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Charles I 9x 14.3% stumper $914 avg DJ:7 FJ:2

DJ $600 2000 On January 30, 1649 this English king lost his head, literally

DJ $1,000 1987 Richard Harris headed the cast, but Alec Guinness lost his head as this king in "Cromwell"

FJ 2006 His trial began on January 20, 1649

Richard III 8x 16.7% stumper $1,033 avg J:1 DJ:5 FJ:2

J $400 1997 Legend says his crown was found under a hawthorn bush after he was killed at Bosworth Field

DJ $600 1990 Despite rumors, there is no conclusive proof that he was responsible for killing the little princes

DJ $1,500 DD 1989 Controversial last Yorkist king, he died on the field of battle August 22, 1485

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King Hussein 7x $657 avg J:3 DJ:4

J $300 1990 This Middle Eastern king married an American in 1978

J $800 2004 Queen Noor, whom he married in 1978, was his fourth wife

DJ $1,200 2015 Under this king, Jordan expelled the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1971

Louis XVI 6x 16.7% stumper $733 avg J:1 DJ:5

DJ $400 1988 King who died on the Place de la Révolution January 21, 1793

J $600 DD 1998 Hunting & masonry were favorite hobbies of this king, Marie Antoinette's husband

DJ $1,000 DD 1989 When George Washington became president, this man was king of France

Queen Isabella 6x $483 avg J:2 DJ:4

DJ $200 1989 Her husband was Ferdinand II of Aragon, Ferdinand III of Naples & Ferdinand V of Castile

DJ $600 1991 She succeeded her half-brother, King Henry the Impotent, as ruler of Castile in 1474

J $200 2014 Henry IV of Castile wanted her to marry the king of Portugal, butshewed Ferdinand in 1469

Thailand 5x $975 avg J:1 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $500 1989 The Chakri dynasty has reigned in this southeast Asian country since 1782

DJ $2,000 2025 In 2019, a former flight attendantmarried King Vajiralongkorn & became Queen Suthida of this Asian country

FJ 2001 The king of this Asian country is known as the "Possessor of the 24 Golden Umbrellas"

Scotland 5x $380 avg J:1 DJ:4

J $100 1990 After Macbeth's death, his stepson, Lulach, became king of this country, but only for a few months

DJ $600 1998 Balliol, Bruce, Stuart

DJ $200 1994 5-year-old David II succeeded his father, Robert the Bruce, as king of this country in 1329

Queen Anne 5x 80.0% stumper $880 avg DJ:5

DJ $400 1991 This Stuart queen, a heavy drinker, was known derisively as "Brandy Nan"

DJ $800 1991 This queen who reigned from 1702-14 was pregnant at least 15 times, but didn't leave an heir

DJ $1,000 1992 This last Stuart queen had to be carried to her coronation because of a bout with gout

Princess Margaret 5x 20.0% stumper $700 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $200 1990 She has 2 children, David & Sarah Armstrong-Jones

DJ $1,000 1989 When George VI became king of England, she was 2nd in line to the throne

J $300 1989 She represented her sister the queen when Antigua gained its independence in 1981

Mary, Queen of Scots 5x $340 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $200 2021 In 1566 she gave birth to the boy who would be king--James VI of Scotland

DJ $600 1989 Held captive for almost 20 years, this queen was 44 years old when she was beheaded in 1587

DJ $200 1988 Great-niece of Henry VIII who was queen consort of France & later queen of Scotland

Juan Carlos 5x $520 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $200 1994 In 1986 his son Prince Felipe was sworn in as the heir apparent to the Spanish throne

DJ $600 1994 Named Franco's successor in 1969, he became king in 1975

J $1,000 2021 In 2014 Felipe VI succeeded this man, his father, as king of Spain

George VI 5x $1,000 avg DJ:2 FJ:3

DJ $400 2000 He was king from 1936 until 1952

DJ $1,600 2008 He was the last emperor of India

FJ 1990 Before Prince Andrew, he was the last Duke of York

Akihito 5x 20.0% stumper $540 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $200 1996 Born in 1969, Princess Nori is the only daughter of this emperor

J $500 1991 In 1958 this crown prince's Buddhist fiancee agreed to marry him in a traditional Shinto ceremony

DJ $600 1993 This future emperor's 1959 marriage to a non-royal wife seemed to symbolize Japan's new democracy

Queen Juliana 5x 40.0% stumper $1,400 avg DJ:5

DJ $2,000 2009 This former queen who passed away in 2004 was an avid skier until she was in her 80s

DJ $2,000 2008 The Queen's official birthday is still celebrated on April 30, the birthday of this predecessor of Queen Beatrix

DJ $1,000 1996 On her 71st birthday, April 30, 1980, this queen abdicated in favor of her daughter Beatrix

Prince Andrew 4x 50.0% stumper $1,625 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $400 1986 This Falklands veteran signed on for 12 years with the Navy & a lifetime with Sarah Ferguson

J $1,500 DD 1991 In 1960 he became the first child born to a reigning British sovereign since 1857

DJ $1,600 2007 This prince who has 2 daughters became patron of the English National Ballet in 2001

Poland 4x $750 avg DJ:4

DJ $400 1994 In 1386 Jagiello, Grand Duke of Lithuania, married Queen Jadwiga & became King Wladyslaw II of this country

DJ $600 1995 John III Sobieski was field commander of this country's army before he was elected king in 1674

DJ $1,000 1994 In 1587 Sigismund, the son of Sweden's king, became ruler of this Eastern European country

Peter the Great 4x $550 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2023 The serfs he brutally suppressed in the revolts of 1705 to 1708 probably didn't think this czar was so great

DJ $800 2006 One bio of this "Great" czar says he carried dental instruments around with him because he loved to pull teeth

DJ $1,000 1985 To learn about building a navy, this great czar worked as a ship's carpenter in Holland

Eleanor of Aquitaine 4x $850 avg DJ:4

DJ $200 1992 Her grandfather, William IX, was a famous troubadour, as well as the Duke of Aquitaine

DJ $600 2001 1968:Katharine Hepburn

DJ $2,000 2007 Katharine Hepburn was her in "The Lion in Winter"

Charles II 4x 50.0% stumper $750 avg DJ:4

DJ $200 1988 Charleston, South Carolina was named for him

DJ $800 1991 This king died at Whitehall in 1685; his father had been executed there in 1649

DJ $1,000 1990 Princess Diana is descended from an illegitimate son of this Restoration ruler

Prince Charles 4x 25.0% stumper $475 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $100 1995 In a 1986 TV interview, this heir to the British throne admitted that he talks to his plants

DJ $1,000 1989 The last of the Bourbon kings to rule France was also the 10th & last French king named this

DJ $400 1989 He was the 1st heir to the British throne to earn a bachelor's degree

Prince Albert 4x $533 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $400 1995 This was King George VI's first name; his family called him Bertie

DJ $600 1989 This prince, an accomplished organist, composed an anthem sung at his wife's jubilee

FJ 2011 The son of an Oscar winner, this prince is also a 5-time Olympian

prince 4x 25.0% stumper $850 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $800 2025 Thisdirector of the original Broadway production of "The Phantom of the Opera" was truly theater royalty

DJ $1,200 2020 My title is this, & I am funky, but in Japanese, it's kōshaku

J $600 2022 Asked if he was okay playing the 2007 Super Bowl halftime show in a downpour, he had a request--"Can you make it rain harder?"

Italy 4x 25.0% stumper $600 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $400 1991 The parents of this country's King Victor Emmanuel III were cousins

DJ $600 1988 At the time Grant was president, Victor Emanuel was ruling this land

DJ $1,000 DD 2004 The House of Savoy-Carignano was shuttered up in this country in 1946 when Humbert II left the throne

the Netherlands 4x $450 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 1989 This country hasn't been ruled by a king since Queen Wilhelmina's father died in 1890

J $500 1984 Country where Queens Beatrix, Wilhelmina & Juliana were inaugurated, not crowned

DJ $600 1990 Prince Bernhard of this country is a former president of the World Wildlife Fund

King Kamehameha 4x $400 avg J:3 FJ:1

J $200 1991 This king of Hawaii had many wives but Kaahumanu was his favorite

J $600 2021 Nearly 10 feet tall & standing on a 3 1/2 foot base, the largeststatuein the Statuary Hall Collection is of this king

FJ 1994 Collier's Encyclopedia calls this man "the most famous of Polynesians"

King John 4x 25.0% stumper $1,700 avg DJ:4

DJ $800 1996 This king was nicknamed "Dollheart" in sharp contrast to his brother Richard the Lionheart

DJ $1,000 1992 In 1199 he succeeded his childless brother Richard I as king of England

DJ $2,000 DD 1991 This King of England died unexpectedly in 1216; one rumor said a monk poisoned him

Worth Knowing (64)

William the Conqueror 3 Saudi Arabia 3 Princess Anne 3 Nefertiti 3 Napoleon 3 maharajah 3 Jordan 3 Hirohito 3 Frederick the Great 3 Ferdinand & Isabella 3 emeritus 3 China 3 chevalier 3 Bourbon 3 Alexandra 3 William & Mary 3 the vicar 3 Queen Margrethe 3 Queen Elizabeth II 3 Queen Christina 3 Princess Stephanie (of Monaco) 3 Westminster Abbey 2 the registrar 2 the Governor-General 2 the daughter of a czar 2 the Archbishop of Canterbury 2 Swaziland 2 Sicily 2 Princess Grace 2 Princess Di 2 Prince Rainier 2 Persia 2 Maria Theresa 2 Luxembourg 2 India 2 Hungary 2 Hawaii 2 Grace Kelly 2 Ferdinand 2 Empress of India 2 Edward VII 2 Duncan 2 Don 2 Diana 2 Catherine 2 Brunei 2 Beatrice 2 Anne Boleyn 2 Albania 2 admiral 2 a regent 2 the queen dowager 2 the doge 2 King Solomon 2 Princess Caroline (of Monaco) 2 King George V 2 Carole King 2 an infanta 2 Esther 2 Eleanor 2 Cheops 2 Bonnie Prince Charlie 2 Carlota (the wife of Maximilian) 2 a cardinal 2

Ancient

23 answers | 121 clues

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Queen Victoria 13x 7.7% stumper $485 avg J:2 DJ:11

J $100 1989 She proposed to Albert on October 15, 1839; they were married soon after

DJ $800 1992 Prince Albert's father & this queen's mother were brother & sister

DJ $2,000 DD 1989 This person ruled England during America's Civil War

Marie Antoinette 10x $611 avg J:1 DJ:8 FJ:1

DJ $200 1993 Napoleon's second wife, Marie Louise, was a niece of this French queen

J $500 1992 This 11th daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I was guillotined in 1793

DJ $1,200 2021 Seen here in a quick sketch by Jacques-Louis David is this woman on the day of her death

Henry VIII 10x 12.5% stumper $475 avg J:2 DJ:6 FJ:2

J $100 1988 Ironically, this English king wrote "Green Groweth The Holly", a poem about romantic faithfulness

DJ $800 1992 In 1514, 3 months before his death, King Louis XII of France married this Tudor king's sister Mary

DJ $1,600 2007 Robert Shaw was him in "A Man for All Seasons"

Belgium 10x 20.0% stumper $590 avg J:5 DJ:5

J $200 1988 Fabiola, the current queen of this Low Country, was born a Spanish noblewoman

J $500 1995 Queen Victoria's mother, also named Victoria, was the sister of this country's King Leopold

J $1,000 2022 In 2013 Duke of Brabant Philippe became king of this nation after his dad Albert II abdicated

Spain 10x 10.0% stumper $370 avg J:2 DJ:8

J $100 1992 This country was so unstable during the reign of Isabella II that it had 60 different governments

DJ $800 2023 One of the 2 present-day European countries where the title infanta is used for the daughter of the monarch

DJ $200 1998 Isabella II was proclaimed queen of this country a few days before her third birthday, in 1833

Prince Philip 10x 12.5% stumper $1,050 avg J:1 DJ:7 FJ:2

J $400 1990 He became king of Macedon shortly after the death of his brother, Perdiccas III

DJ $800 1996 He was chancellor of Salford Univ. for 23 years, until his daughter-in-law Fergie succeeded him in 1991

DJ $1,000 1994 This prince's mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, was Lord Mountbatten's sister

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Greece 6x $550 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $200 1991 King George I of this country was assassinated in 1913 in Thessaloniki

DJ $600 1993 Constantine I of this country went into exile in 1917, was recalled in 1920 & was exiled again in 1922

DJ $1,000 1991 This Balkan country chose Prince William of Denmark as its new king in 1863; he became King George I

Edward VIII 6x $350 avg DJ:4 FJ:2

DJ $400 1989 When this man gave up his throne in 1936, the woman he loved was still married to another man

FJ 2004 The only British monarch of the 20th century not to produce an heir

DJ $400 1996 Cecil Beaton photographed this former king & his American-born wife on their 1937 wedding day

Cleopatra 5x $320 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1986 You won't find this Egyptian queen's "needles" in a haystack, but in London or New York

J $600 2014 Shehad a Caesar on the side while she was married to her brother Ptolemy XIV

DJ $200 1987 Racy Rhonda Fleming role in "Serpent of the Nile", opposite Raymond Burr's Mark Antony

Mary 5x $680 avg J:1 DJ:4

DJ $400 1993 A plot to depose this Scottish queen included the murder of her secretary, David Riccio

DJ $800 DD 1991 The only child of Henry VIII & Catherine of Aragon who survived infancy

DJ $1,000 1988 Tudor queen who was betrothed to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V but married his son, Philip of Spain

the Hapsburgs 4x 25.0% stumper $425 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $200 DD 2003 Franz Joseph's 68-year reign over Austria-Hungary was the longest of any ruler of this royal family

DJ $1,000 1985 This family, which at times ruled Spain & the Holy Roman Empire, ruled Austria until 1918

J $200 1995 Maximilian I, who became Holy Roman Emperor in 1493, was a member of this Austrian dynasty

Nero 4x $650 avg DJ:4

DJ $200 1996 Some say this emperor "fiddled" around by reciting poetry while Rome burned

DJ $600 1990 Roman emperor whose last words were, "What an artist dies with me"

DJ $1,600 2022 Look for leaping flames on the cover when you seek out "The Splendor Before the Dark", Margaret George's novel about this Roman emperor

Worth Knowing (11)

Romanov 3 Romania 3 Lady Jane Grey 3 Egypt 3 Nicholas II 3 the Holy Roman Emperor 3 Ptolemy 2 Napoleon Bonaparte 2 kaiser 2 Ivan The Terrible 2 Constantine 2

Medieval

16 answers | 63 clues

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Norway 9x 12.5% stumper $650 avg J:1 DJ:7 FJ:1

DJ $200 1990 King Olaf II is this country's patron saint

DJ $600 1991 Erik Bloodax of this land of the midnight sun earned his name by killing 7 of his 8 brothers

DJ $1,000 1994 It's believed that Olaf II was baptized a Christian in Normandy before he became king of this country

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Portugal 6x 16.7% stumper $683 avg J:2 DJ:4

DJ $400 1994 The Aviz Dynasty ruled this Iberian country from 1385 to 1580, when the Hapsburgs took over

J $500 DD 1995 Maria I, this country's first queen regnant, fled to Brazil when Napoleon invaded in 1807

J $1,000 2023 In 1578 this country's young & fanatical King Sebastião made the fatal mistake of leading a crusade into Morocco

France 6x $367 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $100 2000 All of this country's Capetian kings descended from Robert the Strong, Count of Anjou & Blois

DJ $600 1994 Britannica says King Francis I of this country so revered his mother that he knelt when he spoke to her

J $100 1990 Prince Rainier served in this country's army during WWII; Monaco doesn't have an army

James I 6x 16.7% stumper $600 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $300 1995 This son of Mary, Queen of Scots married a Danish princess in 1589

J $500 1997 Born in Scotland in 1566, this king of England had such narrow jaws it was hard for him to eat

DJ $1,000 1995 The Spanish ambassador prodded this king into ordering the execution of Sir Walter Raleigh

Queen Elizabeth I 5x $500 avg J:2 DJ:3

DJ $200 2001 1939 & 1955:Bette Davis

DJ $800 1990 Among other things, she wished her epitaph to express "my virginity"

J $300 1988 Flora Robson played this 16th c. queen twice, in "The Sea Hawk" & "Fire Over England"

Russia 4x 25.0% stumper $350 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $100 1991 Peter the Great's niece Anna Ivanovna was empress of this country from 1730-1740

J $500 1991 Rurik is the semi-legendary founder of this country

DJ $200 1991 Some say Czar Alexander I of this country faked his own death, assumed a new identity, & moved to Siberia

Charlemagne 4x $925 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $400 1988 King of Franks who was advised, it's said, by Theodulf the Visigoth & Elissaeus the Eunuch

J $500 1988 Before he died in 814, he crowned his son, Louis the Pious

DJ $2,000 2004 Getting crowned emperor on December 25, 800 made him a Christmas Carolingian

Tudor 4x 25.0% stumper $800 avg DJ:4

DJ $400 2008 It was the royal family name of Henry VIII

DJ $800 1992 She was 11 years older than her husband, Philip of Spain

DJ $1,600 2011 England's Henry VII & Edward VI

Edward 4x $550 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 1997 This younger brother of Prince Andrew served as best man at Andrew's 1986 wedding

DJ $600 1990 Some say this "Confessor" was an albino

J $1,000 DD 2004 A Canadian province is named for this son of King George III

Worth Knowing (7)

Liechtenstein 3 thane 2 Richard the Lionhearted 2 Hapsburg 2 Windsor Castle 2 Mary I 2 Henry VII 2

Revolutionary Era

3 answers | 29 clues

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Sweden 16x 12.5% stumper $594 avg J:4 DJ:12

J $200 2004 In 1973 Carl XVI Gustaf became the king of this country

DJ $500 DD 1998 Bernadotte, Vasa, Folkung

DJ $1,600 2008 This country was still involved in the 30 Years' War when Queen Christina came to power in 1644

Should-Know (2)

George III 7x 16.7% stumper $633 avg DJ:6 FJ:1

DJ $200 1988 He was king of England during the Industrial, the French & the American Revolutions

DJ $600 1995 He was king of England during the American Revolution & the War of 1812

DJ $1,000 2001 1994:Nigel Hawthorne

Catherine the Great 6x 16.7% stumper $550 avg J:1 DJ:5

J $100 1989 This empress was suspected of plotting the murder of her husband czar Peter III

DJ $600 1986 Born Princess Sophie of Anhalt-Zerbst, she was Russia's empress during the American Revolution

DJ $1,000 1992 As a child, Czar Alexander I was taken away from his parents & raised by this empress, his grandmother

World War I

6 answers | 26 clues

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Queen Beatrix 7x 42.9% stumper $1,229 avg J:1 DJ:6

DJ $200 2000 Controversy erupted when this woman, now queen, wed a German who was once a member of the Hitler Youth

J $1,000 2014 In 1966, she, then a Dutch princess, decided to Potter around the house with Klauss Von Amsberg

DJ $1,000 1995 As a child this current queen of the Netherlands was known as Trix

Denmark 6x $700 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $300 1989 This Scandinavian country has had 10 kings named Christian

DJ $600 1991 This country's King Christian X inspired its resistance to World War II German occupation

DJ $1,000 1995 The full name of this county's queen is Margrethe Alexandrine Thorhildur Ingrid

Louis XIV 6x $700 avg J:2 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $200 1984 King for 72 years, he devoted more than 40 to building Versailles

J $500 1987 "The Man in the Iron Mask" was rumored to be the twin of this longest-reigning French monarch

DJ $1,000 DD 2006 In 1661 this king, no slouch as a dancer himself, founded the Academie Royale de Danse

Worth Knowing (3)

Queen Wilhelmina 3 Archduke 2 The African Queen 2

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