General Knowledge Quiz

[xotGD]

King Henry VIII

 

[Calthrop]

Right ! Not to "put down" your response; but I feel it was pretty easy -- all I could think of right then...

Your monastery to dissolve...

 

[xotGD]

Sticking with royalty, what was the name of Queen Victoria's first-born child?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Queen Victoria first gave birth to Princess Victoria

 

[xotGD]

Queen Victoria first gave birth to Princess Victoria

That's right.

You may take the crown...

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Moving from a monarchy to a republic ...

Jimmy Carter is currently the oldest of the living former US presidents.
Who was the US president when Jimmy Carter was born?

 

[Calthrop]

At a guess -- Woodrow Wilson.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

At a guess -- Woodrow Wilson.

Not a bad guess but unfortunately not correct.

 

[Trackman]

Roosevelt?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Roosevelt?

Neither Theodore nor Franklin D were in office at the time of Carter's birth.

 

[Calthrop]

I think I now know who it must be; but looked it up, so "that's that" for me.

 

[Neo9320]

Truman?

 

[Gloster]

Warren Harding?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Truman?

Sorry, not Trueman.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Warren Harding?

No, not Warren Harding I am afraid.

 

[Gloster]

Calvin Coolidge?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Calvin Coolidge?

We have a winner, Jimmy Carter was born in 1924 during the presidency of Coolidge.

I hand over the reins of power to you.

 

[Gloster]

Keeping on the same subject.

In which US state have the most US presidents been born?

 

[DaleCooper]

Keeping on the same subject.

In which US state have the most US presidents been born?

Massachusetts?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Ohio?

 

[Gloster]

Massachusetts?

Sorry, it has the fourth most.

Ohio?

In second place, only one behind the winner.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

I will try a guess at one of the older states.

Virginia?

 

[Gloster]

I will try a guess at one of the older states.

Virginia?

And you are correct. Eight presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, William Harrison, Tyler, Taylor and Wilson.

Your turn.

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Back to monarchy ...

William Peverel is reputedly the illegitimate son of which English king?

 

[DaleCooper]

Back to monarchy ...

William Peverel is reputedly the illegitimate son of which English king?

Edward VII?

 

[OhNoAPacer]

Edward VII?

Although notorious for his behaviour Edward VII is not the monarch in question.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

William the Conqueror

 

[OhNoAPacer]

William the Conqueror

Correct.

So, having conquered my question I legitimately pass the question setting to you.

 

[GRALISTAIR]

M, E, P, B, P, H, H, O - which letter is next?

 

[Strat-tastic]

N