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London Quiz - Regal London - Queens (Questions)

Either as queens in their own right or through marriage to a reigning monarch, England has had many more queens than kings. In fact, as several kings took more than one wife, there have been many more queens than kings to date, but are they all as well as they could be?

Find out about queens of Regal London.

1. 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
2. The Virgin Queen is a name given to which queen, whose armies defeated the Spanish Armada in 1558?
[ ] Matilda
[ ] Elizabeth I
[ ] Anne
[ ] Victoria
3. 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
4. Which queen is often refereed to as The Nine Days Queen?
[ ] Matilda
[ ] Eleanor of Aquitaine
[ ] Mary Queen of Scots
[ ] Lady Jane Grey
5. 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
6. 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
7. Which queen bore her Hanoverian king 15 children?
[ ] Queen Augusta
[ ] Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
[ ] Catherine of Braganza
[ ] Queen Anne
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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

 

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London Quiz - Regal London - Queens (Answers)
1. 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?
[x] Anne
[ ] Victoria
[ ] Mary I
[ ] Mary II
Anne suffered much in her life. She was pregnant 17 or 18 times but none of her children survived into adulthood
2. The Virgin Queen is a name given to which queen, whose armies defeated the Spanish Armada in 1558?
[ ] Matilda
[x] Elizabeth I
[ ] Anne
[ ] Victoria
Elizabeth’s long reign also saw a flourishing of the arts with poets, musicians and writers such as William Shakespeare performing stupendous works at her court
3. 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
[x] 21st April
[ ] 20th May
[ ] 24th June
Official celebrations to mark the sovereigns' birthdays have often been held on a day other than the actual birthday. This is particularly when the actual birthday has not been in the summer in the hope of having fairer weather for the celebrations
4. Which queen is often refereed to as The Nine Days Queen?
[ ] Matilda
[ ] Eleanor of Aquitaine
[ ] Mary Queen of Scots
[x] Lady Jane Grey
Henry VIII’s protestant son, Edward VI, nominated Jane as his successor in a bid to prevent his Catholic sister, Mary I, from becoming queen. Lady Jane Grey reigned from the 10th until the 19th July 1553
5. 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
[x] In the Chapel Royal at St James’ Palace
[ ] In Westminster Abbey
Mary’s heart was buried beneath the chancel step of the Chapel in 1558. The rest of her is buried in Westminster Abbey together with her sister Elizabeth I
6. 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
[x] Queen Victoria
Victoria reigned for an astounding 64 years. Her reign largely oversaw the establishment of the British Empire
7. Which queen bore her Hanoverian king 15 children?
[ ] Queen Augusta
[x] Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
[ ] Catherine of Braganza
[ ] Queen Anne
Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and George III had 15 children, 13 of whom survived into adulthood
8. Which of Henry VIII's 6 wives had a crowned pomegranate as her personal heraldic symbol?
[x] Catherine of Aragon
[ ] Catherine Parr
[ ] Anne of Cleves
[ ] Anne Boleyn
Her heraldic motto was “Humble and Loyal”, although before her marriage to Henry VIII it was “Not For My Crown”
9. The cross of Charing Cross is one of 12 crosses erected in 1290 as memorials to whom?
[ ] Henrietta-Maria of France
[x] Eleanor of Castile
[ ] Catherine of Braganza
[ ] Mary of Teck
Eleanor of Castile, wife of Edward I, had died at Lincoln. The 12 original crosses marked the points where her body rested overnight on its journey back to London for burial at Westminster Abbey
10. In 1689, for the first and only time, England was ruled by a pair of monarchs. Who was the queen ruling alongside her husband?
[x] Mary II
[ ] Jane
[ ] Elizabeth I
[ ] Mary III
Mary II ruled with William III from 1689 to her death in 1694. He continued to rule alone after her death, until he died in 1702