Quiz: 10 questions about royal pregnancy and babies

1. Who is the only British monarch who was a twin?

B: James II of Scotland in 1430

2. Who popularized anesthesia for labour pains by using chloroform during the births of two of her children?

C: Victoria in the 1850s.

3. How many days passed before Prince William's name was made public after his birth on June 21, 1982?

D: Six.

4. Who was born prematurely?

A: George V in 1865.

5. What food craving gave away the fact that Anne Boleyn was expecting Henry VIII's child, the future Elizabeth I, in 1533?

B: Apples.

6. Who was the first public official in Canada to learn during the 1959 royal visit by Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip that she was pregnant? (Prince Andrew was born on Feb. 19, 1960.)

A: Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.

7. When was Queen Elizabeth born?

B: April 21, 1926.

8. Who was the first royal born without the British home secretary present – a tradition thought necessary to make sure no other baby was swapped in for the rightful heir?

C: Charles in 1948.

9. How will news of the birth of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's child be officially made public?

B: On a piece of paper posted on an easel in the forecourt of Buckingham Palace.

10. Who was the first monarch-in-waiting to be born in a hospital?

D: William in 1982.