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Q6: Who:
i: was Foolish?
ii: was Rodrigo de Borja y Borja?
iii: invested Henry Sinclair as Earl of Orkney?
iv: had a half-sister sired by his father's physician?
v: founded a Siamese school, which was later named in his honour?
vi: was born on the 34th annversary of the death of his great grandfather and the 17th of that of his great aunt?
vii: was the offspring of parents sharing the same grandmother?
viii: was the 36th and last in a line started in 1299?
ix: was blinded by his mother Irene?
x: was tripartite?

the rules as they have evolved:
a: nice full answers and anecdotes if poss
b: say if googled or no; leave time for non-googlers to play
c: obviously look ahead at future questions if you want
d: don't bring in confirming or dissenting answers from other fora until next set is up and running

spoilers: er er i think emperor constantine's mum was called irene and bullied him, and "all gaul is divided into three part -- all? no!" but i'm not sure either of these is right -- i feel the answers are mostly royal

Date: 2009-01-06 11:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anatol-merklich.livejournal.com
Aha! Googling and wikiing ii and ix, and accepting jinx' answer to iii, I think I see the THEME!

Date: 2009-01-06 11:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anatol-merklich.livejournal.com
Hint: which question is this?

Date: 2009-01-06 11:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com
I get it! Because our Siamese king is Rama V :)

Date: 2009-01-06 12:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anatol-merklich.livejournal.com
No, it's Rama VI, who founded two!

He established the Kingdom's first school and university. Upon his accession to the throne, he founded Royal Pages College in 1910. The school was modeled on the traditional English public school, which the King had appreciated while he was spending his education in England. After his death in 1925, the school was renamed Vajiravudh College in his honor. In provinces, numbers of modern, provincial schools were also growing significantly. Vajiravudh also established Chulalongkorn University in 1917. The University, which was named in honour of his father, was the first western-style university in the country.

Date: 2009-01-06 12:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anatol-merklich.livejournal.com
sorry for html rubbish

Date: 2009-01-06 12:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com
OK then I don't get it :( Unless it is the q number plus 1?

Date: 2009-01-06 12:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com
Aaaaaaaaaaaaah ok no I get it now. Doh.

Date: 2009-01-06 12:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] katstevens.livejournal.com
In that case it's prob not a French dude for i) as Charles I is Charlemagne (not v foolish) and Louis I is Louis The Pious (Louis the Boooo-ring more like).

Date: 2009-01-06 11:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dubdobdee.livejournal.com
Q=6 (<-- easy bit) are they all "radbod the sixth" ect ect

Date: 2009-01-06 12:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anatol-merklich.livejournal.com
Yup, meaning that kat+tom together got it right with Charles VI up there.

Date: 2009-01-06 12:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] freakytigger.livejournal.com
And hence x is Henry VI, thanks to Shakespeare.

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