Monday Quiz

[NoMercy]

How's your brain today? I'm not sure mine's working, but we'll soon see.

First person to answer correctly takes the next go:

Q1. If you performed an oophorectomy, what would you be removing?

[Ouzel]

Henry 1

[MarkRae]

Nope - that was typhoid, IIRC...

[MarkRae]

Henry I is correct.

[maggiebee]

Henry I ?

[Ouzel]

Which of Henry VIII's wives had a dog named Urian ?

[MarkRae]

Ann Boleyn. Originally Cardinal Wolsey's IIRC...

[maggiebee]

Who, according to tradition,was the first king of the Scots

[Ouzel]

You are right, MarkRae.

[atrollope]

Sorry..did not mean to appear impertinent..I thought "Ho"way.Man" was a jovial exclamation meaning...e.g.Irish"Ah,go on,away wi"yourself"

now learn it means"Come on"..almost a command!

[MarkRae]

Kenneth McAlpine, though he almost certainly wasn't...

[maggiebee]

Kenneth Macalpine certainly given traditionally MarkRae, but as you say, probably not the first. Would be interested to find out who was though.

[atrollope]

What years did Kenneth McAlpine live in ?

[MarkRae]

IIRC, his date of birth is not know, but died in 858.

[MarkRae]

^^ *known*

[atrollope]

Does his name imply he was "Son of the Mountains"?

[MarkRae]

No - his mean means that he was son of Alpin.

[atrollope]

sorry to drive you mad :-)What does Kenneth mean.please?

[atrollope]

...and whats the frequency Kenneth?

[MarkRae]

Born of fire, i.e. handsome.

[atrollope]

That is a very cool name
But today,I might have him down as a nerd,or mummys boy.
Now I know Scotland has a long,fine tradition for producing Engineers,Scientists,Philosophers,Mathematici
ans..some
may
geeks,nerds...but maybe that goes back a very long way?
There were King Malcolms..was there a King Colin?