Originally posted by schweigiHaha, I had that too with a riddle...hours of thinking...and yes! Eureka, I had it...so I filled it in...and it was wrong...I didn't count right😕
You are right about the 100 years war ... it started 1337 and ended 1453 ... I somehow mixed up the numbers :'(
Olav
Originally posted by belgianfreakIt's not uncommon for kings and queens to change thier name at coronation.
what was King George VI (of Britain)'s first name? name
I think Queen Victoria's real name was Alexandrina (not 100% on that).
I heard Prince Charles didn't want to be King Charles because King Charleses have a rather ignoble history. Anybody who knows Monty Python will know:
"The most interesting thing about King Charles the First is that he was 5 foot 6 inches tall at the start of his reign, but only 4 foot 8 inches tall at the end of it... becasue of...Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector of England (PURITAN!). 😀
Oh what the hell, here it all is (if you don't know the tune it won't be quite so good):
Spoken: The most interesting thing about King Charles the First is that he was 5 foot 6 inches tall at the start of his reign, but only 4 foot 8 inches tall at the end of it... becasue of...
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England PURITAN Born in 1599 and died in 1658 SEPTEMBER Was at first ONLY MP for Huntingdon BUT THEN He led the Ironside Cavalry at Marston Moor in 1644 and won Then he founded the new model army And praise be, beat the Cavaliers at Naisby And the King fled up North, like a bat to the Scots.
Spoken: But under the terms of John Pimm's Solemn league and covenant, the Scots handed King Charles the first over to...
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England AND HIS WARTS Born in 1599 and died in 1658 SEPTEMBER But alas OY VAY! Disagreement then broke out BETWEEN The Presbyterian Parliament And the Military who meant To have an independent bent. And so ... The second Civil War broke out And the Roundhead ranks Faced the Cavaliers at Preston banks And the King lost again, silly thing STUPID GIT
Spoken: And Cromwell sent Colonel Pride to purge the House of Commons of the Presbyterian Royalists, leaving behind only the rump Parliment
Which appointed a High Court at Westminster Hall To indict Charles the First for... tyranny OOOHHH! Charles was sentenced to death Even though he refused to accept That the court had... jurisdiction SAY GOODBYE TO HIS HEAD. Poor King Charles laid his head on the block JANUARY 1649 Down came the axe, and...
Spoken: In the silence that followed, the only sound that could be heard was a solitary giggle, from...
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England OLÉ Born in 1599 and died in 1658 SEPTEMBER Then he smashed IRELAND Set up the Commonwealth AND MORE He crushed the Scots at Worcester And beat the Dutch at sea In 1653 and then He dissolved the rump Parliament And with Lambert's consent Wrote the instrument of Government Under which Oliver was Protector at last. The end!
Originally posted by VargThere is an American two-dollar bill-not produced in quantity, but I have a couple.
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
building is an American flag. - There is no 2 dollar bill. Maybe you mean 5 dollars...there is a flag, but I can't see what it is.
Originally posted by VargSince few years we're using pennies as 2 dollars but we used to have 2 dollars' bill... But I don't remember anything weird about the flag...
On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament
building is an American flag. - There is no 2 dollar bill. Maybe you mean 5 dollars...there is a flag, but I can't see what it is.
Yan