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  1. 2. The Queen has never visited this European country, despite her husband being born there.
  2. 5. England and Alaska are at the same latitude; Europe is level with Canada - name the phenomenon that keeps us warm.
  3. 10. This country invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982, sparking the Falklands War.
  4. 11. Name of the West End musical that puts a pop concert spin on Henry’s wives.
  5. 12. The Queen was born in this month.
  6. 14. Thought to have been isolated during construction work in the 19th century, there is a unique species of this living in the London Underground.
  7. 16. The former name of the Indian city of Mumbai.
  8. 17. England’s oldest ally - and, in fact, the oldest extant alliance in the world
  9. 22. In 1964 Queen Elizabeth’s personal ‘Surveyor of Pictures’ - art professor Sir Anthony Blunt - was unmasked as part of the Cambridge Five, a set of spies with allegiance to the _____ _____.
  10. 24. In 1972, this animal was gifted to the Queen by the President of Cameroon.
  11. 27. The Queen wears this famous accessory only a couple of times before disposing of them.
  12. 28. Not expected to ever be Queen, baby Elizabeth was born at home at a modest Mayfair address - the property today delivers something different.
  13. 29. Wherever the Queen goes, it’s always with her personal Royal Navy doctor and a supply of her own _____.
  14. 31. Elizabeth I’s mother Anne was beheaded when she was two. Good Queen Bess was called the ‘Virgin Queen’ since she didn’t bother having kids - making her the last of this Royal line.
  15. 34. The new London Underground line opened as part of her Jubilee, the ___________ Line.
  16. 35. Elizabeth eats her sandwiches (typically tuna) without this.
  17. 36. World War II and this famous figure ended the British Raj for good.
  18. 38. This bear joined the Queen for afternoon tea in a scene shown at the Platinum Party concert.
  19. 40. The nickname Elizabeth had as a child.
  20. 41. Royal ladies are not allowed to ______ their legs.
  21. 43. The ______ _______ had problems with lateness - events on her schedule ‘started’ up to 30 minutes earlier to give her time to arrive.
  22. 45. The surname of the Prime Minister when the Queen was crowned in 1952 - it was his second term.
  23. 46. Thanks to Oliver, the original English Civil War between Houses Lancaster and York 200 years earlier had to be retroactively rebranded - to the Wars of the _____.
  24. 47. Only two British Monarchs have celebrated a Diamond Jubilee (60 years), Queen Elizabeth II and Queen ________.
  25. 48. The nation that voted to remove the Queen as head of state in November 2021.
  26. 52. Second wife of Henry VIII, and the first one he had beheaded: Anne _____.
  27. 53. In 1973, the Queen officially opened this down-under Opera House.
  28. 55. Small mammal native to Wimbledon Common.
  29. 57. Infamous plane flown by British pilots in World War II.
  30. 58. The Royals open all their presents on Christmas ___.
  31. 59. The London __________ first opened during the Victorian era.
  32. 61. This city was the first capital of England.
  33. 62. World War I permanently divided their House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - leading King George V to reinvent his image & change his name to this.
  34. 64. According to the Royal chefs, the Queen eats four meals a day and has an addiction to this food.
  35. 65. In the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics, the Queen really starred in a scene with this character. (But the parachute-in was a body double!)
  36. 67. The name of the Queen’s first corgi, a present for her 18th birthday in 1944.
  37. 68. Number of decades the Queen was married to Philip.
Down
  1. 1. 2016 hit TV show about the Queen, The _____.
  2. 3. Housed in the British Museum, the Rosetta Stone originally belonged to this country.
  3. 4. Elizabeth served in the Auxiliary Service during World War 2, acting as a truck driver and ________.
  4. 6. Rather than having an alarm clock, the Queen is woken up by this sound each morning.
  5. 7. The second leading cause of death in the Blitz: _______ accidents caused by the city-wide blackouts.
  6. 8. The Queen does not need this to travel.
  7. 9. The former name of the Indian city of Chennai.
  8. 13. The 1640 English Civil War led to the removal of monarchy in Britain - and this Oliver in charge. He famously banned Christmas.
  9. 15. The late Prince Philip once spent £18,690 on a single train journey from London to this city.
  10. 18. The iconic method of execution used during the French Revolution.
  11. 19. The weird pet name Philip had for Queen Liz, thought to come from the French ‘ma petite chou-fleur’.
  12. 20. Taken as a spoil of war during the British conquest of India, the Koh-I-Noor remains part of the Crown Jewels to this day despite controversy. But what is it?
  13. 21. Elizabeth has one of these every single day, at a precise temperature.
  14. 23. The leaders of the world’s three greatest nations during World War I - King George V, Tsar Nicholas II, Kaiser Wilhelm II - were all this word. Their grandma was Queen Victoria - the Kaiser said that if she were still alive, she would never have allowed them to go to war with each other.
  15. 25. The Queen’s coronation took place in this abbey.
  16. 26. A superstition of King Charles II, there must always be _______ in the Tower of London.
  17. 28. And finally - name the Queen’s favourite type of dog.
  18. 30. The former name of the Indian city of Kolkata.
  19. 32. The Queen has visited this country the most.
  20. 33. The name of the Queen’s Scottish residence, ______ Castle.
  21. 37. Liz is fluent in this foreign language.
  22. 39. The Queen wasn’t born in this month, but she still gets a birthday.
  23. 42. Complete the mnemonic: “Divorced, beheaded, and died, Divorced, beheaded, _________.”
  24. 44. In 1066 William the Conqueror became King of England. Before that, he was Duke of this part of France.
  25. 45. Eldest child of the Queen, born in 1948. Rather than attend his birth, Prince Philip chose to stay outside playing squash in the palace gardens.
  26. 49. In 1969, a ___________ aired about the daily lives of the Royals. It has never been shown again, at Elizabeth’s concern for their safety.
  27. 50. This phrase is commonly attributed to Marie Antoinette, last Queen before the French Revolution, who said these four words upon hearing her peasants had no bread.
  28. 51. The Queen’s birthday parade is known as ‘Trooping the _______’.
  29. 54. The number of years the Queen has been Queen.
  30. 56. Nickname of the 1189 King who ruled the Angevin Empire - when England and France were one country. One of the mane figures of medieval Europe, he played a coeur role in the Third Crusade.
  31. 60. This University first began accepting students in 1096, and is older than the Aztecs.
  32. 63. The official MI6 codename in the event of the Queen’s death is Operation: ______ _____.
  33. 66. The Queen’s favourite colour.