I think since PoD got the right answer, he should be able to ask a question too. Let's start a second thread- maybe this one could be the one with the easy questions, since I can't seem to answer any on the other thread!

PoD, you're on!

Name all of Henry VIII's 6 wives and how they met their demise (except for the last one).

1. Catherine of Aragon - Divorced (if you consider that a 'demise'). I'm not certain what happened to her after that.
2. Anne of Boleyn - Beheaded (gotta suck)
3. Jane Seymore - Died following childbirth
4. Anne of Cleves - Divorced (again, not certain that that is a demise... )(Incidentally, my girlfriend's name is Ann, and our Barony is the Cleftlands (Cleveland)...I think the obvious short form would be Ann of Cleves, but she forbids me to call her that... )
5. Katherine Howard - Beheaded (again, gotta suck)
6. Katherine Parr (He liked his Annes and Katherines) - Survived him

Yerrrr up!

Stephen atte Smythe

Hmmmm a tough call. The current family (Windsor/Hanover) is in the words of Black Adder goes Forth - Captain Blackadder looking for a German spy in a hospital and interogating Captain Darling -

Darling "But you can't suspect me Blackadder! I'm as British as Queen Victoria!"

Blackadder "So! Your Mothers a German, your Fathers a German, and you married a German!"

But this is coming from a person of Yorkshire descent on his Fathers side who is quite convinced that the last true King of England died at Redmoor plain, and his proper title should be Good King Richard....

And yes, Chef, they use that lame distant cousin excuse that everyone since the event has claimed.

...and Adam wasn't king of men. But that's another discussion entirely...

I don't want to hog all the questions. Henry V.

Was it he was 70 ish age wise, and was clad in naught but clothing at Castillon - no harness whatsoever? Grabbed his banner & led from the front - even when a ball from a serpentine smashed the pole of it. Tough old geezer - I hear his memory is still revered by the Gascons.

It was the lack of harness I was looking for so spot on.

And don't let Jenn hear you say "few remaining patrons of this dwindling forum" lest she grab your tender bits in a vicious death hold for casting aspersions on her baby!!!

So start another thread somewhere! I was getting sick of seeing my name on every thread so I backed off.

Pieter

I did get tired of seeing my name in every single active thread though, and was even accused of being a "know it all" because of it. I don't want to sound that way, so I backed off.

I started these "Trivia" threads in the hope that they would be less intimidating for some of our friends, and that participation would improve.

We're all open to suggestions Pieter, so post away!

On a side note. I don't appear on a lot of threads because I haven't any questions or comments to make as of yet and tend to observe/absorb knowledge.