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1

Amber Moore and Prince Richard first cross paths in A Christmas Prince fighting over what at the Aldovian airport?

A taxi is the prize: a scruffy stranger swipes Amber's ride outside the terminal, and she only learns he is the heir when she is presented to the royal family.

2

Which wild animal threatens Amber Moore in A Christmas Prince after her horse throws her in the Aldovian woods?

A wolf closes in on Amber until Prince Richard rides up and rescues her. She had only saddled up to trail him in pursuit of her story.

3

Which hidden family secret threatens Prince Richard's claim to the Aldovian throne in A Christmas Prince?

He was adopted: Queen Helena took him in after being told she could not have children, and she kept it from him until the scandal broke at the palace ball.

4

Which shoes does Amber Moore insist on wearing under her gown at the Christmas Eve ball in A Christmas Prince?

Converse sneakers, in red, stay on her feet even after a team sent by Princess Emily gives her a full palace makeover.

5

The snowy kingdom of Aldovia in A Christmas Prince was really filmed in which Eastern European country?

Romania hosted all three films, with palace interiors shot in Bucharest and the exteriors at a mountain palace about two hours away.

6

The sequel to A Christmas Prince was announced on the eve of which real royal couple's wedding?

Harry and Meghan married at St George's Chapel that weekend, and the newly announced sequel, The Royal Wedding, sends its own royal down the aisle.

7

On which social network did Netflix tease 53 viewers for watching A Christmas Prince 18 days in a row?

Twitter carried the December 2017 joke, which drew a backlash because it reminded subscribers how closely Netflix can see what each of them watches.

8

Amber Moore gets inside the Aldovian palace in A Christmas Prince when staff mistake her for whom?

Princess Emily's new tutor was due from America, so Amber plays along with the mix-up and stays on at the palace to dig for her story.

9

Where is Amber Moore when King Richard arrives in New York to propose at the end of A Christmas Prince?

Her father's diner is where Richard finds her, after she quit her magazine job over the story it refused to run.

10

Which New Zealand actress, a former Power Rangers star, plays Amber Moore in A Christmas Prince?

Rose McIver was the Yellow Ranger in Power Rangers RPM, and her screen career began at age three with a part as an angel in The Piano.

11

Amber Moore goes undercover in A Christmas Prince to chase rumours that Prince Richard plans to do what?

Abdicate is the word in every headline: Richard is a reluctant heir with a playboy reputation, and his last conversation with the late king was a row about giving up the crown.

12

Simon, who schemes to take the Aldovian throne in A Christmas Prince, is what relation to Prince Richard?

His cousin Simon is next in line if Richard steps aside, and he marries Richard's old flame Sofia while reaching for the crown.

13

Where does Amber Moore find the hidden papers exposing Prince Richard's family secret in A Christmas Prince?

A hunting cabin that belonged to the late king holds the papers, in a secret compartment of his desk that Amber searches while Richard steps out to check on the horses.

14

Where does Amber Moore find the proclamation naming Richard rightful heir at the climax of A Christmas Prince?

Inside an acorn ornament, handmade by the late king for the palace tree, sits the document, and Amber delivers it just as his rival is about to be crowned.

15

What did the late king leave behind in A Christmas Prince whose clues point Amber to the hidden proclamation?

A poem is the late king's parting puzzle; Richard shows it to Amber, but she only works out its meaning as she is about to fly home.

16

After her magazine rejects her story on Prince Richard in A Christmas Prince, where does Amber Moore publish it?

Her own blog becomes the outlet after she quits in anger, and her writing there grows popular enough to catch Richard's eye.

17

Which animal does Princess Emily leave on Amber Moore's chair as a first-day prank in A Christmas Prince?

A mouse on the chair is one of several tricks meant to drive the newcomer out, but Emily warms to Amber once she refuses to treat her as fragile.

18

Why can Princess Emily not inherit the Aldovian throne ahead of Simon in A Christmas Prince?

She is female, and Aldovia's crown passes only to men, so it would skip the late king's own daughter.

19

Which condition does Princess Emily, Prince Richard's younger sister, live with in A Christmas Prince?

Spina bifida has left the palace treating Emily as an invalid, and Amber wins her trust by refusing to do the same.

20

Under which borrowed name does Amber Moore live undercover in the Aldovian palace in A Christmas Prince?

Martha Anderson was the real American the palace had hired, and Amber let the staff go on believing she had arrived.

21

Which real royal residence in the Carpathian Mountains provides the palace exteriors in A Christmas Prince?

Peleș Castle, a Neo-Renaissance palace built for King Carol I and inaugurated in 1883, had already hosted the 2011 film A Princess for Christmas before Aldovia moved in.

22

At which sport does Princess Emily hit a bullseye after Prince Richard misses in A Christmas Prince?

Archery humbles the heir in the palace grounds: his kid sister lands a bullseye, while Amber's own attempt damages a piece of palace artwork.

23

A Vogue review noted that the New York opening credits of A Christmas Prince end with shots of which other city?

Chicago closes a title sequence that opens in New York City, and the same review spotted placeholder dummy text sitting in Amber's reporter's notes.

24

The actress who plays Amber Moore in A Christmas Prince starred as Liv Moore in which CW series?

iZombie cast her as a morgue worker who eats brains and relives the victims' memories, a role she played for five seasons until 2019.

25

The actor who plays Prince Richard in A Christmas Prince was a music scholar at which famous English school?

Eton College gave him a music scholarship, and after drama school at RADA his first professional work was in opera, not film.

26

Which South African actress, Star Trek's Borg Queen, plays Queen Helena in the A Christmas Prince films?

Alice Krige won a Saturn Award as the Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact, and her big break came in 1981 as a singer in Chariots of Fire.

27

Sarah Douglas, who plays Mrs. Averill in A Christmas Prince, played the villain Ursa in which superhero film series?

Superman and its 1980 sequel made Ursa her signature role, one she won ahead of more than 600 other actresses.

28

Which A Christmas Prince character was recast after the first film, with John Guerrasio taking over for both sequels?

Rudy, Amber's New Yorker dad, changed faces between films: the original actor, known for Camp Rock, gave way to New York-born John Guerrasio.

29

A Christmas Prince's Amber and Richard make cameo appearances in a sequel to which other Netflix holiday romance?

The Princess Switch welcomed Aldovia's king and queen into its sequel Switched Again, and the third film then found a cameo for Count Simon.

30

Who is unmasked as the owner of the shell companies draining Aldovia in A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding?

Lord Leopold had been brought in by Queen Helena to help fix the very economy he was secretly looting, and he ends the film in the palace dungeon.

31

The shell companies in A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding belong to a consortium named after which instrument?

Glockenspiel Consortium is the name Amber's friends uncover when Princess Emily helps them hack a website and trace the money leaving the country.

32

Which keepsake is Amber told to remove for her royal portrait in A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding?

Her locket holds a photo of her late mother, so the order to take it off for the sake of protocol becomes a breaking point in the wedding plans.

33

Which fictional kingdom's rulers visit Aldovia to renew an ancient treaty in A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby?

Penglia and Aldovia re-sign their pact once a century, and the scroll going missing just before the ceremony drives the whole plot.

34

Which palace staff member confesses to stealing the treaty in A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby?

Mr. Little took the scroll to avenge an ancestor, and he had kept people away from its hiding place by insisting the spot was haunted.

35

Who steps in to help Amber through labour when the obstetrician is delayed in A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby?

Queen Ming volunteers at a maternity hospital and has three children of her own, so the visiting monarch offers to help.

36

What does Queen Helena use to pick a dungeon cell lock in A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby?

A hairpin frees the queen mother and Princess Emily after a gust of wind shuts the cell door on them, and they stumble on the missing treaty while trapped.

37

Which guest at Amber's baby shower is Count Simon's love interest in A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby?

Melissa, Amber's friend from New York, comes at Simon's own invitation, and she grows uneasy about his old Oxford classmate before he proposes.

38

What traps the treaty thief in the palace in A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby, proving the scroll never left?

A blizzard had only just ended when the theft was found, so the royals knew the culprit was still under their roof and pressed on with the baby shower as cover.

39

Amber Moore is a frustrated junior editor at which fictional New York magazine in A Christmas Prince?

Now Beat keeps her fixing other writers' copy until the Aldovia assignment, and it later refuses to print what she writes about the royals.

40

On which night does King Richard surprise Amber Moore in New York with a proposal in A Christmas Prince?

New Year's Eve brings him across the Atlantic days after his coronation, which she had helped save before quietly leaving the country.

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