The Royal Connection Trivia Quiz

Answer: Reading

Reading were founded in 1871 and take their nickname from their location in the Royal County of Berkshire.
The club had to wait 135 years, until 2006 to play top flight football which they did after being promoted to the Premier League through winning the Championship.
Unfortunately though their stay in the Premier League was short lived and they were relegated back to the Championship at the end of the 2007-08 season.

Answer: King of the Road

"King of the Road" (1964) is a perennial karaoke favourite and surely Roger Miller's best known track.
Miller took the song to number one in UK, and it was to be his only UK top ten hit, while in USA, the track made it to number four on the Billboard Hot 100.
Although it was his highest placing hit on this chart he did also manage several other top ten hits, including "Chug-a-Lug" (1964), "Engine Engine #9" (1965) and "England Swings" (1965).

Answer: Down

The village of Hillsborough became the first town or village to be granted the prefix "royal" in Northern Ireland and was given the honour in recognition of the royal residence in Northern Ireland, Hillsborough Castle.
This beautiful Georgian mansion was the venue for the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement in 1985 and also played host to President George W. Bush in 2003.

Answer: Maryland

Although never crowned in England due to her Roman Catholic faith, Henrietta Maria was known as Queen Mary while married to Charles I.
She was not fond of the name however, and continued to sign her name as Herriette.
During the English Civil War (1642-1646) she was forced to return to France and was left poverty stricken when her husband was executed in 1649.
She returned to England when her son, Charles II took the throne in 1660, but returned to her native land in 1665.
The North American Province of Maryland was a haven for Roman Catholic settlers, founded by Lord Baltimore and named in her honour, the name carrying over to the state of Maryland.

Answer: Bus

"The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" (1994) was a surprise hit in many countries, thanks to its great cast and a wonderful story, and helped as well by a superb soundtrack.
The film saw both Hugo Weaving and Terence Stamp nominated for Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) awards in the Best Actor category.

Answer: Ellery Queen

The character Ellery Queen was a writer of mysteries who helped his father, New York police inspector Richard Queen, solve seemingly unsolvable cases.
Dannay and Lee published the first Ellery Queen novel, "The Roman Hat Mystery" in 1929 and followed it with over 30 novels, finishing with "A Fine and Private Place" in 1971.

Answer: Jonathan King

Jonathan King was the man behind all of these hits and several more, often under pseudonyms. "Johnny Reggae" (1971) was released under the name The Piglets and "Loop di Love" (1972) under the name Shag, but both were King.
Other hits from King included "Sugar, Sugar" in 1971, released as Sakkarin and "It Only Takes A Minute" (1976) which he released as One Hundred Ton and a Feather.

Answer: Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island may be small but they sure know how to get the best out of a small area of land, with the province supplying over a quarter of all potatoes eaten in Canada.
Prince Edward was the fourth son of King George III and fathered just one child himself. What a child that was though as his daughter Victoria would go on to reign for over 63 years.

Answer: 12

A deer with 12 points (six per antler) is called a Royal stag, while 14 points make an Imperial stag and an animal with 16 points or more is known as a Monarch.
Antlers are made from cartilage skeleton which is turned to bone through a process known as modified endochondral ossification.

Answer: Tanzania

Lake Victoria is vast, covering an area of 23,146 square miles (59,947 square kilometres) and almost fifty per cent of the lake's shoreline is Tanzanian.
The lake is host to a huge range of wildlife, such as Nile crocodiles, several species of turtle and a species of jumping spider found only around Lake Victoria in both Kenya and Uganda.