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   Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 3, Round 9 - History - After Edward   
      
   I feel as if some rot13-ing should have been done here.   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Richard II   
      
   > 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?   
      
   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?   
      
   Ontario; Quebec   
      
   > B2. Which province or territory do you live in if your postal   
   > code starts with Y?   
      
   British Columbia   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   House of Lords; House of Commons   
      
   > * E. Cities   
      
   > E1. Name the original and oldest section of Vancouver.   
      
   Gastown   
      
      
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