Tag: royalty

From Monarch Mishaps to Cosmic Capers! (with some grave robbing in between.)

All the events referred to are related to 2 March.

Queen Victoria
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  1. On March 2, 1872, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom narrowly escaped an assassination attempt. During her reign, how many such attempts were made on her life?
    • Four
    • Six
    • Eight
  2. Which film, which premiered on this day in the early 20th century, ended with the line “It was Beauty that killed the Beast”?
    • Frankenstein
    • King Kong
    • The Island of Dr. Moreau 
  3. On this day in 1969, the first test flight of the supersonic Concorde took place at…
    • Bristol, England
    • Prestwick, Scotland
    • Toulouse, France.

    Screenshot of Charlie Chaplin in Kid Auto Races at Venice, (1914)
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  4. Overnight from the 1st to the 2nd of March, 1978, the coffin of the comic actor Charlie Chaplin, containing his body, was stolen from his grave in…
    • California, USA
    • Vaud, Switzerland
    • Cornwall, England.
  5. On 2 March 1978, an astronaut or cosmonaut made history by becoming the first person of neither American nor Russian nationality to travel in space. What nationality was he?
    • Chinese
    • Canadian
    • Czech

Good luck, the answers will be posted later today.

Nine Days—Answer


B. Mary I

The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (1833). National Gallery, London
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Lady Jane Grey, also known as Lady Jane Dudley, was proclaimed queen of England and reigned from 10 to 19 July 1553. Known for her beauty and intelligence, she reluctantly allowed herself to be crowned at the age of 15 due to the machinations of unscrupulous politicians. Her subsequent execution at the age of 16 by Mary Tudor evoked widespread sympathy and compassion.

Change of Thrones—Answer

George VI[Image via Wikipedia]

Elizabeth II, Kenya
As George VI’s health got worse in 1951, his daughter and heir Princess Elizabeth often took over his duties. In early 1952, she and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, set out to travel to Australia and New Zealand via Kenya but on 6 February 1952, at Sagana Lodge in Kenya, they received the news that George VI had died due to a coronary thrombosis. She was now Queen Elizabeth II.

Elizabeth II on her Coronation Day (Cecil Beaton)
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Elizabeth’s 70-year and 214-day reign is the longest in British history, the second-longest in any country, and the longest of any queen regnant.

The Borders Railway was officially opened by Her Majesty The Queen on the day that she became Britain’s longest serving Monarch. (2015)
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