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[tinyjo]

[Poll #1490404]

Inspired by last night when I asked Alex to pick out a medieval This Sceptred Isle for me. He read out the dates on the box and I said sleepily "So, Elizabeth I and James I probably" and he was very impressed that I actually knew that from the dates. I asked him which century Henry VIII reigned in and he found it hard. So am I weird for knowing this stuff, or is he unusual for not knowing it. I can't really remember where I got taught it, I just kind of picked it up. I can also name all the Kings and Queens since William I in order, given a little thinking time, which I know is weird.

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[gameboyguy13.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I feel good, I got quite close! Was thinking about Shakespeare's English being Elizabethan (because I remember those dates), even though she wasn't queen while he was writing, so kind of narrowed it down. Yay.

[rufusfrog.livejournal.com]

But she was queen while he was writing, for at least 10 years.

[gameboyguy13.livejournal.com]

Now that I look up the dates, that's true, but what stuck in my mind from high school was that she died before he did, so it helped me put the dates together. It's been about 8 years since I was a freshman, plus I'm not British so the focus was on the writer not the queen ;)