Mixture of Kings and Queens Trivia Quiz

Answer: Don King

Don King is an American boxing promoter. He is normally involved in major boxing championships. He promoted the "Rumble in the Jungle" (1974) and the "Thrilla in Manila" (1975) with both events featuring Muhammad Ali. Don King is a very controversial figure having been convicted and imprisoned for manslaughter.

Answer: Roger Miller

Roger Miller (1936-1992) was an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor. The song was recorded by Roger Miller in 1964 which reached number 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the US Billboard Hot Country and Easy Listening charts.

Answer: English football team

Queens Park Ranger also known as QPR is an English football team that was founded in 1886. The club is situated in north-weest London and has been playing its home
games at Loftus Road since 1917.

Answer: Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner (1920-1985) was a Russian born film and stage actor. He portrayed the role of King Mongkut of Siam 4,625 times on stage. When he portrayed the same role in the film version "The King and I" (1956) opposite Deborah Kerr and he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning five.

Answer: King Creole

King Creole was an American musical drama film starring Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones and Walter Matthau. The film is based on the Harold Robbins novel, "A Stone for Danny Fisher". The King Creole is actually a nightclub which is the only respected club not run by the local gangsters. The soundtrack to the movie was "Hard Headed Woman" which reached number one in the USA.

Answer: Australian movie

This movie was an Australian comedy-drama in 1994. It follows the exploits of two drag queens that travel across the Australian outback in a bus they named "Priscilla". The movie won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design at the 67th Academy Awards.

Answer: American author

Stephen King is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction and suspense. Many of his books have been adapted into movies, miniseries and TV series. One of his novels was the basis for the movie "The Shawshank Redemption.

Answer: Queen Christina

Greta Garbo (1905-1990) was a Swedish born American actress of the 1920s and 1930s. The movie "Queen Christina" (1933) was the story of the life of Queen Christina of Sweden who became a monarch in 1632 at the age of six years, but Sweden was governed by a regent till 1644.

Answer: The Last King of Scotland

Forest Whitaker played the role of the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 historical drama "The Last King of Scotland". Idi Amin was prone to giving himself many titles and one of them was King of Scotland. For his role Forest Whitaker won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Answer: God Save the Queen

"God Save the Queen" is the national anthem of the United Kingdom. It is also the national or royal anthem to a number of Commonwealth countries. Depending on the gender of the reigning monarch at the time the anthem could be "God Save the King".

Answer: Colin Firth

Colin Firth won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as King George VI who struggled with a stammer when giving a speech. The movie "The King's Speech" (2010) received 12 Oscar nominations, winning four.

Answer: Nefertiti

Nefertiti (1370-1330 BC) was an Egyptian Queen and the Great Royal Wife of Aktenaten, an Egyptian Pharaoh. Their reign was during one of the wealthiest periods of Ancient Egyptian history. In 1912 a bust of Nefertiti was found amongst some ruins and it is thought to have been done by the official court sculptor, Thutmose. The bust now stands on display in Berlin's Neues Museum.

Answer: Davy Crockett

"Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier" was a 1955 Walt Disney action movie with Fess Parker in the role of Davy Crockett. Davy Crockett (1786-1836) was a frontiersman, soldier, politician and folk hero. He represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives for two periods 1827-1831 and 1833-1835.

After this period he took part in the Texas Revolution and was killed at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836.

Answer: Queens

Queens is one of the five boroughs of New York City. In 1683 it was established as one of the original 12 counties of New York. It became a borough of New York City in 1898.

Answer: Queen Silvia of Sweden

Silvia Renate Sommerlath became Queen Silvia of Sweden and is the wife of King Carl XVI Gustaf. She is also the mother of the heir apparent to the throne, Crown Princess Victoria. Silvia was born in Germany in 1943 to a German father and Brazilian mother.