From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 11:49:19 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
       
   > * Game 3, Round 9 - History - After Edward    
   >    
   > In each case, name the successor to King Edward. Some of them    
   > had soubriquets or surnames that are sometimes used, but in each    
   > case we want their given name and, if applicable, regnal number --    
   > for example, Charles III.    
   >    
   > Be careful of table talk on this round.    
      
   I realize that this instruction was intended for the pub players rather than   
   the rec.games.trivia crowd, but I'm not sure why it was particularly directed   
   toward this round.   
      
   > 1. King Edward I of England died in 1307, and was succeeded by    
   > his oldest son still living. The son's reign lasted 20 years,    
   > but with wars and rebellions it got worse and worse and he was    
   > finally forced to abdicate, and then died, probably by murder.    
   > The details are unknown, but since he may have been homosexual,    
   > legend has it that his punishment was a red-hot poker --    
   > used rectally. Be that as it may, name Edward I's successor.    
      
   Edward II   
      
   > 2. As you just heard, King Edward II of England abdicated in 1327.    
   > His 14-year-old son succeeded to the throne and his reign lasted    
   > 50 years. For the first 3 years Roger Mortimer was his regent,    
   > until the young king had Mortimer killed. Later this king    
   > developed England as a military power -- until it got stuck    
   > in the Hundred Years' War with France. Name that successor    
   > of Edward II.    
      
   Edward III   
      
   > 3. When King Edward III of England died in 1377, his 10-year-old    
   > grandson took the throne, at first with a council of regents.    
   > He reigned until 1399, but was seen as more and more tyrannical    
   > over time, and (like Edward II) he was finally deposed.    
   > Shakespeare wrote a play about this successor of Edward III:    
   > who was he?    
      
   Henry V   
      
   > 4. During the Wars of the Roses, Edward IV was King of England    
   > twice. He took the throne in 1461 when his predecessor was    
   > deposed, but Edward IV himself was deposed in 1470 and that    
   > predecessor resumed the throne -- for only 6 months until he    
   > was deposed a second time in favor of Edward IV. Who was this    
   > first successor -- and predecessor -- to Edward IV? The two    
   > men were third cousins, both great-great-grandsons of Edward III.    
      
   Henry VI   
      
   > 5. When King Edward IV of England died in 1483, this time his    
   > successor was his 12-year-old son, who reigned for less than    
   > 3 months. His problem was his uncle, a duke, who was named    
   > regent, or Lord Protector as he was called. This uncle wanted    
   > the throne for himself. So he arranged for Edward IV's accession    
   > to be retroactively declared invalid, thus nullifying the    
   > boy's accession. Then he had the boy imprisoned and apparently    
   > murdered. Who was this boy, the short-lived second successor    
   > to Edward IV?    
      
   Edward V   
      
   > 6. You've just heard what happened to King Edward V of England.    
   > His successor was that nasty uncle, another man that Shakespeare    
   > wrote a play about. He ruled for only 2 years before dying    
   > in the last battle of the Wars of the Roses. Who was it that    
   > succeeded Edward V?    
      
   Richard III   
      
   > 7. When Edward VI was King of England, he and his council of regents    
   > tried to manipulate the succession law in favor of a Protestant    
   > -- specifically, Edward's 16-year-old first-cousin-once-removed.    
   > But when Edward died at age 15, this arrangement didn't stick,    
   > and *she* was soon executed (to avoid any dispute). Who was    
   > this girl, the short-lived successor to Edward VI?    
      
   Lady Jane Grey   
      
   > 8. The second and official successor of King Edward VI of England    
   > was his Catholic half-sister, who for 5 years was England's    
   > first undisputed queen regnant. Name her.    
      
   Mary I   
      
   > 9. When King Edward VII of the United Kingdom died in 1910, he    
   > had one living son, who reigned until 1936. Name this successor    
   > to Edward VII.    
      
   George V   
      
   > 10. When King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom abdicated in 1936,    
   > he was succeeded by his oldest brother. Who was that?    
      
   George VI   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 10 - Canadiana Challenge Round    
   >    
   > * B. Postal Codes    
   >    
   > B1. Which province or territory do you live in if your postal    
   > code starts with E?    
      
   Manitoba; Saskatchewan   
      
   > B2. Which province or territory do you live in if your postal    
   > code starts with Y?    
      
   Alberta; New Brunswick   
      
   > * C. Provinces    
   >    
   > C1. Which province was the last one to give women the right to    
   > vote in provincial elections?    
      
   Quebec   
      
   > C2. When this province was created in 1870, it was nicknamed the    
   > "postage-stamp province". Which province?    
      
   Prince Edward Island   
      
   > * D. Governor-General    
   >    
   > D2. From 1867 to 1931, the Governor-General was appointed by    
   > the Crown from a list approved by the Canadian government,    
   > but only after consultation with which British body?    
      
   Privy Council   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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