1. In February 2005, Beatrix of the Netherlands received a rare honorary doctorate from which University?

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    • Born: 31 January 1938
    • Place: Soestdijk Palace in Baarn, Netherlands
    • Nationality: Dutch
    • She is the Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands comprising the Netherlands, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and Aruba
    • When her mother Juliana abdicated on 30 April 1980, Beatrix succeeded her as Queen of the Netherlands

  2. Harald V of Norway is Honorary President of what?

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    • Born: 21 February 1937
    • Place: Skaugum, Norway
    • Nationality: Norwegian
    • He is the King of Norway
    • He is 8th in the line of succession to the headship of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
    • In 1940 the entire royal family had to flee their homes because of the German invasion
    • 1945 he was enrolled in third grade of Smestad skole as the first royal to attend a public school
    • Harald married a commoner, Sonja Haraldsen, at Oslo Domkirke

  3. Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is the first Saudi monarch to visit whom?

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    • Born: 1 August 1924
    • Place: Riyadh, Kingdom of Hejaz
    • Nationality: Saudi Arabian
    • He is the King of Saudi Arabia
    • He is the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
    • He full name is Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz bin Abdul-Rahman bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Saud
    • At age 87, he is one of the world's oldest reigning monarchs

  4. In 1972, Juan Carlos I of Spain competed in which sailing event at the Olympic Games?

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    • Born: 5 January 1938
    • Place: Rome, Italy
    • Nationality: Spanish
    • He is the reigning King of Spain
    • He moved to Spain in 1948 to be educated there
    • Spain had no monarch for 38 years in 1969 when Franco named Juan Carlos as the next head of state
    • Juan Carlos married Sophia of Greece and Denmark in 1962

  5. Which year did Elizabeth II term her "annus horribilis" ("horrible year")?

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    • Born: 21 April 1926
    • Place: Mayfair, London
    • Nationality: British
    • She is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms
    • As the British monarch, she is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England
    • Her coronation service in 1953 was the first to be televised
    • She has reigned over 59 years, currently the second-longest for a British monarch
    • In 1947, she married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and has four children

  6. Who was Henry VIII of England's second wife?

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    • Born: 28 June 1491
    • Place: Greenwich Palace
    • Nationality: British
    • He was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death
    • Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII
    • Besides his six marriages, Henry VIII is known for his role in the separation of the Church of England from the Roman Catholic Church

  7. At which Palace did Elizabeth I of England die on 24 March 1603?

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    • Born: 7 September 1533
    • Place: Greenwich
    • Nationality: British
    • She was Queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death
    • Elizabeth is acknowledged as a charismatic performer and a dogged survivor
    • Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor dynasty
    • One of her mottoes was "video et taceo" ("I see, and say nothing")
    • Elizabeth's rival, Mary, Queen of Scots, she imprisoned in 1568 and eventually had executed in 1587

  8. In the 2010 film The King's Speech, who played George VI?

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    • Born: 14 December 1895
    • Place: York Cottage, Sandringham House
    • Nationality: British
    • He was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth
    • He was the last Emperor of India and the first Head of the Commonwealth
    • He was not expected to inherit the throne and spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother, Edward
    • Edward abdicated in order to marry Wallis Simpson and George came to the throne as the third monarch
    • He married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon and had two children

  9. What was Queen Victoria's nickname?

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    • Born: 24 May 1819
    • Place: Kensington Palace, London
    • Nationality: British
    • She was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
    • From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India
    • She was the last British monarch of the House of Hanover
    • She married her first cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, in 1840
    • Their nine children and 26 of their 34 grandchildren who survived childhood married into royal and noble families across the continent

  10. When he was crowned, Richard I barred who from the ceremony?

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    • Born: 8 September 1157
    • Place: Beaumont Palace, Oxford
    • Nationality: British
    • He was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death
    • He was known as Cœur de Lion, or Richard the Lionheart
    • He remains one of the very few Kings of England remembered by his epithet, rather than regnal number
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