Kings and Queens

What special hat does a king or queen wear on their head for very grand occasions?

• AA crown✓
• BA helmet
• CA wig
• DA cap

Answer: A crown is a special golden headpiece worn by kings and queens to show they rule the country.

What is the name of the special chair a king or queen sits on?

• AA bench
• BA throne✓
• CA rocking chair
• DA stool

Answer: A throne is the grand royal seat where a king or queen sits during important ceremonies.

Queen Victoria's great-great-granddaughter became a very famous long-reigning queen. What was her name?

• AQueen Anne
• BQueen Jane
• CQueen Mary I
• DQueen Elizabeth II✓

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II ruled for over 70 years, making her the longest-reigning monarch in British history.

King Henry VIII is famous for having how many wives during his life?

• AThree
• BTwo
• CSix✓
• DTen

Answer: King Henry VIII married six times, and people remember them with the rhyme 'divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived'.

Where in London are the Crown Jewels kept safe today?

• AThe Tower of London✓
• BThe Houses of Parliament
• CBig Ben
• DBuckingham Palace

Answer: The sparkling Crown Jewels are guarded in the Tower of London, where visitors can go and see them.

What do we call the ceremony where a new king or queen is officially crowned?

• AA celebration party
• BA coronation✓
• CAn election
• DA graduation

Answer: A coronation is the grand ceremony where a crown is placed on a new monarch's head, usually at Westminster Abbey.

Which king signed a famous document called the Magna Carta in 1215?

• AKing Henry VIII
• BKing Richard III
• CKing Arthur
• DKing John✓

Answer: King John signed the Magna Carta, an important agreement that said even a king must follow the law.

What is the son or daughter of a king or queen called?

• AA knight or dame
• BA duke or duchess
• CA prince or princess✓
• DA lord or lady

Answer: The children of a king and queen are called princes and princesses.