More King Williamy Goodness!

[hobbitomm]

Who or what….?


1) Was the wife of the King who was 5’6” at the beginning of his reign, and only 4’8” at its end?
2) Is named (in translation) ‘The Father of Waters’?
3) Was the father of Farmer George?
4) Was technically supported by a lion and dragon, but preferred a Pelican?
5) Enlarged his fathers hunting lodge, and moved his court there, but didn’t hang around long enough to attend the treaty?
6) Was the capital of Erik Bloodaxe, until he was driven from it?
7) Was the home of the original Colossus?
8) Was born in 1732, and attained the command of the Virginia Militia in the British wars with the French?
9) Raised the standard in Nottingham, and then went to Warwickshire in time for October 23rd, 1642
10) Was arrested for complicity in the Earl of Essex’s rebellion, but still went on to be Governor of Virginia. Is he related to a _different_ Sussex pavilion?

And what links them?

Comments

[juanfandango.livejournal.com]

Ah! Georgia. And Rhode Island. :-)

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

Yep. Care to hazard a guess for theme, and then get the rest of the answers? ;)

[juanfandango.livejournal.com]

US states. :-)

4 sounds like Florida, if only for the Pelican theme, but I don't know who.

5 Louis the mumble/Louisiana?

6 No clue. :-)

9 therefore must be Charles/Carolina.

10 Google reliably informs me that it is Thomas West aka Baron (or Earl, depending on the source) de la Warr, so I'm guessing Delaware. :-)

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

4: Not Florida, no
5: Correct. Name that number ;)
9: Yep. Both the Carolinas.
10: And yes, Baron de la Warr, after whom the Delaware river, and then the State are named.

Still to get....

4) Was technically supported by a lion and dragon, but preferred a Pelican?

6) Was the capital of Erik Bloodaxe, until he was driven from it?

[sharikkamur.livejournal.com]

4 - Elizabeth I,hence Virginia

And Ir eally ought to know the Erik Bloodaxe one but can´t remember it right now.

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

Correctomundo!

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

Erik Bloodaxes capital was York. So, we have...


1) Was the wife of the King who was 5’6” at the beginning of his reign, and only 4’8” at its end?

Henrietta-Maria=Maryland

2) Is named (in translation) ‘The Father of Waters’?

Mississipi= Mississipi

3) Was the grandfather of Farmer George?

George II= Georgia

4) Was technically supported by a lion and dragon, but preferred a Pelican?

Elizabeth I=Virginia

5) Enlarged his fathers hunting lodge, and moved his court there, but didn’t hang around long enough to attend the treaty?

Louis XIV (Versailles, of course)=Louisiana

6) Was the capital of Erik Bloodaxe, until he was driven from it?

York=New York

7) Was the home of the original Colossus?

Rhodes=Rhode Island

8) Was born in 1732, and attained the command of the Virginia Militia in the British wars with the French?

George Washington= Washington State

9) Raised the standard in Nottingham, and then went to Warwickshire in time for October 23rd, 1642

Charles I=The Carolinas

10) Was arrested for complicity in the Earl of Essex’s rebellion, but still went on to be Governor of Virginia. Is he related to a _different_ Sussex pavilion?

Baron de la Warr=Delaware

Tag!

[gypsy0131.livejournal.com]

I'd have thought that they were referring to the District of Columbia, hence Washington D.C. in no. 8 Most of the other of the states other than Louisiana and Mississippis are Colonial States-(13 Colonies) just missing a few such as New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Either that or just the "Eastern Seaboard" states... Very good witticisms, Frodo.

Where do you find the time to make these quizzes? I'd like to make one up on Shakespeare, but don't have His plays here with me. Any suggestions?

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

Actually, they're quite quick!

The trick is the theme!