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    Dumb Britain !

    From " The Chase ", ITV1

    Bradley Walsh: Which Asian country is named after King Philip II of Spain ?

    Contestant ( after long pause ): Mexico

    ( reported by " Private Eye " this week )


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    i thought king phillip was married to our queen


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    That's Phil The Greek you're thinking of Steve


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    right so king phil of greece then


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    King Philip of Spain was indeed married to Queen Elizabeth's sister.. after her death, he sent love letters to her, he wanted to marry her and become king and make Britain into a catholic nation, but in return Queen Elizabeth sent him back canon balls.. soon after he sent the armada.. then they got their asses handed to them


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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert86 View Post
    King Philip of Spain was indeed married to Queen Elizabeth's sister.. after her death, he sent love letters to her, he wanted to marry her and become king and make Britain into a catholic nation, but in return Queen Elizabeth sent him back canon balls.. soon after he sent the armada.. then they got their asses handed to them
    I see. Same geezer then......small world eh.

    Married to Henry VIII' s daughter?


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    He was married to Queen Mary and was King of England and Ireland, that all changed when Elizabeth took the throne lol..


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    Quote Originally Posted by Robert86 View Post
    He was married to Queen Mary and was King of England and Ireland, that all changed when Elizabeth too the throne lol..
    Interesting Robert. My ex wife was very well up on the history of britain etc and my ex gf was well into Tudor history. But it has always been a weak point of mine. I managed to get myself through a few episodes of the Tudors a couple of years ago so picked up a smidging then.



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    Further questions MIGHT have been :-

    What were the Philippines originally called by the Spanish explorer Ruy Lopez de Villalobos after 1542 ?

    Answer :- Las Islas Felipinas – after Felipe II ( Spanish for Philip II ); or Las Islas Filipinas - after Filipe I ( Portuguese for Philip I ).

    What were the islands called on the Declaration of Independence ( June 12 1898 ) ?

    Answer :- Republica Filipina or Philippine Republic.

    When Spain and the United States finally recognized independence ( July 4 1946 ) what became the official name ?

    Answer :- Republika ng Pilipinas or Republic of the Philippines.

    What is the general name for people of the Philippines ( male and female ) or females alone ?

    Answer :- Filipinos or Filipinas.

    What names are also used to describe the country, males and females ?

    Answer :- Pinas, Pinoys, Pinays.


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    Quote Originally Posted by lastlid View Post

    Married to Henry VIII' s daughter?
    Correct ... Mary Tudor inherited her Catholic faith from her mother, Katherine of Aragon - the first of Henry's wives - and, towards the end of her relatively short reign, became better-known as 'Bloody Mary' (NOT, of course, to be with the modern tomato juice based cocktail of the same name! ) due to her relentless religious persecution of the [then] new Protestant dissenters.


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    "Mary, Mary, quite contrary… how does your garden grow… with silver bells and cockle shells and pretty maids all in a row"


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