Thought of you with today's Final Jeopardy question re: constitutional monarchies. I only knew the answer bc it was mentioned on here
The constitution of this country allows abdication, and it has happened 3 times: 1948, 1980 and 2013
Is the answer Spain? Or Monoco?
The Spanish King just abdicated last month, so that would be 2014.
I think the answer is Holland. Didn't William and his Argentine bride just ascend to the throne last year? Also, now that I think of it, I wonder how World-Cup-Watching went in their home today...
Yup, The Netherlands ... Wilhelmina, Juliana, and Beatrix.
A final answer last month was about which Canadian province is named for Queen Victoria's father and nobody got it (Prince Edward Island).
There was also one a couple weeks ago about which country has had, I think, four brothers as consecutive heads of state. Or something like that. I didn't know the solution - Saudi Arabia.
The Spanish King just abdicated last month, so that would be 2014.
I think the answer is Holland. Didn't William and his Argentine bride just ascend to the throne last year? Also, now that I think of it, I wonder how World-Cup-Watching went in their home today...
I was wondering what Maxima must have been thinking during the game!
The Spanish King just abdicated last month, so that would be 2014.
I think the answer is Holland. Didn't William and his Argentine bride just ascend to the throne last year? Also, now that I think of it, I wonder how World-Cup-Watching went in their home today...
I was wondering what Maxima must have been thinking during the game!
I rooted for Argentina specifically so that this game would be played. And then I wondered---aloud, to DW---how the commentators could totally ignore the fact that the queen of the Netherlands must have such divided loyalties today.
It should be noted that I'm a soccer fan (not just at World Cup time) and frequently irritated by asinine commentary.
I'm amazed how often I know final Jeaopardy when the contestants don't and how often I don't know a ton of the regular questions.
I'm also surprised when the contestants don't know things like popes and Vice Presidents and oscar winners--I assumed those would be the sort of lists they would study when they prepare for the show.
Also, William Alexander is the first King of the Netherlands in over 120 years - since his great-great grandfather died in 1890 and Wilhelmina became queen (at age 10?).
I'm amazed how often I know final Jeaopardy when the contestants don't and how often I don't know a ton of the regular questions.
I'm also surprised when the contestants don't know things like popes and Vice Presidents and oscar winners--I assumed those would be the sort of lists they would study when they prepare for the show.
Seriously. You need to know what you're bad at in order to study for the show. Poetry, chemistry, Nobel Prize winners, monarchies, Oscar winners, literature, etc. Figure out what you need to work on and study that stuff!
The Netherlands is also one of the only European monarchies - if not THE only one I think (ETA: no, wait, I don't think the Monaco royals are descended from Victoria either) whose monarch is not a descendant of Queen Victoria.