If you said 1689, I might have been more inclined to agree.
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I figured 1603 would be more pendantically accurate.
A foreign king, James VI, took over England (and Ireland). 1688 was more of a mutiny (or is it barratry? :inquisitive:) for a change of management for all three combined kingdoms. The English and Scottish Parliaments had more say in the matters at that point, and elected the new "CEO" as it were, bringing in high priced foreign talent to take over. The selection of the Hanovers with the Act of Settlement was done in a similar fashion. Arguably, the English Parliament was the real power in the country, so no conquering was achieved.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beskar
But James just walked in like he owned the place. ~:pimp:
it was an invasion of the panties.
Battering ram, boom boom BOOM!
Whew.
My score was pathetically low, but I think I was doing it wrong. For example, I typed in "James" and got nothing, which puzzled me to no end.
That confused me at first too, but I realised that you need to write James I, James II etc.
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You got ALL 41 Kings and Queens of England.
Time remaining: 04:34
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You got ALL 10 royal houses of England (after 1066).
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You got ALL 39 Sultans of the Ottoman Empire.
Time remaining: 07:18
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You got ALL 6 Wives of Henry VIII.
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You got ALL 24 Greek Alphabet. (And what? I would have failed my class otherwise.)
Not bad results with French, Roman and Byzantine monarchs. Some shame about Tolkien lore. Nice time killer. :yes:Quote:
You got 40 out of 46 official languages of Europe.
Missed: Latin (blasphemy!), Luxembourgish, Mirandese, Montenegrin, Romansch, Sami
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14/35 for the Portuguese one.
As much as I like history, I could only name a handful of these crowned tyrants. Apart from the ones who got their heads cut, I don't remember the reign of many monarchs.
With the English/British monarchs, I got 39/41.
I'm a little disgusted with myself that I didn't get them all, especially since the ones I blanked out on were Anne and William IV. You'd think I'd remember the small handful of ruling queens, as well as who Victoria's predecessor was. :wall:
With the French, I got 44/52. I missed Carloman II, Odo (of Paris), Rudolph, Lothair, Hugh Capet, Francis I, Francis II, and Louis-Philippe I.
Still, I'm rather (pleasantly) surprised I knew as many as I did. I'm admittedly less a student of French history than that of their cross-channel neighbors, and was honestly expecting to only get maybe two-thirds of them correct. I get particularly tripped up during both the earlier and later eras of the French dynasties.