- 1. In what year was Queen Elizabeth II born?
A) 1926
B) 1956
C) 1946
D) 1936
- 2. What is the name of Queen Elizabeth II's husband?
A) Prince Harry
B) Prince William
C) Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
D) Prince Charles
- 3. Which of the following titles does Queen Elizabeth II hold?
A) Emperor of India
B) Sultan of Brunei
C) Queen of Australia
D) Tsar of Russia
- 4. What is the name of Queen Elizabeth II's oldest son?
A) Charles
B) Harry
C) William
D) Edward
- 5. What is the official coronation title of Queen Elizabeth II?
A) Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms
B) Supreme Monarch of Europe
C) Lord Protector of the Commonwealth
D) Empress of the British Empire
- 6. What is the name of Queen Elizabeth II's youngest child?
A) Anne
B) Edward
C) Andrew
D) Louise
- 7. What is the full title of Queen Elizabeth II's father?
A) George VI
B) William V
C) Edward VIII
D) Albert II
- 8. Which of the following countries has Queen Elizabeth II visited the most times during her reign?
A) Jamaica
B) Canada
C) New Zealand
D) Australia
- 9. Which of the following languages can Queen Elizabeth II speak fluently?
A) Russian
B) Mandarin
C) Spanish
D) French
- 10. On what date did Queen Elizabeth II become queen?
A) 6 February 1952
B) 11 June 1947
C) 21 April 1926
D) 8 September 2022
- 11. How long did Queen Elizabeth II reign as the monarch?
A) 80 years, 200 days
B) 70 years, 214 days
C) 60 years, 150 days
D) 75 years, 100 days
- 12. What service did Queen Elizabeth II serve in during the Second World War?
A) Royal Navy
B) British Army
C) Royal Air Force
D) Auxiliary Territorial Service
- 13. In which year did Queen Elizabeth II marry Philip Mountbatten?
A) 1953
B) 1947
C) 1936
D) 1960
- 14. How many children did Queen Elizabeth II have with Prince Philip?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Two
D) Three
- 15. Name one of the significant events during Elizabeth's reign.
A) The marriage of her son Charles
B) The abdication of Edward VIII
C) Her birth in Mayfair, London
D) Her coronation in 1953
- 16. Where did Queen Elizabeth II die?
A) Balmoral Castle in Scotland
B) Windsor Castle
C) Sandringham House
D) London, England
- 17. How many prime ministers did Queen Elizabeth II work with during her reign?
A) More than 170
B) 200
C) 50
D) 100
- 18. Which country did Queen Elizabeth II visit in 1986 for a state visit?
A) United States
B) China
C) India
D) Russia
- 19. What was the year of Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee?
A) 2012
B) 1977
C) 2002
D) 1953
- 20. What nickname was used by the close family for Elizabeth II?
A) "Bessie"
B) "Eliza"
C) "Ellie"
D) "Lilibet"
- 21. Who was Elizabeth II's sibling?
A) Prince Charles
B) Princess Margaret
C) Princess Anne
D) Prince Andrew
- 22. Who was the nanny for Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret?
A) Marion Crawford
B) Queen Mary
C) Clara Knight
D) Elizabeth, Duchess of York
- 23. What event caused Elizabeth's uncle Edward VIII to abdicate the throne?
A) Financial difficulties
B) Political disagreements
C) His proposed marriage to divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson
D) Health issues
- 24. What significant communication did Elizabeth and her parents make on 18 May?
A) A letter exchange via ship
B) A radio broadcast to the public
C) The first royal transatlantic telephone call
D) An international telegram
- 25. Who suggested evacuating Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret to Canada during WWII?
A) Lord Hailsham
B) Prime Minister Winston Churchill
C) Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother)
D) King George VI
- 26. Where did Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret stay during Christmas 1939?
A) Sandringham House, Norfolk
B) Balmoral Castle, Scotland
C) Windsor Castle
D) Royal Lodge, Windsor
- 27. What did Princess Elizabeth and Margaret do at Christmas in aid of the Queen's Wool Fund?
A) Staged pantomimes
B) Organized charity concerts
C) Knitted garments themselves
D) Sold homemade goods
- 28. What rank was Elizabeth given in the Auxiliary Territorial Service?
A) Honorary junior commander
B) Second subaltern
C) Lieutenant
D) Colonel
- 29. Who supported the idea of making Elizabeth Princess of Wales?
A) Prime Minister Winston Churchill
B) Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother)
C) Home Secretary Herbert Morrison
D) King George VI
- 30. What was Elizabeth's first overseas tour after WWII?
A) Europe
B) North America
C) Southern Africa
D) Australia
- 31. In what year did Elizabeth first meet Prince Philip?
A) 1934
B) 1947
C) 1950
D) 1960
- 32. How were Elizabeth and Prince Philip related through King Christian IX of Denmark?
A) First cousins
B) Second cousins once removed
C) Third cousins
D) Not related
- 33. To which religion did Prince Philip convert before his marriage to Elizabeth?
A) Anglicanism
B) Roman Catholicism
C) Buddhism
D) Judaism
- 34. Where did Elizabeth and Philip get married?
A) Windsor Castle Chapel
B) Westminster Abbey
C) St. Paul's Cathedral
D) Canterbury Cathedral
- 35. When was Prince Charles born?
A) November 1948
B) July 1947
C) August 1950
D) December 1949
- 36. What did the King issue to allow Elizabeth's children to use royal titles?
A) An official proclamation
B) A birth certificate
C) A royal decree
D) Letters patent
- 37. Where was Philip stationed as a Royal Navy officer between 1949 and 1951?
A) Hong Kong
B) Singapore
C) Malta
D) Gibraltar
- 38. Who frequently stood in for George VI at public events as his health declined?
A) Philip
B) Martin Charteris
C) Winston Churchill
D) Elizabeth
- 39. What was the name of Elizabeth's private secretary who carried a draft accession declaration in 1951?
A) Sir Winston Churchill
B) Queen Mary
C) Martin Charteris
D) Lord Mountbatten
- 40. What numeral was used in Elizabeth II's regnal name that offended some Scots?
A) IV
B) I
C) II
D) III
- 41. Which US president visited Windsor Castle in 1982, angering Elizabeth II?
A) Jimmy Carter
B) Bill Clinton
C) Ronald Reagan
D) George H. W. Bush
- 42. Which country's president was a target for assassins during Elizabeth's visit in 1961?
A) Ghana
B) Nepal
C) India
D) Pakistan
- 43. What was the nickname given to the strict sanitary protocol followed at Windsor Castle during the pandemic?
A) "Royal Shield"
B) "HMS Bubble"
C) "Monarch's Safety Net"
D) "Castle Quarantine"
- 44. Which canal was the target of the 1956 British and French invasion?
A) Kiel Canal
B) Suez Canal
C) Strait of Gibraltar
D) Panama Canal
- 45. In what year did Elizabeth mark her Golden Jubilee?
A) 2005
B) 1997
C) 2002
D) 2012
- 46. Who invited Elizabeth for the first state visit to the Republic of Ireland by a British monarch?
A) Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern
B) Irish president Mary McAleese
C) British prime minister Tony Blair
D) President of the European Union
- 47. During which event was Elizabeth II shot at with blanks in 1981?
A) Visit to Dunedin, New Zealand
B) Trooping the Colour ceremony
C) Prince Charles' wedding
D) Falklands War
- 48. In which year did Elizabeth make a state visit to the United States and address the UN General Assembly?
A) 1957
B) 1961
C) 1948
D) 1975
- 49. Which form of cancer did former prime minister Boris Johnson and biographer Gyles Brandreth suggest Elizabeth II was suffering from?
A) Lung cancer
B) Breast cancer
C) Multiple myeloma
D) Leukemia
- 50. How many countries did Elizabeth and Philip visit on their 1953 round-the-world tour?
A) 13
B) 15
C) 20
D) 10
- 51. Who did Elizabeth II refer to as 'all about one man' during the miners' strike of 1984–85?
A) Arthur Scargill
B) David Cameron
C) Michael Bloomberg
D) Paul Routledge
- 52. Who did Elizabeth II appoint as Prime Minister after Harold Macmillan's resignation in 1963?
A) Winston Churchill
B) Margaret Thatcher
C) John Major
D) Alec Douglas-Home
- 53. How long did Elizabeth II's coffin lie at rest in St Giles' Cathedral?
A) 36 hours
B) 24 hours
C) 12 hours
D) 48 hours
- 54. How many people attended each day of the main Jubilee celebration in London?
A) Three hundred thousand
B) Two million
C) Half a million
D) One million
- 55. Who was the 15th British prime minister appointed by Elizabeth II?
A) Liz Truss
B) David Cameron
C) Theresa May
D) Boris Johnson
- 56. Where did Elizabeth II open the National Assembly for Wales?
A) Birmingham
B) Swansea
C) Cardiff
D) London
- 57. In which country did Queen Elizabeth II become the first British monarch to visit a communist nation in 1972?
A) Cuba
B) China
C) Yugoslavia
D) Vietnam
- 58. In what year did Elizabeth II surpass Queen Victoria as the longest-lived British monarch?
A) 2020
B) 2007
C) 2015
D) 2016
- 59. What Latin phrase did Elizabeth II use to describe 1992 in her speech marking the Ruby Jubilee of her accession?
A) Ad astra
B) Annus horribilis
C) Carpe diem
D) Tempus fugit
- 60. Which Canadian prime minister described Elizabeth II as a 'behind the scenes force' in ending apartheid?
A) Justin Trudeau
B) Pierre Trudeau
C) Brian Mulroney
D) Stephen Harper
- 61. What was the caliber of the rifle used by Christopher John Lewis to shoot at Elizabeth II?
A) .38 revolver
B) .357 Magnum
C) .45 pistol
D) .22 rifle
- 62. What honorary award did Elizabeth II receive in April 2013?
A) Emmy
B) Golden Globe
C) BAFTA
D) Oscar
- 63. In October 1994, Elizabeth II became the first reigning British monarch to set foot on which country's soil?
A) India
B) France
C) Russia
D) Germany
- 64. Who did Princess Margaret marry in 1960?
A) Antony Armstrong-Jones
B) Peter Townsend
C) Winston Churchill
D) Philip
- 65. Where did Christopher John Lewis attempt to shoot Elizabeth II?
A) Falklands
B) London, UK
C) Hong Kong
D) Dunedin, New Zealand
- 66. In what year did Elizabeth II become the first British monarch to address a joint meeting of the United States Congress?
A) 1993
B) 1989
C) 1991
D) 1995
- 67. Why did Elizabeth miss the opening of the new Emirates Stadium in 2006?
A) A cold
B) An arm fracture
C) A knee injury
D) A strained back muscle
- 68. Where did Elizabeth and Philip board a vessel from on the eve of the new millennium?
A) London Bridge
B) Greenwich
C) Southwark
D) Tower Hill
- 69. When did Elizabeth II become the oldest living monarch?
A) 9 April 2021
B) 20 November 2017
C) 6 February 2017
D) 23 January 2015
- 70. Which country did Elizabeth II support Governor-General Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau in?
A) China
B) Fiji
C) New Zealand
D) Canada
- 71. What percentage of Australia's population was estimated to have seen Elizabeth during her 1953 tour?
A) Three-quarters
B) One-third
C) Two-thirds
D) Half
- 72. What did Elizabeth II think of Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife during their 1978 state visit?
A) She admired them
B) She thought they had 'blood on their hands'
C) She was indifferent to them
D) She considered them allies
- 73. Who was Princess Margaret's fiancé that she wished to marry in 1953?
A) Peter Townsend
B) Winston Churchill
C) Antony Armstrong-Jones
D) Philip
- 74. When did Elizabeth II undergo cataract surgery?
A) June 2017
B) April 2013
C) March 2020
D) May 2018
- 75. What did Elizabeth II suggest to Charles and Diana at the end of December 1995?
A) To take a year-long separation.
B) To reconcile their differences.
C) That a divorce would be advisable.
D) To move to Canada.
- 76. Which Canadian Prime Minister was reportedly seen as having little regard for the Crown by Elizabeth II?
A) Pierre Trudeau
B) Justin Trudeau
C) Stephen Harper
D) Jean Chrétien
- 77. Which country's parliament did Elizabeth open in 1957, marking a first for the monarch of Canada?
A) Australian Parliament
B) South African Parliament
C) New Zealand Parliament
D) Canadian Parliament
- 78. What did Ban Ki-moon refer to Elizabeth as during her 2010 UN visit?
A) A symbol of unity
B) A leader of peace
C) A beacon of hope
D) An anchor for our age
- 79. What event led to criticism of Queen Elizabeth II in 1966 due to a delay in her visit?
A) The Aberfan mining disaster
B) The Windrush scandal
C) The Troubles in Northern Ireland
D) The Suez Crisis
- 80. When did Elizabeth II become the longest-reigning British monarch and queen regnant in the world?
A) 9 September 2015
B) 21 December 2007
C) 6 February 2017
D) 20 November 2017
- 81. What did Elizabeth light using a laser torch before passing under Tower Bridge?
A) The National Millennium Beacon
B) A ceremonial flame
C) A beacon at the Dome
D) A bonfire
- 82. Which war did Prince Andrew serve in that caused both anxiety and pride for Elizabeth II?
A) Gulf War
B) Falklands War
C) Vietnam War
D) World War II
- 83. When did Elizabeth address the UN General Assembly for a second time?
A) 2010
B) 2005
C) 2008
D) 2012
- 84. In which year did Britain achieve entry into the European Community?
A) 1965
B) 1990
C) 1973
D) 1981
- 85. Who was the assailant that shot at Elizabeth II during the Trooping the Colour ceremony?
A) Christopher John Lewis
B) Michael Fagan
C) Shridath Ramphal
D) Marcus Sarjeant
- 86. In which year did Elizabeth II receive her first COVID-19 vaccination?
A) 2021
B) 2020
C) 2019
D) 2022
- 87. Who was the Australian prime minister dismissed during the 1975 constitutional crisis?
A) Bob Hawke
B) Malcolm Fraser
C) Gough Whitlam
D) John Howard
- 88. Who intruded into Elizabeth II's bedroom at Buckingham Palace in July 1982?
A) Michael Fagan
B) Marcus Sarjeant
C) Christopher John Lewis
D) Ronald Reagan
- 89. Which country declared unilateral independence from Britain in 1965 with Elizabeth II as 'Queen of Rhodesia'?
A) Ghana
B) Jamaica
C) Nigeria
D) Rhodesia
- 90. Where did Elizabeth begin her extensive tour for the Golden Jubilee?
A) Jamaica
B) Canada
C) New Zealand
D) Australia
- 91. Who was unmasked as a communist spy in 1979, previously serving as Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures?
A) Guy Burgess
B) Kim Philby
C) Donald Maclean
D) Anthony Blunt
- 92. How many times had Elizabeth visited Australia by October 2011?
A) 12th visit
B) 20th visit
C) 16th visit
D) 10th visit
- 93. What was the name of the tabloid that pioneered sensational stories about the royal family?
A) The Times
B) The Guardian
C) The Daily Mail
D) The Sun
- 94. Where was the first Maundy service held outside England and Wales attended by Elizabeth?
A) St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh
B) Cork Cathedral
C) Dublin Castle
D) Belfast City Hall
- 95. Who dismissed Gough Whitlam as Australian prime minister during the 1975 constitutional crisis?
A) John Howard
B) Malcolm Fraser
C) Sir John Kerr
D) Bob Hawke
- 96. What event did Elizabeth officially open shortly before midnight at the turn of the millennium?
A) St. Paul's Cathedral
B) Trafalgar Square
C) The Millennium Dome
D) The London Eye
- 97. Which newspaper did Elizabeth sue for breach of confidence in 2003?
A) The Times
B) The Daily Mirror
C) The Sun
D) The Guardian
- 98. What was the surname adopted for Philip and Elizabeth's male-line descendants who do not carry royal titles?
A) Windsor-Mountbatten
B) Edinburgh
C) Charteris
D) Mountbatten-Windsor
- 99. What illness did Elizabeth II contract along with several family members?
A) Pneumonia
B) Influenza
C) COVID-19
D) Bronchitis
- 100. Which anniversary did Elizabeth celebrate in November 2007?
A) Diamond wedding anniversary
B) Golden wedding anniversary
C) Ruby wedding anniversary
D) Sapphire wedding anniversary
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