Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 11/Answers/Question 7

Hmm...

Well, Carol Thatcher (daughter of Margaret Thatcher), and Tony Blair and various other prime ministers were born in 1953, when Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first "conquered" Mount Everest.

I have no idea how the numbers are relevant or what the list is. The list needs lots of entries - for example, List of asteroids/1–1000, but 60 Echo, 183 Istria, 209 Dido, and 802 Epyaxa don't seem all that important.

The 69% vote seems to refer to the French referendum on the European Constitution(although, in fact, it was 55% "no" vote out of a turnout of 69%).

Even close? Thought not... -- ALoan (Talk) 22:45, 12 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Not really. Carol Thatcher, Tony Blair, Asteroids, 1953, Tenzing Norgay and the French referendum on the European Constitution have nothing to do with this. Dmn 00:51, 13 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Knights Of The Garter

Edmund Hillary,conqueror of Everest is a member of the Order_of_the_Garter, list being List_of_Knights_and_Ladies_of_the_Garter.

The daughter of another PM : Mary_Soames,_Baroness_Soames, daughter of Winston_Churchill.

The other number which belongs with the above 4 : really don't know. Almost there though. --Oscarthecat 23:22, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thatcher, Major, Hillary and Soames aren't the four corresponding to the numbers. The List of Knights and Ladies of the Garter is the elsewhere mentioned in the question. Dmn 01:52, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Line of succession to the British Throne

I believe the list in question is Line of succession to the British Throne.

The numbers given in the question correspond to:

I did verify that nos. 60, 183, 209 and 802 are all present in List of Knights and Ladies of the Garter.

Zoicon5 17:31, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, that must be right: there is a natty table at Line of succession to the British Throne#European Monarchs in the Line of Succession:

Country	Monarch	Position
Norway	HM King Harald V	60
Sweden	HM King Carl XVI Gustaf	183
Denmark	HM Queen Margarethe II	209
Netherlands	HM Queen Beatrix	802

preceded by "HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the husband of the reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II is himself in the line of succession as a great-great grandson of Queen Victoria through his mother, Princess Alice of Battenberg. He is currently positioned at 493rd." and followed by the parenthetical remark "Were he not a Catholic, HM King Juan Carlos of Spain, as the great-grandson of Princess Beatrice, who in turn was the youngest daughter of Queen Victoria, would be in the Line of Succession somewhere around the 500 mark." -- ALoan (Talk) 17:51, 23 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

A message from Dmn by proxy: You're on the right track, but haven't answered the question yet... David 5000 00:06, 30 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Ah! The question is who else should be on the list (I am assuming the list in question is still Line of succession to the British Throne). The only other monarch I can see is Constantine II of Greece, number 423. His page says that only 31% supported the retention of the monarchy in Greece in 1974 (that is, 69% did not), so I guess we are taking about him. His wife, Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, is also in the list in her own right as number 221, followed by their children. -- ALoan (Talk) 01:01, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well done, I was indeed looking for Constantine II's rank on the British Line of Succession. 10 points User:Zoicon5 for realising the succession was the key, the rest of the points for User:ALoan for answering the question. Dmn 16:43, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]