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    Default Can You Name the Monarchs of England/France?

    http://www.sporcle.com/games/englandmonarchs.php
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    I got 41/41 for England and 48/52 for France (missed a few of the Carolingians). I don't know whether to feel proud or embarrassed to do better on these than on the American presidents. It does kind of help that so many of them copied each others' names. I got quite a few just by filling in the slots between the ones I knew.

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    36 for England. It's a bit easier than the US presidents because so many of them share names. I can't believe I forgot the Jameses! Otherwise I'm unashamed to say the three I forgot were King Stephen, Lady Jane Grey and Queen Anne.

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    38 For the English Monarchs. Missed out a William and didn't get King Stephen or King John.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Myrddraal View Post
    36 for England. It's a bit easier than the US presidents because so many of them share names. I can't believe I forgot the Jameses! Otherwise I'm unashamed to say the three I forgot were King Stephen, Lady Jane Grey and Queen Anne.
    haha, I got exactly the same score and missed the same people....

    Only know anything about a dozen or so of them though.

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    I got all sixteen King Louis correct, even down to their chronological order!!
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    38/41 for the English ones. Missed the most obscure ones: Stephen, Lady Jane Grey and Anne (I knew this one was a woman, but I couldn't remember/guess her name)
    46/52 for the French ones. Missed the Francis ones, Carloman, Odo, Rudolph and Lothair. I knew the Francis ones, but I didn't know how it was said neither in French nor in English. Pretty good over all.
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    41/41 for the English monarchs... considering I want to be a history teacher and I consider Britain as one of my two areas of expertise, I expected nothing less.

    As for the French ones, I only managed 39/52. xD
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    Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat View Post
    I got all sixteen King Louis correct, even down to their chronological order!!
    Man I love you, Louis!

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    100% on England/England&Ireland/Great Britain/UK lineage.

    For France I missed Hugh, Carloman, Odo, Rudolph Lothair and the Johns, although it would not accept my spelling of Jean or Hugh.

    Pretty easy, seeing they stack them up for you automatically.
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    Got 31 of the pommy Monarchs because I forgot the Edwards. That cost me 8...
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    All 41 english, with 7 minutes and 24 secs to go. I did it in perfect order too

    the French? not so lucky: on my own, I got 47 of the 52 Kings. the rest I kinda cheated
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    Quote Originally Posted by Myrddraal View Post
    36 for England. It's a bit easier than the US presidents because so many of them share names. I can't believe I forgot the Jameses! Otherwise I'm unashamed to say the three I forgot were King Stephen, Lady Jane Grey and Queen Anne.
    My Mediaevalism is clearly showing, I was all in order until Henry II and Lady Jane Grey only gave me pause because I was surprised they included here.

    The English one is too easy, as it misses out Alfred I-Harold II.
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    You got ALL 41 Kings and Queens of England.
    Time remaining: 04:34
    You got ALL 10 royal houses of England (after 1066).
    Time remaining: 00:50
    You got ALL 39 Sultans of the Ottoman Empire.
    Time remaining: 07:18
    You got ALL 6 Wives of Henry VIII.
    Time remaining: 00:32
    You got ALL 24 Greek Alphabet. (And what? I would have failed my class otherwise.)
    You got 40 out of 46 official languages of Europe.
    Missed: Latin (blasphemy!), Luxembourgish, Mirandese, Montenegrin, Romansch, Sami
    Not bad results with French, Roman and Byzantine monarchs. Some shame about Tolkien lore. Nice time killer.
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