Skip to main contentSkip to navigation
The Guardian - Back to homeThe Guardian: news website of the year

Corgis, Sex Pistols and the royal bedtime tipple – take the platinum jubilee quiz

You’ve probably had a lifetime’s exposure to royal trivia – but how much can you remember?

Queen Elizabeth II smiles while thinking about how many points you are going to get on one’s quiz.
Queen Elizabeth II smiles while thinking about how many points you are going to get on one’s quiz. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/AP
Queen Elizabeth II smiles while thinking about how many points you are going to get on one’s quiz. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/AP

When the platinum jubilee arrives on Thursday there won’t be a single person under the age of 70 in the UK who can remember anybody else being on the throne apart from Queen Elizabeth II. Whatever your level of interest in the monarchy – excited monarchist or ardent abolitionist – you will have inevitably absorbed some news about the Queen over the past seven decades. So why not take our quiz – how much do you know about the Queen?

The Guardian’s platinum jubilee quiz

1.In which city was Queen Elizabeth II born?
2.For how many Commonwealth realms is the Queen currently head of state?
3.How many great-grandchildren does the Queen have? It is at least one, as here is a picture of Prince George …
4.Queen Elizabeth II is often credited as the longest-reigning British monarch. Whose record did she surpass?
5.Who provided the BBC television commentary from Westminster Abbey for the Queen's coronation in 1953?
6.Which dog breed is the Queen's household often credited with inventing?
7.Where does the Queen usually stay when she visits Northern Ireland?
8.Astrology is as scientific as having a hereditary monarchy. What star sign is the Queen?
9.The Queen was the first member of the British royal family to send an email. When did she send it?
10.In 1977, where did the Sex Pistols' single God Save The Queen reach in the official UK singles chart, despite being banned from radio play by the BBC?
11.Which of these things does the Queen not need to have?
12.Which other language has the Queen used to speak in public, besides English?
13.Over the years the Queen has been given many animals. But which of these didn't she take back home to the UK?
14.Which year did the Queen describe as an 'annus horribilis'
15.According to her cousin Margaret Rhodes, what does the Queen enjoy every night before bed?
16.Everybody knows that legally the Queen owns every swan in the country. But is it true that she also owns every seal in British waters?
17.How many Summer Olympic Games in London has the Queen formally opened?
18.Who was Queen Elizabeth II's father?
Topics
Reuse this content