From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 7, Round 2 - History - Queens of Yesterday and Today   
   > 1. Who was was England's first undisputed queen regnant?  She also   
   >    became the queen of Spain, through her marriage to Philip II.   
      
   Mary I   
      
   > 2. Which queen endured 17 pregnancies by her husband, Prince   
   >    George of Denmark, but died with no surviving children?  She was   
   >    also the last British monarch of the House of Stuart.   
      
   Anne   
      
   > 3. This woman was a contended successor to Edward VI of England;   
   >    she was considered the queen (by some) for no more than 9 days   
   >    until the crown went to Mary Tudor (daughter of Henry VIII),   
   >    and was subsequently executed.  Who was she?   
      
   Jabe Grey   
      
   > 4. """Queen Victoria""" had the longest reign of all British   
   >    monarchs to date.  Within 2 years, how long did she occupy   
   >    the throne?   
      
   64   
      
   > 5. There """are now 10""" hereditary monarchies in Europe.   
   >    How many are """currently""" ruled by a queen regnant?   
      
   1 (2023)   
      
      
   > 6. Guvf Rhebcrna zbanepu noqvpngrq gur guebar va 2013, nf ure   
   >    bja zbgure unq qbar 23 lrnef rneyvre.  Ure pbaarpgvba gb Pnanqn   
   >    jnf sbetrq qhevat gur jne lrnef jura fur nggraqrq choyvp fpubby   
   >    va Bggnjn.  Tvir ure anzr *naq* pbhagel.   
      
   Beatrix of Netherlands   
      
   > 7. Gur pheerag dhrra bs Qraznex vf gur pbhagel'f svefg srznyr   
   >    zbanepu fvapr gur 14gu praghel, naq fur funerf n anzr jvgu   
   >    gung cerqrprffbe.  Jub vf fur?   
      
   Margarthe   
      
   > 9. With her husband, she sponsored the voyages of Christopher   
   >    Columbus.  She """has passed the first hurdle""" to sainthood,   
   >    despite also being responsible for initiating the Inquisition.   
   >    Who was she?   
      
   Isabella   
      
   > 10. Marie Antoinette was a teenage bride when she married her second   
   >    cousin, the future King Louis XIV of France.  How old was   
   >    she then?   
      
   16   
      
   > * Game 7, Round 3 - Sports - National and State Sports   
   > 4. This game resembles hockey, but is played by teams of 11 on an   
   >    ice surface the size of a soccer field, and the sticks resemble   
   >    those used in field hockey.  The IOC turned down Russia's   
   >    proposal to include it in the 2014 Olympics.  Name it.   
      
   Bandy   
      
   > 5. Pesäpallo is a bat-and-ball sport with rules adopted for   
   >    smaller fields; for example, a ball hit over the back of the   
   >    field that would be an automatic home run in baseball is a foul   
   >    ball in pesäpallo.  Although it's played in several northern   
   >    European countries, it's often referred to as the national   
   >    summer sport of what nation?   
      
   Finland   
      
   > 6. This Irish sport resembles lacrosse, but instead of webbing to   
   >    carry the ball, the sticks have a curved, hard end something like   
   >    a hockey, field hockey, or  stick.  Name the sport.   
      
   Hurling   
      
   > 10. In 2014 we claimed that "Minnesota's official team sport is   
   >    hockey.  Their official individual sport is also a winter sport,   
   >    and probably the least athletic official sport anywhere."   
   >    But when I checked to see if this is still true, I found that   
   >    apparently it never was -- this sport does not seem to be an   
   >    official state sport anywhere.  So then, uh, what sport did we   
   >    have in mind?  Hint: a tournament for this sport is sometimes   
   >    called a "derby".   
      
   Horse racing   
      
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