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Numbers 1-10 are correct. Nice (and early) Easter presents for those who can complete the list.
Marengo said:Numbers 1-10 are correct. Nice (and early) Easter presents for those who can complete the list.
Giving a shot at the last six.Marengo said:Apologies to Lady_K for hijacking the thread, but I would like to try another sort of quiz here, albeit an easy one. Simular quizzes have been posted at the Royal Quizzes MB.
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Who are we? In this case it is a closed cirlcle, and only one of the people involved has deceased.All reigning European houses are represented in this quiz.
1) I am a King who just celebrated his birthday
2) I am his 1st cousin and am also on a throne
3) I am a brother-in-law of number 2
4) I am the daughter of number 3
5) I am the brother-in-law of number 4
6) I am the daughter-in-law of number 5
7) I am the sister of number 6
8) I am the mother-in-law of number 7
9) I am the ex brother-in-law of number 8
10) I am a cousin of number 9 and I can not stand him
11)* I was the uncle of 10
12) I am the goddaughter of number 11
13) I am the ex brother-in-law of number 12
14) I am a 1st cousin of number 13, I never reigned over the country that I became a Queen of.
15) I am the husband of number 14
16) I am a first cousin of the mother of number 15 and I am outranked by my wife
17) I am a first cousin of number 14 and a second cousin of number 16 and have 3 children
18) I am a first cousin of number 17
19) I am the wife of number 18, his second one
20) I am a 1st cousin of number 18 and a 1st cousin-in-law of number 20
21) I am the sister-in-law of number 20 and I am a reigning monarch
22) I am a 1st cousin of number 21 and a 2nd cousin of number 1
* = the deceased one
Who are we?
Marengo said:Correct! You have to share this price together. I am afraid it is unreturnable so enjoy
Marengo said:Oops, I made a mistake! It should have been a first cousin of number 15 (King Mihai)! I got the numbers wrong, very sorry...
LadyK said:Belgium: The Answers
1) Prince of Liége
2) Prince Felix of Luxembourg
3) Never. Belgian monarchs are not crowned. Prince Albert was sworn in in front of Parliament in August of 1993, and became King Albert II, the sixth king of the Belgians.
4) His Majesty the King of the Belgians. I know that’s kind of easy, but still, pretty tricky- it took me a while to get that right!
5) In an automobile accident, in Küssnacht, Switzerland
6) Mary Lilian Henriette Lucie Josephine Ghislaine Baels (she went by Lilian). She became Princess Lilian of Belgium, but was better known as Princess de Rèthy
7) They were deported to Hirschstein, Germany, and then to Strobl, Austria, where they were liberated by the American Army in May of 1945.
8) At King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola’s summer residence, Villa Astrida, in Motril, Spain
9) cardiovascular disease
10) Crown Prince Philippe. (When he died young, in his fifties, Philippe was deemed too young to deal with the monarchy, and possibly too weak
11) Queen Fabiola is from Spain, Queen Paola is from Italy.
12) The Privilege du Blanc. This means that those queens and the Grand Duchess may wear white dresses and veils (or mantilla, for Queen Sofia) when they meet the pope, whereas all other women must wear all black dresses, and black veils or mantillas. It is granted specially to these ladies as they are Catholic monarchs, and is also granted to, I believe, some of the archduchesses of Austria.
13) It fights for missing children and against sexual abuse, and supports the families of the victims.
14) The Queen Fabiola Foundation National for Mental Health
15) Doña Fabiola Fernanda Maria de las Victorias Antonia Adelaïda de Mora y Aragón
16) Purple
17) Stanford University
18) Fly a helicopter
19) Mathilde Marie Christine Ghislaine d’Udekem d’Acoz
20) Jonkvrouw (Jonkvrouw Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz) How do you say that?
21) Speech Therapy, at the Institut Libre Marie Haps from 1991-1994, and Psychology, at the Université Catholique de Louvain.
22) A degree with great distinction. (magna cum laude)
23) Piano. What else?
24) Mathilde will be the first Belgian-born Queen-Consort!
25) gold, with a large ruby surrounded with pave diamonds
26) It was the last royal wedding of the millennium, held in December of 1999.
27) Thirteen years. Actually, it’s twelve years, nine months, and 6 days. But thirteen years. She was born on January 20, 1973, and he was born on April 14, 1960.
28) Kinga
29) Castle Laeken
30) Castle of Ciergnon, a castle that is used by the royal family for weekends and breaks, mostly. It is not the home of any of the royals.
31) It is Chalet des Princes, a playhouse on the grounds of Castle Laeken, a villa, but designed at a child’s scale. It was built by Queen Astrid for her children, Josephine-Charlotte, Baudouin, and Albert.
32) Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege
33) The first ever Queen Regnant of Belgium
Thanks, can't wait for the monaco questions !LadyK said:Good job Coquine! And may I say, cute avatar!
Stefan said:To 10 the official heir of King Baudouin accordgin the succession law was Prince Albert now KIng Albert. It was always thouht that Albert would rennounce on his succession rights in favour of Philippe. It was even said by then then Prime Minister that the must stnd behind the legal heir Prince Philippe.