19 trivia questions only geniuses will get right

A. 5
B. 9
C. 12
D. 15

King George III, who reigned from 1760 until 1820, had a long and fruitful marriage with his wife, Queen Charlotte (formerly, Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz). All told, they had 15 children, the only legitimate children of King George III; their offspring produced two Kings of England – George IV and William IV. Here are 9 foods Queen Elizabeth II would never, ever eat.

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

While King George III had many legitimate heirs, King George IV left none. Here’s what it took to make Victoria the Queen:

• The death of Princess Charlotte of Wales, the King’s daughter, who had been the heir presumptive. She died in 1817 at the age of 21.
• The next in line for the throne was Prince Frederick, Duke of York, but he died in 1827 with no legitimate children.
• That left the throne to Prince William, Duke of Clarence, who became King William IV in 1831.
• When he died in 1837, he had no legitimate living children because his two legitimate daughters, Princess Charlotte Augusta Louisa of Clarence and Princess Elizabeth of Clarence had died in infancy.
• The death of George IV and William IV’s younger brother, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. He passed away in 1820 shortly after the birth of his daughter Princess Alexandrina Victoria in 1819.

Here are 16 things that will happen once Queen Elizabeth II dies.

A. To read or examine something carefully.
B. To read or examine something in a perfunctory manner.
C. To read or examine something in the customarily accepted manner.
D. To read or examine something in a preliminary manner.

When someone says they’re going to “peruse” something, it’s often assumed they are going to skim it. In fact, if they mean what they say, their plan is to review the document with care. Test your vocabulary with this obscure words quiz.

A. John Adams
B. John Quincy Adams
C. John Tyler
D. Andrew Johnson

John Tyler fathered 15 children, more than any other U.S. President. He had eight with his first wife. When she passed away, he married his second wife, with whom he had seven children.

A. Harry S. Truman
B. Ulysses S. Grant
C. Benjamin Harrison
D. Rutherford B. Hayes

President Harry S. Truman, born in 1884, was the last U.S. President not to have earned a college degree. After graduating from high school in 1901, Truman enrolled in Spalding’s Commercial College to study bookkeeping, shorthand, and typing but never finished. His first foray into politics was as an elected judge, then a senator, and then he was selected to be President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Vice President in 1945. When Roosevelt died after only 88 days into his record fourth term in office, Truman served the rest of the term and then was re-elected and served another term until 1953.