Royal family
What is the official title for Camilla, King Charles´s wife?
The Queen Consort
Who was the first president of the USA?
George Washington (1789/1797)
"Oliver Twist", "David Copperfield" and "Great Expectations" are all novels by ...
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
enmity
Feindschaft, Feindseligkeit
She is a student of the ..... (human)
humanities
In which church will the coronation of King Charles III take place?
Westminster Abbey
Ronald Reagan served two terms of office as president of the USA? What was his original profession?
He was an actor.
Which UK author created the James Bond character in his spy novels?
Ian Fleming (1908-1964)
feral
wild, ungezähmt, barbarisch
He recovered from his injuries in the ..... hospital. (navy)
naval
Why did King Edward VIII give up the throne in 1936 so that his brother (King George VI and Queen ELizabeth´s father) acceded to the throne.
Because he wanted to marry double divorceé Wallis Simpson.
The prime minister of which country announced in January 2023 that he / she would resign by the 2023 general election?
New Zealand (Jacinder Ardern / Labour Party)
Which was the bestselling novel of the 20th century ranked by the number of copies sold?
"Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien (150 million copies)
flabbergasted
verblüfft, entgeistert
The potential benefits of the treatment ..... the risks. (weight)
outweigh
During World War II Queen Elizabeth II served in the military. What job did she have?
She was a truck mechanic.
How many women have served as prime minister of the UK so far?
3 (Margaret Thatcher, Theresa May, Liz Truss)
Among the top 10 of bestselling novels of the 20th century are two women writers, one of them being J.K.Rowling. Who is the other one?
Agatha Christie ("And then there were none")
impeccable
makellos, fehlerlos
Marylin Monroe was the ..... of beauty. (person)
personification
Where does the Princess Royal, King Charles´s sister Anne, stand in line to the succession to the throne?
She is number 16.
Who was the first prime minister of the Republic of India?
Jawarharlal Nehru (1950-1964, Social-Democrats)
Which Indian-born British-American novelist was attacked and seriously injured while reading from his books on a stage in New York in August 2022?
Salman Rushdie
morose
mürrisch, griesgrämig
It seems an ..... fact of life that some people are more equal than others. (escape)
inescapable