Women in Royal History: A Quiz

How much do you know about the history of royal women? Take this quiz to find out!

Ye Royal Questions

1. What European country has had three successive female monarchs this century?

2. True or False: Queen Mary II of England was nicknamed "Bloody Mary."

3. What was Queen Victoria's real first name?

4. Which English queen ruled longer - Victoria or Elizabeth I?

5. True or False: If Queen Elizabeth II of England commits a crime, she cannot be prosecuted.

6. Did Spanish queen Isabella I rule Aragon or Castile?

7. What country did Wu Zetian rule?

8. True or False: The Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut was the mother of Cleopatra VII.

9. Name the eccentric 17th century Swedish queen who abdicated and converted to Catholicism.

10. Who said, "I shall be an autocrat; that's my trade; and the Good Lord will forgive me; that's His"?

Ye Royal Answers

1. The Netherlands. The queens were Queen Wilhelmina, Queen Juliana, and the current monarch, Queen Beatrix.

2. False. "Bloody Mary" (so called because of her persecution of Protestants) was Queen Mary I. She reigned from 1553 to 1558. Mary II ruled jointly with her husband, William III, from 1688 until her death in 1694.

3. Alexandrina. This name was given to her at the insistence of King George III, who vetoed every other name her parents suggested. The future queen was called "Drina" as a small child, but soon began using her second name, Victoria.

4. Victoria. She ruled for 64 years, 20 years longer than Elizabeth I.

5. True. The queen is the "fountain" of England's law, and is not personally subject to it.

6. Castile. Her husband, Ferdinand, was the king of Aragon. Isabella reigned from 1474 to 1504.

7. China. Empress Wu ruled from 695 to 705.

8. False. Hatshepsut lived about 1,400 years before Cleopatra.

9. Queen Christina. She became queen in 1632, when she was six years old, and abdicated in 1654. She later tried to regain her throne, but failed.

10. Catherine the Great, empress of Russia (Catherine II), who reigned from 1729 to 1796.

Scoring

Give yourself one point for each correct answer.

If you scored 7-10 points, I applaud Your Majesty's wisdom!
If you scored 4-6 points, you are an honorable lord or lady.
If you scored 0-3 points, off with your head! (Just kidding.)

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