Another riddle

Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Sherlock Holmes, James Bond and Horace
Rumpole. What is the connection?

Got me....racked the brains, cannot get the connection....Henry, Elizabeth....Monaches, Sherlock Holmes, a detective, James Bond a Spy and Horace Rumpole a Barrister, Henry knew the Law as did Elizabeth, as did James Bond so did Rumpole, so what is the connection.........Liz

stephenmlark <smlark@...> wrote:
Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Sherlock Holmes, James Bond and Horace
Rumpole. What is the connection?






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Lisence to kill??
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Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Sherlock Holmes, James Bond and Horace
Rumpole. What is the connection?






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Hi all - today is January 2, and on this day in 1492, the Catholic Kings
entered Granada as victors of the Granadine war; Boabdil el Chico, last
Moorish king of Granada, turned over the key to the city. Not long
afterward, he and his family, including mama Aixa, who risked a great
deal for his sake, will be riding over the Sierra on their way to the
coast. Boabdil will pause at a spot, look at the towers of the
Alhambra, and burst into tears. Aixa will say: "That's right. Weep
like a woman for what you couldn't defend as a man." This spot, called
"The Last Sigh of the Moor", is currently being turned into a resort,
which I think is rather nasty.

Edward Woodville took part in some the Granadine war. According to
Washington Irving, he lost a couple of teeth during the battle and
Fernando comforted him by saying something to the effect that beauty
wasn't everything.

Maria
elena@...

--- In , "victoria adamson"
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> Lisence to kill??
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> Subject: Another riddle
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> Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, Sherlock Holmes, James Bond and Horace
> Rumpole. What is the connection?
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> Two good ideas so far but neither of you are right. Bond has
nothing much to do with the law and Rumpole's earliest days at the
bar were spent saving lives.
Clue: What happened on 3 January last year?

Stephen
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> Two good ideas so far but neither of you are right. Bond has nothing
much to do with the law and Rumpole's earliest days at the bar were
spent saving lives.
Clue: What happened on 3 January last year?

Ann:
Spirit landed on Mars.

?????

L.P.H.,

Ann
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When serving poisoned soup, always serve from over the victim's right
side.
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Interesting question:

I was going to say that in every case, the wife was older than the husband,
except that I don't think Joanna of Navarre qualifies.

Another answer I thought of was that the husbands and wives were born
in different countries (Edward IV having been born in Rouen), but that
probably doesn't apply to Charles and Camilla, unless Camilla was
born abroad.

Does it have something to do with children from a previous marriage?

LML,
Pam

In a message dated 5/6/2005 3:15:54 PM Mountain Standard Time,
smlark@... writes:

--- In , "lilith82200"
<lilith@e...> wrote:
> --- In , "Stephen Lark"
> <smlark@t...> wrote:
> > Absolutely. In fact the current Prince of Wales, if he came to the
> throne under his present arrangement, would have something in common
> with Henry II, Henry IV, Edward IV and Mary I. What is the connection?
>
> They all married people who had prior spouses?
>
> Henry II - Eleanor of Aquitane
>
> Henry IV - Joanna of Navarre
>
> Edward IV - Elizabeth Woodville
>
> Mary I - Phillip of Spain

You are getting the idea but that is not the complete answer!

Stephen