A British monarch's powers and privileges area lucky dip into the sawdust of history: a ragbag of the bizarre, the scarily potent and the inconsequential. Are you fit to kneel at the royal footstool or so ignorant of Her Majesty's powers that you deserve to be sent to the Tower? Try our quiz and find out.

		The Queen is directly descended from which of these ancient monarchs?
			Egbert, King of Wessex
			All of the above
			George I
			Alfred the Great
		The Queen holds all of the following foreign decorations, apart from one. Which?
			The Bulgarian Silver Sickle
			The Danish Order of the Elephant
			The Order of the Golden Eagle of Kazakhstan
			The Collar of the Grand Order of the Most Venerable Order of the Knighthood of the Pioneers of the Republic of Liberia
		Which of these posts at court is fictitious?
			Blue rod
			Yellow staff
			Purple rod
			Scarlet rod
		The royal collection of which animal is kept at London zoo?
			Corgis
			Lions
			Llamas
			Goats
		Who was the last monarch to lead his troops in battle?
			George VI in 1941
			George II in 1743
			Henry VIII in 1517
			The Duke of York, in the Falklands 1982
		Which of these ancient traditions lapsed in the 1960s?
			The annual game of billiards between the monarch and the archbishop of Canterbury
			The requirement that the monarch give £3 to the mother of each set of triplets born in Britain
			The royal right to take an eighth of the income of all Welshmen born in a leap year
			The annual "painting of the monarch" ceremony, in which the mayor of London dipped the Queen's toe in woad as a mark of honour
		What must the lord chancellor do when he or she presents the Queen's speech to the monarch?
			Sing God Save the Queen in the original Norman French
			Shake hands with the Royal Butler
			Hand over the text while kneeling on one knee
			Bow with his eyes closed
		Which of these posts does the Queen hold?
			Lord High Admiral
			Master of the Air
			Governor of Disputes
			Commander of the Seas
		And finally, which of these fish belong to the crown, when caught in British waters?
			Sturgeon, whales and grampus
			Whiting
			Cod and hake
			Sea bass and bream