1 was Michael Jordan; 2 was Jason Ritter; 3 was “Baby” Jane Hudson in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?.
DQs:
1. royalty?
2. died before 1500?
3. from England?
J.
- Real
- Female.
- First name starts with J.
- Dead.
- Not American.
- Not known for the Arts.
- Last name begins A-M.
- European.
- Died before 1900.
- Known for politics/royalty.
- Not from mainland/continental Europe.
- Not a poltician.
- Died before 1800.
- Royalty.
- Died after 1500.
- From England.
Previous IQs:
Was your dad going to Berlin in Robert Harris’s Fatherland? - JFK (in that alternative history, his father, Joe Kennedy Sr., is POTUS in 1964)
Were you Person #1’s wife? - Jacqueline Kennedy
Were you their son? - JFK Jr.
DQs:
Held, however briefly, the title of Queen?
Died violently?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Were you a wife of Henry VIII with the same name as a later actress?
Did you briefly reign before Queen Mary?
Are you Queen of the Bunny Planet in Rosemary Wells’s kids’ books?
DQ: First name begins with Ja - Je?
Swept me!
IQs:
- Are you a goddess of marriage, fertility, childbirth, and maternal love?
- Are you her husband?
- Was your first foray into the field in which you would find fame helping to develop a shark repellent, while working with the OSS in World War II?
Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner!
Yes, I am
Jane Grey
the Nine-Day Queen, placed briefly on the throne by the will of her predecessor, Edward VI (and probably also by the machinations of the Duke of Northumberland on his regency council), and executed by her successor Mary less than a year later. Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown.
You are up, @Elendil_s_Heir ! And it looks like it’s time to start the August thread.
Thanks, will do!
Other previous IQs:
Were you a wife of Henry VIII with the same name as a later actress? - Jane Seymour
Are you Queen of the Bunny Planet in Rosemary Wells’s kids’ books? - Janet. Love those books!
Pedantry compels me to point out that the current title is “Chief Justice of the United States.”
The new thread: Botticelli - August 2024