From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 3, Round 9 - History - After Edward   
   >   
   > Be careful of table talk on 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?   
      
   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   
   >   
   > This is the Canadiana round.   
   >   
   > * B. Postal Codes   
   >   
   >    B1. Which province or territory do you live in if your postal   
   >        code starts with E?   
      
   Prince Edward Island   
      
   >    B2. Which province or territory do you live in if your postal   
   >        code starts with Y?   
      
   Yukon   
      
   > * C. Provinces   
   >   
   >    C1. Which province was the last one to give women the right to   
   >        vote in provincial elections?   
      
   Newfoundland and Labrador   
      
   >    C2. When this province was created in 1870, it was nicknamed the   
   >        "postage-stamp province".  Which province?   
      
   Prince Edward Island   
      
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