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Royalty 289 questions.
The King is dead! Long live the King!
Pub quiz question 4776 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who accepted the title of Poet Laureate after Philip Larkin turned it down?
  2. Answer: A: Ted Hughes
  3. Notes: *: Poet Laureate 1984-1999
  4. Categories: Literature (8) Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 3616 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Royal couple got married on Sat 30th July 2011?
  2. Answer: A: Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall
  3. Categories: Royalty (8) Current Affairs (6)
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Pub quiz question 3866 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is the female equivalent of the rank of Earl?
  2. Answer: A: Countess
  3. Categories: Royalty (3) Language (4)
Pub quiz question 7088 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who interviewed Princess Diana for Panorama?
  2. Answer: A: Martin Bashir
  3. Notes: *: 1995
  4. Categories: Royalty (4) 1990s (4) Entertainment (4) Television (4)
Pub quiz question 6018 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: By what nickname are the Yeomen Warders of the Tower of London known?
  2. Answer: A: Beefeaters
  3. Categories: Royalty (2) Language (2)
Pub quiz question 7494 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: (as of 2022) Denmark and UK (2); Norway (5); Spain and Morocco (6); Sweden (16)?
  2. Answer: A: Regnal numbers of their current monarchs
  3. Notes: *: 2: Margarethe II, Elizabeth II 5: Harald V 6: Felipe VI, Mohammed VI 16: Carl XVI Gustaf
  4. Categories: Connections (7) Royalty (3) People (5)
Pub quiz question 5159 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: In which country did Queen Beatrix succeed her mother Queen Juliana in 1980?
  2. Answer: A: The Netherlands
  3. Categories: Geography (4) Royalty (4) 1980s (4)
Pub quiz question 1180 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who was Lord Protector of England between September 1658 – May 1659
  2. Answer: A: Richard Cromwell/Tumbledown Dick
  3. Categories: Politics (8) History (8) Royalty (8)
Pub quiz question 7658 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What links: Favourite of Edward II; Langland allegory; editor turned talent judge?
  2. Answer: A: Piers
  3. Notes: *: Gaveston; Plowman; Morgan.
  4. Categories: Connections (6) People (6) Entertainment (7) Royalty (7) Religion (8)
Pub quiz question 1142 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who ruled England between April 1016 – November 1016
  2. Answer: A: Edmund Ironside (Eadmund)
  3. Categories: History (8) Royalty (8)