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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.
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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Date: November 26th, 2009 09:29 am (UTC)From:Still I'm impressed you can do PMs - I could probably do all of them but only if you accept that the first PM was in about 1904 (as QI claimed).
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Date: November 26th, 2009 09:35 am (UTC)From:no subject
Date: November 26th, 2009 12:37 pm (UTC)From:The Hanoverian Georges and the like make it easier to remember the monarchs, which is one reason I can go back as far as Richard III, but start to dry up before that.
Also, my embarrassment was that I didn't remember all the the PMs, even though I think that is more important than poxy Kings. Bonar Law is the least of my problems: there are all the PMs that came back to confuse the issue (IIRC, there were only two monarchs who did that, switching roles: Wikipedia reminds me that they were Henry VI and Edward IV).