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Posted by Katy R (U14748743) on Friday, 11th February 2011
Hello all.
Friday's here so its quiz time again. See if you can solve this question.
Q: Where did Henry V order Richard II's bones to be moved to and why?
Good Luck
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Posted by an ex-nordmann - it has ceased to exist (U3472955) on Friday, 11th February 2011
Hi Katy
He had him moved to Westminster, but I don't think he had any motive other than honouring Richard's own wishes in the matter and which his father had earlier refused.
Congratulations Nordmann your correct on both counts. Henry V wanted to respect Richard II's original wishes and to also prove that Richard II was indeed dead.
Your turn
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Posted by an ex-nordmann - it has ceased to exist (U3472955) on Friday, 11th February 2011
Lord Bolingbroke was also another man's particular bete noir, so much so that he cited any claim to piety on the part of His Lorship as the ultimately definitive meaning of the word "irony".
Who was he?
Is your Lord Bolingbroke Henry of Bolingbroke (Henry IV), or Pope's friend?
Is Burke the answer?
, in reply to message 5.
Posted by an ex-nordmann - it has ceased to exist (U3472955) on Friday, 11th February 2011
Pope's friend, Temp.
And no, not Burke.
Just guessing now - Marlborough?
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Posted by an ex-nordmann - it has ceased to exist (U3472955) on Friday, 11th February 2011
Keep guessing - think "opinionated" (though I am aware that this hardly helps distinguish between the many members of the literary circle which you have quite rightly hit upon).
Back to our man. His disdain for Bolingbroke was probably exceeded by that which he reserved for Edward Gibbon, he of "Rise and Fall" fame, who our subject described as "An ugly, affected, disgusting fellow whose attendance poisoned every meeting."
Ah - infidel wasps and venomous insects - lovely insult.
But I've cheated, so I must retire gracefully.
Clue for others - "every meeting". Think clubs.
, in reply to message 9.
Posted by an ex-nordmann - it has ceased to exist (U3472955) on Friday, 11th February 2011
I'll be away from th'net for the rest of the evening so must bow out (bandick, please note). Since I demur in the matter of regarding any form of research as invalid, I therefore declare your answer correct and the baton passed!
As our man once said - "Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind." Why would anyone object to its satiation?
Over to you, Temperance ...
Bolingbrook had an early spat with Robert Walpole…
When Walpole rose to power, Bolingbrook and others did their best to discredit him and I think he went to prison for a time…
Some of this came up in last week’s quiz… I think… I’d say either Walpole or Dr Samuel Johnson… a huge guess that will no doubt reviel my ignorance… what about Samuel Pepys he represented Castle Rising, as did Walpole…
dunno
Oh gawd… nordmanns giving me legs a right good slapping now…
just be careful round the backs… ok. they’ve just had the dressings redone.
He loves me really.
Hi bandick,
You're nearly there. Not Dr Johnson but...
Nah… nothing coming for me… brain cavity as empty as a rusty oil drum now…
apart from the doctors coming and going in here… I only know Dr Livingstone, of Stanley fame…
Dr Foster… he who went to Gloucester… and Dr Who…
I spect George will get it… thou he’s a bit quiet today.
You've got to get it, bandick, because I'm going out soon and I must pass on the baton.
Our chap's first words on meeting Johnson were, "Mr Johnson, I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it."
Oh nooo the pressure… I feel like a tidler in a pond trying to catch a fisherman
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Posted by somewhatsilly (U14315357) on Friday, 11th February 2011
Come on Bandick, you're nearly there, who do you immediately associate with Dr J? Or think of Mary Q of S's homicidal hubby, the one they want to bring home.
Could you be referring to the 9th Laird of Auchinleck?
So who gets the next go? I think it should be ferval.
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Posted by somewhatsilly (U14315357) on Friday, 11th February 2011
That's what I was trying to avoid, I'm just about to be descended upon by the nearest and dearest so let Ur take it. I'll be back as soon as I can persuade them that the the wee one should be home and in her bed.
How about bandick taking a go? I'm just about to start cooking ....
Hang on a mo… who the ek is laird… wotsit in the neck… and wots this with MQ of Scots… that was… ehm.. Boswell? That was years before… wasn’t it? I can’t see the connection to Johnson… or the other cronies… I need a history book… its not as if I can engage the drools into giving an educated guess… I don’t know…
I cant set a question… that uganal will get it in the time it takes to crack the eggs into a soufflé.
Wots for tea…?
One five second question…
At Hunterstown, Custer’s horse was shot from under him in a badly planned Calvary charge and he became an immediate target from enemy guns. A brave rider galloped through the hail of gunfire, shot his closest assailant and rescued him… who was the brave rider.
Bothwell not Bosswell
Darnley was her husband… said to be murdered by hubby mk2 Bothwell… I’m getting so confused here… I think it’s that urnangal… whats with the 9th Laird of Auchinleck?
I think he threw that one in to fox us… another typical shabby trick.
me thinks the dates are all wrong... pehaps after tea someone can straigten this out.
James Boswell was the 9th Laird of Auchinleck and the biographer of Samuel Johnson.
Thanks so much for that… so it was ferval trying to lead me astray with her lead on MQ of Scots OH.
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Posted by somewhatsilly (U14315357) on Friday, 11th February 2011
Sorry Bandick, I really was trying to help, I couldn't think of another really well known Boswell off the cuff and I thought Bothwell was close enough.
The road to hell and all that!
Write 100 times - I must not indulge in schlimmbesserung (I've been dying to say that, just wish I knew how to pronounce it).
I’d love to know what it means… were you into that pentagon stuff with the Dennis Wheatleys. Any spooky places you went…?
, in reply to message 27.
Posted by somewhatsilly (U14315357) on Friday, 11th February 2011
It means trying to make something better but instead, making it worse. Somebody used it when we were all discussing the alleged improvements to the boards and I noted it down for future use.
My dabbling in the occult never went beyond reading those books and a bit of ouija board action at school in the common room. I'm a complete non believer in all things supernatural. Any further discussion should continue in the bar, I think, otherwise the mods will descend!
Private Norville Churchill (so I've been told). Pity there wasn't a Norville at Bosworth.
Did he play for the Green Duck Packers in the soup-a-bowl?
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Posted by Temperance (U14455940) on Tuesday, 15th February 2011
Bandick - where are you? You are doing a Nordmann - having set a question, you have promptly disappeared.
Is Norville Churchill the correct answer?
Hi Temps… I do agolopise… you have it… that’s the man: to quote wiki…
At Hunterstown, in an ill-considered charge ordered by Kilpatrick against the brigade of Wade Hampton, Custer fell from his wounded horse directly before the enemy and became the target of numerous enemy rifles.
He was rescued by Norville Churchill of the 1st Michigan Cavalry, who galloped up, shot Custer's nearest assailant, and allowed Custer to mount behind him for a dash to safety.
I’ve had a few problems getting on line lately… but so nice to see you about again…
Got a question…
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Posted by Temperance (U14455940) on Tuesday, 15th February 2011
Richard II
Henry VIII
Mrs. Thatcher
What do these three have in common?
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Posted by Temperance (U14455940) on Tuesday, 15th February 2011
Also Edward VI - if you count sheep.
They were all sex gods and goddesses so needed very little sleep?
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Posted by Temperance (U14455940) on Tuesday, 15th February 2011
1507George - you really should not believe everything you see on "The Tudors". Henry VIII was most definitely * not* a sex god. Anne Boleyn (probably after far too much Rhenish) very unwisely confided this juicy little tit-bit to her sister-in-law, Jane Rochford - that " le Roy n'estait habile en cas de se copuler avec femme, et qu'il avait ni vertu ni puissance..." (Rough translation - he's absolutely useless in bed...)
Anne's brother, George Boleyn, very unwisely couldn't resist reading this out at his trial - and his delicious mockery of the King probably cost Rochford his life.
No - think not of sex, but rather of drastic economic measures.
Sorry Temp, I can't help but think of sex - well most of the time anyway.
I'll try to think of something fiscal rather than carnal.
So far all I can contribute is… they all have an ‘R’…
Richard ll… peasant’s revolt… Watt Tyler… demonstrations… the young Richard rides out alone to confronts the crowds and promises reforms… then reneged his promise.
Henry VIII… well he pretty much did whatever he liked… spent money like it was going out of fashion, overindulged himself with the countries coffers, and built far too many palaces to indulge his vanity.
Margret Thatcher… I don’t even want to think about her. The first two were royal… she was annoyed she wasn’t.
dunno
Poll Tax
That urnungal… he’s done it again… he’s like the scarlet pimpernel…
George has got sex on the brain…
I’ve spent three happy hours chasing my brain around the curtain rails in here,
and urnungal turns up and offers two words… and I know damned well he’s
right. Dam dam and thrice dam.
, in reply to message 39.
Posted by Temperance (U14455940) on Tuesday, 15th February 2011
Yes, all three rulers tried - unwisely - to impose a poll tax on a reluctant nation.
The poll tax and sheep census of 1549 was a remarkably silly tax. In fact it was probably the least successful tax on record. Imposed in March 1549, attempts at counting the nation's sheep were abandoned by May 1549 and the ridiculous law was repealed in January 1550.
Over to you, U-L.
bandick - I might not have got it if you hadn't reminded me of the pheasants revolt.
As I'm off net tomorrow, going to see Caro etc, anyone else care to offer a Q?
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Posted by Temperance (U14455940) on Tuesday, 15th February 2011
Don't despair, bandick. I believe Urly-Girly is actually a former Brain of Britain, although I am sure he is far too modest to admit to such an illustrious title.
You're doing all right, kid. Hang on in there!
Oh temps… you always say the nicest things, but that urnungal… he may be a former Brain of Britain… but he’s a pain in the bum too.
Please pass on all the nicest niceties to Caro, I hope she’s enjoying her trip here. She sounds a lovely lady.
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Posted by George1507 (U2607963) on Wednesday, 16th February 2011
A tax on sheep?
No doubt another attempt to fleece the farmers….
No wonder it got the chop. They’d get into a right stew counting all those sheep. Farmers aren’t minted either, although they are always trying to curry favour.
Hi George… fraid the dreaded urganun has beat us to it yet again… read down from your message 37… in the mean time I’m going to set a question as the great one urganun invites:
What is the name of the little known ship and list the events that inspired Herman Melville to write his classic Moby-Dick?
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Posted by George1507 (U2607963) on Wednesday, 16th February 2011
Hi Bandick,
Strangely, I read Moby Dick a few weeks ago. I think Melville took his tale from a story about a white whale called Mocha Dick. I'm afraid I don't know the name of the boat that pursued it - nor even if the story is true or a legend.
Perhaps this might help someone else though.
Think east of London, north of the Thames, south of East Anglia ......
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Posted by George1507 (U2607963) on Wednesday, 16th February 2011
HMS Southend on Sea?
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Posted by somewhatsilly (U14315357) on Wednesday, 16th February 2011
Blimey, how do you get white stilettos on to a ship? Or maybe a gold medallion?
Off to watch Neil Oliver in the Neolithic!
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