Pi's History Mysteries

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1. This Englishman once was a king To power he wanted to cling. Two boys disappeared And murder was feared. At Bosworth he lost everything. Henry VIII Edward I William IV Richard III

2. This man was a leader in war And renowned as a great orator, Inspiring the nation Through his dedication And seldom without a cigar. invinoveritas Margaret Thatcher Winston Churchill Lloyd George Tony Blair

3. This woman sat high on her horse And rode, as a matter of course, To protest the high tax That her hubby relaxed With nary a stitch on her tors(OH!) Barbarini Maid Marian Lady Godiva Joan of Arc Lady of the Lake

4. This lady from Austria did take Her seat on the throne with a flake It didn't take long For the peasants to throng To see her "eating her cake". Barbarini Marie Antoinette Duchess of Devonshire Anne Boleyn Mary, Queen of Scots

5. This ruler, she never was wed, From the time she was born until she was dead. Her courage was bold Her virtue extolled But she died all alone in her bed. Barbarini Elizabeth I Jane Grey Mary Tudor Catherine the Great

6. His wives went in fear for their heads; They never slept easy in bed. Their heads he would lop And as they did drop He sent for the next one to wed. Question by Christinap Charles I Edward VIII George III Henry VIII

7. He wanted the Scottish to win And have their very own king A great fearsome yell And his enemies fell But at Smithfield he lost all his limbs Question by Christinap Robert Bruce Andrew Moray Bonnie Prince Charlie William Wallace

8. This despot, he took quite a spill The Allies had quite had their fill Hidden down in a bunker He and Eva did hunker They both expired in their swill. Barbarini Josef Stalin Saddam Hussein Idi Amin Adolf Hitler

9. A nurse to Crimea was sent She gave succor in primitive tents. Her cause, it was brave Many lives she did save In the death toll she made a huge dent. Barbarini Florence Nightingale Clara Barton Edith Cavell Hazel W. Johnson-Brown

10. To Antarctica our hero had been The South Pole had not yet been seen But Endurance was lost In the ice - what a cost! Though he returned all his men to their kin. Barbarini Captain James Cook Captain Robert Scott Sir Ernest Shackleton Captain Lawrence Oates