@ Otaku Loki, a search of the thread yielded no earlier questions about Jean Paul Marat.
@ Antonius, IIRC it was the Tuileries.
I took him to mean aforementioned as in earlier in the sentence, where Marat’s name appears in the title.
I meant to refer to my mention of his name when I gave what I thought was the title of the painting in question - not to imply that Marat had been discussed earlier in the thread.
(Until Siam Sam posted, I had no idea what you meant, sorry.)
Since 5 time champ brought up the ancient game of Tennis [aka Real/Royal/Court Tennis], here are some related questions. Some may be as much legend as fact, but go with the legend anyway:
196. Henry VIII was playing Tennis when he heard that a certain woman had died. Who was she?
197. In the early 15th Century, the French Dauphin sent a gift of some Tennis balls to a cross-Channel rival, and undoubtedly regretted it later. Who was the recipient?
198. James I of Scotland was staying at a monastery in Perth, and playing Tennis on the outdoor court. It seems that several of the Tennis balls were getting lost in a drain opening in the monastery wall, so he ordered it blocked up. A few days later, he undoubtedly wished that he hadn’t given that order. Why do you suppose that would be?
And here’s a more recent and well-documented event relating to the game of racquets (UK: rackets), a derivative of Tennis:
199. In 1942, a disused racquets court under the stands at Stagg Field (University of Chicago) was put to an unconventional use with earth-shaking consequences. What was in the court, and who was in charge?
- Enrico Fermi, overseeing the world’s first controlled nuclear fission.
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Anne Boleyn
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Henry V?
@ 5 time champ:
Correct on all three.
*[196 Legend also has it that Anne Boleyn was watching a game of Tennis when she was arrested. Henry VIII was rather fond of the game, and a formidable player in his youth.]
[197. Shakespeare has Henry V replying thus (IIRC) to the insult:*
“When we have matched our rackets to these balls,
We will in France, by God’s grace, play a set,
Shall strike his father’s crown into the hazard.”
*Shortly thereafter, on the field at Agincourt: Game, Set, and Match to “Hal”.]
[199. Fermi’s fission reactor in question was the understatedly-named “Chicago Pile 1”.]*
For the clean sweep, any guesses as to why 198’s James I of Scotland should have left the tennis-ball-eating drain unblocked?
- He drowned in his cell because the drain didn’t drain the rain?
Sorry, no on 198, 5 time champ; you’re thinking along the right lines, however…
I might as well answer these myself in a day or so - unless any Aussie dopers have anything to say? (that was a hint)
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Well, Iceland was part of Denmark back then. Denmark was at war with England, and X arrived to Iceland on a British merchant vessel. When the Danish governor refused to trade on account of the ship’s nationality, X planned and carried out a small revolution. His rule only lasted 2 months.
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Nope. Pretty far from Cph, actually…
Appellations
200. “The Wisest Fool in Christendom”
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“The Scourge of God”
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“Merrie Monarch”
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“Farmer George”
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“Merde in a silk stocking”
The only one I can say for certain is 200. James I
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Attila the Hun
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Two monarchs had this nickname…King David Kalakua of Hawaii, and Charles II(?) of Great Britain
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George III of Great Britain
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Tallyrand of France
edited for spelling only
Slight nitpick: That’s Kalakaua.
And a late correction:
For # 118, the answer is given and accepted as Cicero who said “And this is also my opinion, that Carthage must be destroyed!”
However, Marcus Tullius Cicero was not born until long after the destruction of Carthage. The answer you’re looking for here is Cato the Elder.
And, in that area:
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The assassination of what Roman senator triggered the start of the Social Wars?
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Who did Mithridates VI, the great enemy of Rome in the 1st Century BCE, name as his heir?
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In what city did Cato the Younger, one of the opponents of Gaius Julius Caesar, die?
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What was Gaius Julius Caesar’s father’s name?
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Who was the only Roman, before the establishment of the Empire, known to have held the consulship six times?
- He said it was too early to tell.
208 - Gaius Julius Caesar, I’m sure. They didn’t have so many names hanging around that they could just spend them like they had a name tree in the back yard.
207 - Utica. He tried to kill himself by stabbing himself, but he was prevented and got stitched up, so he tore the stitches out and pulled his guts out.
207 and 208: Correct, Zsofia.
I’d always seen it mentioned as Cicero. Thanks!
- One honorific which Churchill accepted after WW2 was “Lord Admiral of the ______ ______.”
- Before Henry VIII took the prefix “Your Majesty,” English monarchs were typically called “______ ______.”
- The assassination of this potentate is usually considered the trigger to WWI.
- The French installed this emperor in Mexico, but he didn’t do well there.
- In what country was the Duke of Wellington born?