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