
Questions and Answers Game (A General Knowlegde quiz)
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Jon, we have to answer Henry's question first, then the correct person asks the next question 

"My Tears Will Fall Now That You're Gone,
I Can't Help But Cry, But I Must Go On"
I Can't Help But Cry, But I Must Go On"

Re: Questions and Answers Game (A General Knowlegde quiz)
Answers to Henry's question:
1 You've Got Mail
2. Sleepless in Seattle
3. Joe versus the Volcano
1 You've Got Mail
2. Sleepless in Seattle
3. Joe versus the Volcano
Re: Questions and Answers Game (A General Knowlegde quiz)
Jon, you are correct....Now you can ask your question again!
Henry H Puccinelli
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Here is my question again:
I succeeded to the throne just two months after my mother died, and she died two months before the previous monarch, whom she would have succeeded. Which British king am I?
I succeeded to the throne just two months after my mother died, and she died two months before the previous monarch, whom she would have succeeded. Which British king am I?
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Hmm, no answers to my question. Shall I give you the answer?
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I have no idea--history is not my strong point.
Mariana
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Was it Henry VI ?? (Just a guess....) If I'm wrong, how about giving the year of his coronation as a hint?
Henry H Puccinelli
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The answer is George I. His mother was the Electress Sophia of Hanover, whose mother in turn was Elizabeth of Bohemia, the so-called "Winter Queen", the daughter of James I of England/VI of Scotland, making George (the first Hanoverian monarch of Britain and German-speaking) a great-grandson of the Scottish James. Sophia died just two weeks before Queen Anne, the last Stuart monarch of Britain, whom she would have succeeded if she'd lived a little longer.
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Thanks for the history lesson, Jon....I guess I'll ask a question.....
Q. What London street is named after a croquet-like game once played there by King Charles I ??
Q. What London street is named after a croquet-like game once played there by King Charles I ??
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A. I think this is Pall Mall Henry.
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H & L, You are correct.......(We had a cigarette brand by that name also)
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Yes, we had them here too Henry, but they were generally considered for the well heeled and not so much for the average smoker.
It was coughing nails like Weights or Woodbines, although I graduated and later smoked Benson & Hedges, since 1980 I have become one of those irritating reformed smokers.
Q. WHEN AND HOW DID "SOAP OPERA" GET THIS NAME. ?

It was coughing nails like Weights or Woodbines, although I graduated and later smoked Benson & Hedges, since 1980 I have become one of those irritating reformed smokers.

Q. WHEN AND HOW DID "SOAP OPERA" GET THIS NAME. ?
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A. Not sure when, but I think it was because soap used to be advertised in ad breaks in America.
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I have a feeling it may have been shortly after the war, as the subject came up in a book I was reading.
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You are correct Marian. Soap Opera did get this term from American Radio in the Thirties. A company named Proctor & Gamble dealing with beauty and Household products were a leading company at that time, and did most of the advertising.
The first British TV soap opera was The Appleyards from 1952 until 1957.
The first British TV soap opera was The Appleyards from 1952 until 1957.