The Daily Teaser — 3-3-2014: The Empire In The East

Oops … !

BIG Oops!

AHEM … !

I have to admit, I’ve last night’s episode of The Musketeers on in the background.

And while I don’t know how close they are to the original novels … ?

They’re proving to be great fun, as far as I’m concerned: lot’s of extreme babysitting in this weeks, and all sorts of goings-on.

Oh … And a Medici … !

Like … goings-on … 

Hmmm … I’ve got to be in Basildon, today: I’d better get a move on, hadn’t I … ?

~≈∂≈~

Yesterday’s Teaser saw Debbi* putting her answers: and bagging ten out of ten.

Let’s see how she — and you — do with today’s Imperial questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, License and video … 

Q1) 3rd March, 1924, saw Abdul Mejid II deposed, when his post was abolished.   What was the post he held: Emir or Caliph?

Q2) Which empire had he been ruler of … ?

Q3) That empire’s ruling house was called what: Osman, Osmond or Osbourne … ?

Q4) Who was the first ruler of the empire?

Q5) What was the official religion of the empire: Judaism, Christianity or Islam … ?

Q6) The empire’s army included the Janissaries.   The Janissaries were an elite force of what: infantry, dragoons or cavalry?

Q7) What — by the time the Empire collapsed — was the empire’s capital city … ?

Q8) What was the empire’s currency: the dinar, lira or dirham?

Q9) Which modern country is the successor state of the empire … ?

Q10) Finally … Who was the reformer — and World War 1 Army officer — who founded that modern state … ?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 2nd March saw the formal chartering of the UK’s College of Arms.   By which English king: Richard 1st, Richard 2nd or Richard 3rd … ?

A1) The obscure bit of rhyming that is Richard 3rd.

Q2) In which year of the 1480s was this … ?

A2) 1484.

Q3) The College of Arms covers every country of the UK: apart from where … ?

A3) Scotland.

Q4) What’s the equivalent body, in that part of the UK … ?

A4) The Court of the Lord Lyon.

Q5) The three senior officers of the College of Arms are are called whats of arms?

A5) Kings of Arms.

Q6) The next rank down are called what: dukes, heralds or pursuivants … ?

A6) Heralds in Arms: the pursuivants of arms are the most junior.

Q7) If your coat of arms is the pattern the College of Arms calls Chequy, it’s got what sort of pattern: chequerboard, striped or honeycombed … ?

A7) Checkerboard.

Q8) The shield in your coat of arms is party per pale.   This means it’s divided in half, how: horizontally or vertically?

A8) Vertically.

Q9) Two or more coats heraldic shields combined into one are said to be what: privated, generalled or marshaled?

A9) Marshaled.

Q10) Finally … what name is given to the various figures — usually animal in nature — standing on either side of a heraldic shield?

A10) The supporters.   (Although Cornwall County Council has a fisherman and a tin miner.)

Enjoy those.

I’ll leave you with this thought …

“Devlet-i Ebed-müddet”

Motto of Abdul Mejid II’s empire.

And with this song: as the composer would’ve been alive at the time of Abdul Mejid II … 

Enjoy your day … 

*        Cheers, Debbi!   I’m rather pleased with that one … !