Quiz on Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

the painting The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew (pictured), owned by Queen Elizabeth II, has recently been verified as an authentic Caravaggio, and not a relatively worthless copy.

the personnel of the aircraft carrier HMAS Vengeance (pictured) were complimented by Queen Elizabeth II on their forgery of her signature.

the private income of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom is known as the Privy Purse.

there are six monarchies in Oceania and five of them share Queen Elizabeth II (pictured) as their respective head of state.

in the 1950s, midget professional wrestlers Sky Low Low and Little Beaver wrestled in a match for the UK's Queen Elizabeth and Egypt's King Farouk.

Thomas Brownrigg went from being a Midshipman to being Naval Aide de Camp to Queen Elizabeth II to creating Europe's first commercial television company, Associated-Rediffusion.

Queen Elizabeth II was taught constitutional history by Henry Marten.

Queen Elizabeth II (pictured) once worked as a lorry driver.

Francis Coleman worked as a conductor, magazine editor and musical director of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet before, at age 29, producing CBC's coverage of Elizabeth II's coronation.

John Litchfield trod on the foot of one Prime Minister, sat on the lap of another, and was the first person to toast the health of Queen Elizabeth II.

Queen Elizabeth II was given a Louisville Stoneware musical box at the 2007 Kentucky Derby.

Quiz on Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

1 At various times between 1949 and 1951, the Duke of Edinburgh was stationed in ________ (at that time a British Protectorate) as a serving Royal Navy officer.

2 Who of the following was a predecessor of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom?

3 Elizabeth inaugurated the first Canadian trans-Atlantic telephone cable in 1961, by calling Canadian Prime Minister, John Diefenbaker, from ________.

4 She has no intention of ________,[54] though the proportion of public duties performed by Prince Charles may increase as Elizabeth reduces her commitments.

5 And the King will never leave." [8] The princesses remained at Windsor, where they staged ________ at Christmas in aid of the Queen's Wool Fund.

6 Which of the following titles did Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom have?

7 Aside from her official religious role as Supreme Governor of the established ________, Elizabeth personally worships with that church and with the national Church of Scotland.

8 Elizabeth witnessed, over her life, the ongoing transformation of the ________ into the Commonwealth of Nations.

9 Elizabeth married ________, in 1947, and the couple have four children and eight grandchildren.

10 In September 1939, with the outbreak of the Second World War, Elizabeth and her younger sister, Margaret, stayed at ________, Scotland, from September to Christmas 1939, until they moved to Sandringham House, Norfolk.

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