| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: May 25 04:37AM -0700 On 5/23/21 12:15 PM, Mark Brader wrote: > writer. """He's won""" many awards, including the Nebula for > "The Terminal Experiment". """His latest novel is""" "Illegal > Alien" (1997). Sawyer > A1. Who was the last British monarch to be proclaimed King > of France in the coronation ceremony, and to include the > fleur-de-lys in the royal coat of arms? George III > A2. What Queen of England never set foot in England? Matilda > * D. Rejected Astronomical Names > D1. In 1781, when William Herschel discovered the planet later > called Uranus, what did he decide to call it? Georgium Sidus -- Dan Tilque |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: May 25 08:24PM +0200 > No, "British monarch" was not a clue to the date. It would include > monarchs of England or Scotland as well as of the UK. Yeah, that's why I said "kind of". I don't know for sure, but I think one of the guys that Dan mentioned was the first to actually be crowned as King of France, although he was certainly not the first to claim it. |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): May 25 10:14PM > I don't know for sure, but I think one of the guys that Dan mentioned > was the first to actually be crowned as King of France, although he was > certainly not the first to claim it. Having now looked this up: Henry VI is the only British monarch to actually be considered King of France by any reasonable person, but the title continued to be claimed until 1801. -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
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