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Royalty 279 questions.

The King is dead! Long live the King!

Pub quiz question 6906 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the first monarch to adopt Buckingham Palace as an official residence?
Answer: A: Queen Victoria
Categories: Royalty (5) Buildings (5)

Pub quiz question 1165 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who ruled England between August 1422 – March 1461
Answer: A: Henry VI (first reign)
Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 4768 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which Poet Laureate's most famous works include 'The Charge of the Light Brigade?'
Answer: A: Alfred, Lord Tennyson's
Notes: *: Poet Laureate 1850-1896
Categories: Literature (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 7075 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who ordered the building of the Tower of London's original White Tower?
Answer: A: William the Conqueror
Categories: Royalty (7) Buildings (7)

Pub quiz question 2564 by pjh2

Question: Q: Whose daughters were called Regan, Goneril and Cordelia?
Answer: A: King Lear
Categories: Literature (4) Royalty (4)
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Pub quiz question 1156 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who ruled England between May 1199 – October 1216
Answer: A: John/Lackland/(Jean sans Terre)
Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 7291 by pjh2

Question: Q: Where did the Solomonic dynasty rule until 1974?
Answer: A: Ethiopia
Categories: 1970s (8) Geography (8) Royalty (7) Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 6963 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who jointly formed the New Model Army with Thomas Fairfax?
Answer: A: Oliver Cromwell
Notes: *: English Civil War 1642–1651
Categories: Military (5) History (5) Royalty (5)

Pub quiz question 1139 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who ruled England between March 978 – December 1013 (first reign)
Answer: A: Æthelred the Unready (Æþelræd Unræd)
Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 6784 by pjh2

Question: Q: What connects Emma, Linnet, Holly, Monty, Willow?
Answer: A: Names of the Queen's corgis
Categories: Royalty (6) Connections (8)