Questions by pjh2

Pub quiz question 6781 by pjh2

Question: Q: When an undercover reporter from a tabloid paper worked as a royal footman, in whose bedroom did he find a cushion embroidered with the motto 'Eat, sleep and remarry?'
Answer: A: Prince Andrew's
Categories: Royalty (7) Media (8)

Pub quiz question 6780 by pjh2

Question: Q: Where does the following exchange take place: "Whose keys?" "Queen Elizabeth's Keys?"
Answer: A: Tower of London
Categories: Royalty (7)

Pub quiz question 6779 by pjh2

Question: Q: What is the Queen's official title in the Channel Islands?
Answer: A: Duke of Normandy
Categories: Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 6778 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who's jubilee tribute to the Queen included the words "We're the flowers in the dustbin. We're the poison in your human machine?
Answer: A: The Sex Pistols (God Save the Queen)
Categories: Royalty (7) Entertainment (6) Music (6)

Pub quiz question 6777 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which monarch established racing at Ascot?
Answer: A: Queen Anne
Categories: Royalty (7) Sports (9) Horse Racing (8)

Pub quiz question 6776 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who first ordered the clocks at Sandringham to be set at half-an-hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time?
Answer: A: Edward VII
Notes: *: 1901 to 1936
Categories: Royalty (8) 1910s (7) 1920s (7)

Pub quiz question 6775 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which monarch died on the lavatory, while trying to relieve his constipation?
Answer: A: George II
Categories: Royalty (8) Biology (8)

Pub quiz question 6774 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who was the Sailor King?
Answer: A: William IV
Categories: Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 6773 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which was the (most recent) Year of the Three Kings?
Answer: A: 1936
Notes: *: George V died, Edward VII abdicated (Wallis Simpson), leaving George VI. First year was 1066
Categories: Royalty (8) 1930s (5) Politics (8)

Pub quiz question 6772 by pjh2

Question: Q: Name the kings from the (most recent) Year of the Three Kings?
Answer: A: George V (died,) Edward VII (abdicated - Wallis Simpson), leaving George VI
Notes: *: 1936
Categories: Royalty (8) MultiAnswer3 (7) 1930s (6)

Pub quiz question 6771 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who, on first seeing his intended bride, said he felt unwell and demanded a brandy?
Answer: A: George IV
Categories: Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 6770 by pjh2

Question: Q: What unfortunate event connects Henry VIII and George V?
Answer: A: The death of an older brother resulted in their accession to the throne
Categories: Connections (8) Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 6769 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which future monarch competed at Wimbledon?
Answer: A: George VI
Notes: *: 1926 in the mens doubles
Categories: Royalty (8) Tennis (8) Sports (8) 1920s (7)

Pub quiz question 6768 by pjh2

Question: Q: Whose last words were supposedly 'Oh, bugger Bognor?'
Answer: A: George V
Notes: *: On being told 'that he would soon be well enough to revisit the town' on his deathbed
Categories: Royalty (8) Quotations (8)

Pub quiz question 6767 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who is the Duke of Lancaster?
Answer: A: Queen Elizabeth II
Categories: Royalty (8)

Pub quiz question 6766 by pjh2

Question: Q: In what year did Queen Elizabeth II wake up to find an intruder in her bedroom?
Answer: A: 1982
Categories: Royalty (8) 1980s (7)

Pub quiz question 6765 by pjh2

Question: Q: In what year did Queen Elizabeth II become the first British monarch to visit the Republic of Irelan?
Answer: A: 2011
Categories: Royalty (8) 2010s (7) Politics (7)

Pub quiz question 6764 by pjh2

Question: Q: In what year was there an assassination scare at the Trooping the Colour ceremony?
Answer: A: 1981
Categories: Royalty (8) 1980s (7)

Pub quiz question 6763 by pjh2

Question: Q: In what year did Prince Edward decide that the Royal Marines was not for him?
Answer: A: 1987
Categories: Royalty (8) 1980s (7) Military (7)

Pub quiz question 6762 by pjh2

Question: Q: In what year did Prince Andrew sail to war?
Answer: A: 1982
Categories: Royalty (8) 1980s (7) Military (7)

Pub quiz question 6761 by pjh2

Question: Q: In what year did Ian Ball attempt to kidnap Princess Anne?
Answer: A: 1974
Categories: Royalty (8) 1970s (7)

Pub quiz question 6760 by pjh2

Question: Q: In what year did Queen Elizabeth II marry Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten?
Answer: A: 1947
Categories: Royalty (7) 1940s (7)

Pub quiz question 6759 by pjh2

Question: Q: In which year was the royal yacht Britannia decommissioned?
Answer: A: 1997
Categories: Royalty (8) 1990s (7)

Pub quiz question 6758 by pjh2

Question: Q: In what year was Queen Elizabeth II's 'annus horribilis?'
Answer: A: 1992
Categories: Royalty (8) 1990s (7)

Pub quiz question 6757 by pjh2

Question: Q: In what year did Queen Elizabeth II invest her son as Prince of Wales?
Answer: A: 1969
Categories: Royalty (8) 1960s (7)