Posted by Bjarne Birkrem (quiz) on 8/5/2008, 19:32:19, in reply to "# 2, 4, 5, 7 and 8"
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## 2, 5, 7 and 8 are correct.
# 4, on the other hand, is not correct. Robert, if you remember my posting at the Scandinavian MB today (which you responded to...), you'll remember that Carl Johan was indeed crowned in Norway (though his consort was not). But there was another king who was not crowned in Norway at all...
--Previous Message--
: #2. King George V (UK)
: #4. King Carl XIV/III Johan
: #5. President George Bush Sr
: #7. King Philip IV the Fair
: #8. King Charles I of England and Scotland
:
: --Previous Message--
: Another quiz following the old recipe...
: It may be easy to identify some of the
: people involved here - but finding the link
: is (hopefully) somewhat trickier...
:
:
: 1. I was a king who died as the result of a
: horrible accident during the celebration of
: my daughter’s wedding.
:
: 2. I was a king, and unlike previous heirs
: in my family, I had enjoyed a very cordial
: relationship with my father, whom I
: described as “the best of friends”.
:
: 3. I was not a royal, but I was a Head of
: State nevertheless. By some strange
: coincidence, my immediate successor and I
: died on the same day - a day marking an
: important anniversary.
:
: 4. I was king of two countries, but due to
: my wife’s religion I was crowned in only one
: of them.
:
: 5. I was another non-royal Head of State. I
: was careless enough to make a promise to my
: people which I was later unable to keep. I
: am also remembered (and was ridiculed on TV)
: for my dislike for a particular vegetable…
:
: 6. I was a great king. My father was a
: saint, but not a king. At the beginning of
: my reign, I was one of three pretenders to
: the throne, but by the time the ensuing
: civil war was over, I was the only one left.
: The present-day capital of my country was
: founded during my reign - though not by me.
:
: 7. I was a king who crushed a famous
: religious order on what was later to become
: an ill-fated day and date.
:
: 8. I was a king who lost my head after
: losing a war against the representatives of
: my own people.
:
:
: So who are we, and what do we have in
: common?
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