Q 01/05

In which city was Marie Antoinette born?

A) Paris

B) Munich

C) Prague

D) Vienna

Answer · why

D) Vienna

She was born at the Hofburg Palace on 2 November 1755, the fifteenth and last child of her parents.

Q 02/05

Marie Antoinette was the youngest daughter of which formidable ruler?

A) Empress Maria Theresa

B) Queen Anne of Great Britain

C) Catherine the Great

D) Empress Elizabeth of Russia

Answer · why

A) Empress Maria Theresa

Maria Theresa had fifteen children before her; the birth of this last daughter brought complications that made doctors fear for the mother's life.

Q 03/05

Which royal house was Marie Antoinette born into?

A) Bourbon-Parma

B) Wittelsbach

C) Hohenzollern

D) Habsburg-Lorraine

Answer · why

D) Habsburg-Lorraine

She was an Austrian archduchess by birth, which French pamphleteers never let anyone forget.

Q 04/05

Marie Antoinette's birthday fell on which Catholic day of mourning, so was marked a day early?

A) Ash Wednesday

B) Good Friday

C) Holy Saturday

D) All Souls' Day

Answer · why

D) All Souls' Day

Her childhood birthday was marked instead on All Saints' Day, 1 November.

Q 05/05

Which child prodigy did seven-year-old Maria Antonia meet at Schönbrunn in 1762?

A) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

B) Joseph Haydn

C) Antonio Salieri

D) Ludwig van Beethoven

Answer · why

A) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Legend has it the boy proposed marriage to her; the meeting is at least documented for 13 October 1762.