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Q.1
1. What did Sweden's Queen Christina do to address the flea infestation of her bedchambers?
She had a miniature crossbow built so she could shoot the little buggers with tiny arrows.
She burned her palace to the ground and built a new one.
She awarded a bounty of one Krona per dead flea.
She issued a royal decree, ordering all fleas to be deported.
Q.2
2. Which of the following is true about a queen termite?
It can live underwater for months at a time.
It is luminescent.
It can live as long as 50 years.
Its outer shell is one of the hardest substances on earth.
Q.3
3. Which of the following is NOT a type of queen under the British system of government?
Queen Regent
Queen Regnant
Queen Dowager
Queen Dominus
Q.4
4. Which queen may have been poisoned by lead, mercury, and other toxic substances in her makeup?
Lady MacBeth of Scotland
Queen Anne of England
Queen Margareta of Romania
Queen Elizabeth I of England
Q.5
5. Whose coronation was memorable for all of its mishaps and blunders, including skipping over part of the coronation ritual, putting the royal ring on the wrong finger, and an elderly Lord taking a tumble down the stairs?
Queen Victoria
Queen Anne
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth II
Q.6
6. Which queen's nose is said to have changed history?
Cleopatra IV
Mary Queen of Scots
Queen Elizabeth I
Anne Boleyn
Q.7
7. Which visiting queen during Queen Elizabeth II's coronation was jokingly said to have plans to eat her foreign minister?
Usher Devi Holkar of Indore
Salote Tupou II of Tonga
Josephine Hendy Twaska of Mosquita
Rosa Paula Iribagiza of Burundi
Q.8
8. What did Queen Victoria do on her 70th birthday?
Began learning the Hindustani language
Said, "We are not amused"
Began wearing black for the rest of her life
Presided over the last royal-sanctioned beheading in the United Kingdom
Q.9
9. What is one place the reigning queen of the United Kingdom may not enter?
Westminster Abbey
Number 10 Downing Street
House of Commons
Downton Abbey
Q.10
10. Where was Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands visiting when she saw a ghost?
The White House
An Ozzy Osbourne concert
The Taj Mahal
Buckingham Palace
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