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   From: kfl@KeithLynch.net   
      
   Paul Dormer  wrote:   
   > I don't know how far Sandwich is to you, but Sandwich in Kent is   
   > about 140km due east of here.  (I presume it is the one associated   
   > with the Earl of Sandwich, after whom the snack is named.   
      
   I wouldn't assume that, since British titles are often held by different   
   people at different times.  But on looking it up, I see that you're right.   
   The food was named for the 4th Earl, whom the Hawaiian islands were also   
   named for.   
      
   But the Earl was named for Sandwich in Kent, not vice versa.   
      
   I recently emailed Gary:   
      
     >> Here's a trivia question for you:  A river and a town in Virginia   
     >> are named for James I.  But he's better known for his edition of   
     >> the Bible.  What, if anything, has been named for James II?   
      
     > Was it the Jacobites?   
      
     Yes and no.  They supported him, then his son who was also named   
     James, then his grandson Charles.  But I was thinking of something   
     in the US.   
      
     Hint:  It's often not obvious from the name who something is named   
     for.  The state I live in was named for Elizabeth I, the state to my   
     immediate south was named for Charles I, and the state to my immediate   
     north was named for Herietta Maria.  That state's largest city is   
     named for Cecil Calvert.  The Australian state named for Queen   
     Alexandrina has a capital city named for William Lamb.  The capital   
     of New Zealand was named for Arthur Wellesly.   
      
   He got the correct answer, though I didn't mention that every city I   
   mentioned has hosted a Worldcon.   
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