Acts 8:27 - And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,...
Uh, no, not really. It means the most important 19th century British queen, who actually ruled as queen, as opposed to just being the King's husband. That's Victoria.
As an Australian, I feel obliged to inform you that you have missed an acceptable type-in for the Australian state question. You should accept 'sland'.
If 'sland' works for Queensland; then 'Mc' should work for McQueen. Not that I care that much, but feeling particularly nit-picky today for some reason.
I got to the end of the quiz, knowing nothing about the plant for my only blank, and thought 'they've included every (undisputed) Queen except Anne.' Then I clicked give up. Gah!
Lots of British queens. Maybe could have changed it up and included Isabella (Spanish queen who sponsored Columbus' voyage) or Catherine (The "great" queen of Russia in the latter 18th century).
Catherine was an empress not a queen. Don't ask me what's the difference between her empire and the one that Victoria ruled, but nonetheless she was never regarded as a queen.
I would suggest not to include names of actual queens at all, since that seems to be a little cheap. There are still enough other... things... with "queen" in their name.
A couple of these will suddenly be wrong when the queen dies - the national anthem will immediately become God Save the King, and the phrase will immediately become the King's English.
I like how the phrasing of the second question makes it sound as though Queen Elizabeth single-handedly defeated the Spanish Armada, as though she was standing in the middle of the English Channel batting ships away like a courtly Godzilla.
There have been queens outside the UK. Including Elizabeth (twice), Victoria and Mary, while excluding Maria Theresa, Margaret or Isabella, is a little bit too much.
100% - bizarre considering I’m really not a monarchist. I was listening to Johnny Cash’s cover of Desperado the other day and realised I’d not really clocked the relevance of the Queen of Hearts over the Queen of Diamonds in the lyrics.,,basically chose love over money every time.
doesn't rule in her own right, is.. queen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/King%27s_English
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation