Princesses Quiz
by Myriam Gabriel-Pollock

In real life and in fictional works, princesses pique our interest and spark our imagination with their valor, beauty, and colorful personalities. While some princesses inherit their crowns through ancient blood lines, others are plucked from ordinary lives and married into their royal roles--true fairytale style! Ready to be charmed?
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Originally made famous in a story titled Cendrillon by French writer Charles Perrault, the life of this princess--mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, aided by a fairy godmother, fell in love and married a prince--is truly the stuff of fairy tales. The 1950 animated motion picture by The Walt Disney Company made her a beloved character for many generations of little girls.
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Diana Spencer, better known as Princess Diana, was married to Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, from 1981 to 1996. What was her occupation before she became the most popular and beloved member of the British monarchy?
Princess Diana (Image Credit: Getty Images)
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Immortalized by the feisty Carrie Fisher in the original Star Wars movie trilogy (Star Wars, 1977; The Empire Strikes Back, 1980; Return of the Jedi, 1983), this galactic princess and leader of the rebellion also sported a memorable hairdo:
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Crown Princess Victoria, born in 1977 to King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia, is currently the only female heiress-apparent in the world. Which country will she one day be queen of?
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This elf princess from J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, born to Elrond and Celebrian, relinquished her immortality when she married Aragorn, a mortal:
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This princess of Castile married her cousin Ferdinand of Aragón in 1469, and they jointly succeeded to the throne in 1474--a union of the two main Spanish kingdoms that laid the foundation of Spain's future greatness:
Princess of Castile (Image Credit: Archivo Iconografico, S.A./Corbis)
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Grace Kelly is the only princess to also list "Academy Award winner" among her titles, having won in 1954 for her role in the motion picture The Country Girl. She married Prince Rainier III of Monaco in 1956 in a lavish fairy-tale wedding, and retired from the movie business. Princess Grace of Monaco was born in which American city?
Grace Kelly (Image Credit: Archive Photos)
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According to Greek mythology, the hero Perseus rescued this princess just before she was to be sacrificed to a sea monster:
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This 1953 motion picture, starring Audrey Hepburn in her American film debut, tells the story of how the overprotected Princess Anne escapes her entourage and wanders around Rome, Italy, where she meets and falls in love with a reporter (played by Gregory Peck):
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Princess Lalla Salma, married to King Mohammed VI, is the first wife of a ruler of this nation to have been publicly acknowledged and given a royal title:
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