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Current Affairs ROUND ONE: CURRENT AFFAIRS 1. What is Princess Beatrice’s fiancé’s name? 2. What did Gloria Allred get Prince Andrew for his 60th birthday? 3. What will Camilla Parker Bowles’s title be when Prince Charles becomes king? 4. Which celebrity did Prince Charles name ambassador of the British Asian Trust in February? 5. Which actress will play the Queen in the fifth and final season of The Crown? 6. At the Baftas, Prince William revealed his favourite film of 2019. What was it? 7. On her first-ever podcast appearance, Kate Middleton admitted using what self-help technique to cope with her pregnancies? 8. Prince Harry recently fell for a prank call with Russian hoaxers. Who did he think he was speaking to? 9. Where did Prince Harry and Meghan Markle live in Canada? 10. What sport did the Cambridges play on their Irish tour? /10 ROUND TWO: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. What is Meghan Markle’s first name? 2. Which member of the royal family is said to travel everywhere with their own toilet seat? 3. What is the Middleton family business called? 4. What event delayed Prince Charles’s marriage to Camilla Parker Bowles by one day in 2005? 5. What high street brand did Kate Middleton work for when she was dating Prince William? 6. What was Prince Harry’s pseudonym on his secret Facebook page? 7. Who was the first member of the British royal family to be convicted of a criminal offence? 8. Under UK law, what marine creatures are owned by the Queen? 9. Name the Queen’s four children, from eldest to youngest. (One point for each of the siblings in the correct order) 10. Two members of the royal family have competed in the Olympics. Which two? (One point for each) /14 ROUND THREE: FOOD AND DRINK 1. What’s Prince William’s favourite flavour of ice-cream? 2. Kate Middleton’s brother James runs a personalised marshmallow delivery company. What is it called? 3. What ingredient has the Queen banned from the Buckingham Palace kitchen? 4. Camilla Parker Bowles has her own range of food products stocked at Fortnum & Mason. What food is it? 5. What cocktail does Prince Charles travel with wherever he goes? 6. What unconventional flavour did Prince Harry and Meghan Markle choose for their wedding cake? 7. What does Meghan Markle’s former lifestyle blog The Tig take its name from? 8. What does the Queen have for breakfast? (Bonus point if you know how it’s presented to her) 9. Which of the Cambridge kids is said to have the best tolerance for spicy foods? 10. What were Prince Harry and Meghan Markle making for dinner when he proposed? /11 ROUND FOUR: FILL IN THE BLANK 1. The Queen travels with her own supply of . 2. Prince Harry played the in the official song for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012. 3. Prince Charles’s vintage Aston Martin runs on . 4. Camilla Parker Bowles has a deep fear of . 5. Kate Middleton graduated with a degree in from St Andrew’s University. 6. In 1995, Princess Diana organised a surprise meeting for Prince William with his supermodel crush, . 7. As well as starring in Suits, Meghan Markle worked as a teacher before meeting Prince Harry. 8. A US broadcaster apologised last summer for mocking Prince George’s lessons. 9. Queen Elizabeth made her acting debut alongside in a sketch for the London Olympics. 10. Prince Andrew claims he lost the ability to after serving in the Falklands War. /11 ROUND FIVE: WHO SAID THAT? 1. “He looks like a plum pudding!” 2. “If I wore beige, nobody would know who I am.” 3. “To get the best results, you must talk to your vegetables.” 4. “You can be as naughty as you want, but just don’t get caught.” 5. “Every time I get to meet kids and they have been told a real-life prince is coming, the disappointment on their faces when they see me without a crown or a cape...” 6. “Only the mad girls chase me, I think.” 7. “I admit fully that my judgement was probably coloured by my tendency to be too honourable but that’s just the way it is.” 8. “I never thought this would be easy but I thought it would be fair, and that is the part that is hard to reconcile.” 9. “I have to be seen to be believed.” 10. “I don’t know if I have a favorite colour.” /10 ROUND SIX: PICTURE ROUND For each of these pictures, name the royal being depicted. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 /9.
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