Royal baby quiz – how much do you know?

What will the royal baby be called? Who said the bump was too small? And what advice did Pippa give to the parents-to-be? Test your knowledge of the news event of the century without further ado

1. What triply alliterative description was widely used to describe the Duchess of Cambridge’s stomach during her pregnancy?

1. Big bouncy belly.
2. Topnotch tummy tastic.
3. Burgeoning baby bump.

2.What was the former prime minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, photographed making for the royal baby?

1. A pair of crocodile baby shoes, with some assistance from Paul Hogan.
   
2. A knitted kangaroo.
   
3. A personalised box set of Neighbours and Home & Away.
   

3.What did Kate’s infamous uncle Gary, former inhabitant of Ibiza’s Le Maison de Bang Bang, tell the Sun he would give his great niece or nephew?

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1. A fat line of cocaine.
2. A Chelsea football kit

4 .TV presenter Beverley Turner, wife of James Cracknell, wrote a piece in the Daily Telegraph in which she insisted the Duchess must breastfeed for ...

1.  ever.
2. ... the good of the nation.
3. ... the tabloids, who can then take a tasteful long-lens shot of her breasts. (Bonus points if you know that Turner also referred to the Duchess’ breasts as “royal orbs” and “milky bosoms.”)

5.How many articles did the Daily Mail run saying the Duchess’s “bump” looked too small during her pregnancy?

1. None.
2. At least 10.
3. One hundred.

6.How many months pregnant was the Duchess when the Mail ran its first piece fretting about how she will lose “the baby weight”?

1. Two.
2. Nine.
3. Minus 10.

1. 7.  According to the Sunday Times, who in the baby’s family will fill “the chasm left by Diana”?
   
   
   1. Camilla.
   2. Pippa.
   3. Carole.

1. 12.What were the actual favourites for the baby’s name the week before the birth?
   
   
   1. Charles and Diana.
   2. Harry and Chelsy.
   3. George and Alexandra.

1. 14.What advice does Aunt Pippa offer in her book Celebrate about looking after babies?
   
   
   1. “Babies are very small and fragile so try not to drop them.”
   2. “Peekaboo is always a winner.”
   3. “Sometimes the baby needs feeding and sometimes the baby needs changing.”

1. 16.Following the 2013 Succession to the Crown Act, should the royal baby be a girl, how significant an advance will this be for modern British feminism?
   
   
   1. Very! Truly, Emily Davison did not die in vain.
   2. Please. We’re talking the royal family. You cannot use the word “modern” in relation to that lot.
   3. A bit, I guess. But let’s be honest, unless that baby becomes a hardcore feminist activist, not much.

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