Memorize these and you could recognize 31.2% of all Royalty clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 16 | King Gustav VI of this country was an archaeologist & an authority on Chinese ceramics |
| 2 | Queen Victoria | 13 | Royal families of Germany, Russia, Denmark & Greece could call her "the grandmother of Europe" |
| 3 | Marie Antoinette | 10 | Tho she may not have said "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche!", she was guillotined in 1793 anyway |
| 4 | Henry VIII | 10 | Ironically, this English king wrote "Green Groweth The Holly", a poem about romantic faithfulness |
| 5 | Belgium | 10 | Fabiola, the current queen of this Low Country, was born a Spanish noblewoman |
| 6 | Spain | 9 | In 1931 Alfonso XIII was forced to leave this country, & he died in exile in Rome 10 years later |
| 7 | Norway | 9 | Hamlet was Prince of Denmark but Fortinbras was prince of this other Scandinavian country |
| 8 | Prince Philip | 9 | Princess Alice of Greece, the deaf mother of this prince consort, could lip-read in 4 languages |
| 9 | Charles I | 8 | Richard Harris headed the cast, but Alec Guinness lost his head as this king in "Cromwell" |
| 10 | Richard III | 7 | At the start of the play named for him, this villain is the Duke of Gloucester |
| 11 | George III | 7 | 1994:Nigel Hawthorne |
| 12 | Queen Beatrix | 7 | Controversy erupted when this woman, now queen, wed a German who was once a member of the Hitler Youth |
| 13 | Portugal | 6 | This country's King Manuel I launched Vasco de Gama on his voyage around Africa in 1497 |
| 14 | Louis XVI | 6 | Robert Morley tried to have his cake & eat it, too, as this king in "Marie Antoinette" |
| 15 | Greece | 6 | After this country's King George I was killed in 1913, his son Constantine succeeded him |
| 16 | France | 6 | Prince Rainier served in this country's army during WWII; Monaco doesn't have an army |
| 17 | Denmark | 6 | The last king of this Scandanavian country was Frederick IX, a rear admiral who died in 1972 |
| 18 | Catherine the Great | 6 | Born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, she was Russia's empress during the American Revolution |
| 19 | Louis XIV | 6 | King for 72 years, he devoted more than 40 to building Versailles |
| 20 | King Hussein | 6 | Current king whose grandfather, King Abdullah, was assassinated in Jerusalem in 1951 |
| 21 | Queen Isabella | 6 | Her husband was Ferdinand II of Aragon, Ferdinand III of Naples & Ferdinand V of Castile |
| 22 | Thailand | 5 | Princess Sirikit married the king of this country in 1950, a week before he was formally crowned |
| 23 | Scotland | 5 | After Macbeth's death, his stepson, Lulach, became king of this country, but only for a few months |
| 24 | Queen Anne | 5 | Virginia's Prince George County, formed in 1703, was named for the husband of this queen of England |
| 25 | Princess Margaret | 5 | When George VI became king of England, she was 2nd in line to the throne |
| 26 | Mary, Queen of Scots | 5 | Great-niece of Henry VIII who was queen consort of France & later queen of Scotland |
| 27 | Juan Carlos | 5 | This current king is descended from King Ferdinand II & Queen Isabella |
| 28 | Cleopatra | 5 | You won't find this Egyptian queen's "needles" in a haystack, but in London or New York |
| 29 | James I | 5 | This son of Mary, Queen of Scots married a Danish princess in 1589 |
| 30 | George VI | 5 | Before Prince Andrew, this man was the last Duke of York |
| 31 | Edward VIII | 5 | When this man gave up his throne in 1936, the woman he loved was still married to another man |
| 32 | Queen Elizabeth I | 5 | Flora Robson played this 16th c. queen twice, in "The Sea Hawk" & "Fire Over England" |
| 33 | Mary | 5 | In 1565 this 22-year-old Scottish queen married her second husband, 19-year-old Lord Darnley |
| 34 | Queen Juliana | 5 | In 1980 she celebrated her 71st birthday by abdicating the Dutch throne |
| 35 | the Hapsburgs | 4 | Maximilian I, who became Holy Roman Emperor in 1493, was a member of this Austrian dynasty |
| 36 | Russia | 4 | The Viking Rurik, not Erik the Red, is considered founder of this country which his descendants ruled until 1598 |
| 37 | Prince Andrew | 4 | This Falklands veteran signed on for 12 years with the Navy & a lifetime with Sarah Ferguson |
| 38 | Poland | 4 | Jadwiga, queen of this country from 1384 to 1399, is also venerated as a saint there |
| 39 | Peter the Great | 4 | To learn about building a navy, this great czar worked as a ship's carpenter in Holland |
| 40 | Nero | 4 | Roman emperor whose last words were, "What an artist dies with me" |
| 41 | Eleanor of Aquitaine | 4 | Heiress of Aquitaine who was queen of France before she was queen of England |
| 42 | Charles II | 4 | Charleston, South Carolina was named for him |
| 43 | Charlemagne | 4 | Illiterate himself, this great Frankish ruler founded a palace school which he attended with wife & children |
| 44 | Akihito | 4 | Slated to become the next emperor, he's currently Japan's crown prince |
| 45 | Tudor | 4 | She was 11 years older than her husband, Philip of Spain |
| 46 | Edward | 4 | A Canadian province is named for this son of King George III |
| 47 | King Kamehameha | 4 | Collier's Encyclopedia calls this man "the most famous of Polynesians" |
| 48 | King John | 4 | This King of England died unexpectedly in 1216; one rumor said a monk poisoned him |
| 49 | William the Conqueror | 3 | The only king of England named Stephen was the grandson of this conqueror |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | During his reign, 1953-1964, King Saud nearly bankrupted this country |