| Author | Message | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1922 Registered: 9-2010 |
...a lot of people would have to die. | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2528 Registered: 3-2006 |
A job? A promotion? A prize? A joke? Would he have to be the last man on earth to get it? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1923 Registered: 9-2010 |
A job? You might say this... A promotion? ...or this, but neither are exactly right. The other two are definite nos. A prize? A joke? Would he have to be the last man on earth to get it?No, but hundreds of people are in line before him. | ||
| Woodworm (Woodworm)
New member Username: Woodworm Post Number: 2529 Registered: 3-2006 |
Ah, it's not a throne again, is it? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1925 Registered: 9-2010 |
Ah, it's not a throne again, is it? perhaps it is... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9607 Registered: 4-2010 |
A certain position? Or honor? A kingdom? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1928 Registered: 9-2010 |
A certain position? Or honor? A kingdom? very much so, yes. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9614 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is he low in the line of...whatever it's called? So a lot of his relatives would have to die before he could become king? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1929 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is he low in the line of...whatever it's called? The line of succession, yes So a lot of his relatives would have to die before he could become king? Very much so...although... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9618 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is he very young? A child? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1930 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is he very young? Not in the least A child? He is on the elderly side with descendants of his own, but they are... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9620 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are the descendants ahead of him in the line? Are any of his descendants currently king? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1931 Registered: 9-2010 |
Are the descendants ahead of him in the line? All of them. Are any of his descendants currently king?No, but... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9626 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is one of the descendants next in line? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1932 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is one of the descendants next in line? Yes indeed, his son is the heir apparent, because... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9628 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is he not allowed to be king? Did he use to be king? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1933 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is he not allowed to be king? oh sure, he could inherit the throne in his own right...after those five hundred-odd others... Did he use to be king? No. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9632 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is he the stepfather of the heir apparent? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1934 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is he the stepfather of the heir apparent? No...you're overlooking the obvious, my friend. *grin* This reminds me of the old one about the boy and the surgeon... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9636 Registered: 4-2010 |
Are the descendents all female? Is the king a woman? Is this a matriarchal society? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1935 Registered: 9-2010 |
Are the descendents all female? *headdesk* No, you're overcomplicating it... Is the king a woman? There isn't a king on the throne, but a... Is this a matriarchal society? most certainly not, though there is a woman on the throne. This is a real situation, as you seem to not have guessed (at least, you never asked) =P | ||
| Gregoryuconn (Gregoryuconn)
New member Username: Gregoryuconn Post Number: 521 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is the queen a woman? Or is she secretly a man? | ||
| Kalira (Kalira)
New member Username: Kalira Post Number: 540 Registered: 2-2009 |
If I may just jump in here, and I'm probably going to articulate this wrong, is it related to the fact that the line of succession passes through his wife? For example, after Wills and Kate get married and the years go by and they have kids and he's king, then he dies, the monarchy passes to the kid, not to Kate. But she is distantly related to the royal family, so if all those ppl die, THEN she would be queen. gee, I hope this is actually true, otherwise I'm going to look like a hopeless American idjit to the people from across the Pond... Something like this? Also, you said it's a real situation. Are we talking about England/Britain/UK? Denmark? Sweden? Norway? Monaco? somewhere else? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1936 Registered: 9-2010 |
Gregory Coke: Is the queen a woman? Of course, what were you expecting? Or is she secretly a man? ...I should do another King Christina puzzle at some point, I haven't done enough about Sweden lately, but no. Kalira: If I may just jump in here, and I'm probably going to articulate this wrong, is it related to the fact that the line of succession passes through his wife? very well done, yes indeed! For example, after Wills and Kate get married and the years go by and they have kids and he's king, then he dies, the monarchy passes to the kid, not to Kate. But she is distantly related to the royal family, so if all those ppl die, THEN she would be queen. gee, I hope this is actually true, assuming Kate is in the line of succession, this is exactly and precisely the same situation the puzzle statement describes, though with inverted genders. otherwise I'm going to look like a hopeless American idjit to the people from across the Pond... Something like this? I'm American too, so don't worry. Also, you said it's a real situation. Are we talking about England/Britain/UK? this and no other Denmark? Sweden? Norway? Monaco? somewhere else? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1937 Registered: 9-2010 |
somewhere else? didn't notice this one...I suppose the Commonwealth Realms count as "somewhere else", other than that, you're good | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9641 Registered: 4-2010 |
Is Queen Elizabeth married? Does the line of succession pass through her direct descendants? Don't know much about the British throne or line of succession... | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1945 Registered: 9-2010 |
Is Queen Elizabeth married? Yes, she most certainly is. Does the line of succession pass through her direct descendants? it does indeed Don't know much about the British throne or line of succession...that's what I'm here for... | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9647 Registered: 4-2010 |
So the "he" in the puzzle statement...her husband? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1946 Registered: 9-2010 |
So the "he" in the puzzle statement...her husband? exactly and precisely so! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1947 Registered: 9-2010 |
you may $poyle; wiki and google are your friends, and I like for you to learn things on your own, Balin :-D | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9650 Registered: 4-2010 |
So Prince Philip, then? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1949 Registered: 9-2010 |
***SPOILER*** Indeed, HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, is the gentleman in question. He is currently 504th in the line of succession to the British throne (not counting people barred because of illegitimacy, being Catholic, having married Catholics, etc., so there's far more than 504 names on that list) while his four children and their children follow the Queen, as their inheritance comes through her. The Duke of Edinburgh is his wife's third cousin, as they both are descendants of Queen Victoria, and also her second cousin once removed, as descendants of King Christian IX of Denmark. And now you know more about HRH Prince Philip than you did before starting this puzzle. (Also, he's a Prince in his own right, because he belonged to the royal house of Greece and Denmark before marrying the Queen...or Princess Elizabeth, as she was at the time.) This has been fun :-D | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9653 Registered: 4-2010 |
Yep - before this puzzle, I didn't even know he existed. Or that the Queen was married. Awkward. This was a fun one! | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1953 Registered: 9-2010 |
Were you not participating in my puzzle about the line of succession and Peter Phillips' soon-to-be-born child? I could have sworn it was you who brought up Prince William's engagement (though Prince Harry was the one mentioned, erroneously). Didn't you think they had a grandfather, lol? Silly Balin! | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 9662 Registered: 4-2010 |
Yeah...I have no idea how my line of thought goes | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 1955 Registered: 9-2010 |
And lateral minds are often weird which is why we all love and appreciate each other. :-D *huggles Balin* Don't worry, silly Balin. You're not in trouble from not knowing. Least not from me. Can't be speaking for Woodworm or Woubit, or any other British members. |
