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Quiz about Titles Honours And Other Preciosities

Titles, Honours And Other Preciosities Quiz

Sure we are much too democratically-minded to care about such nonsense as honorary medals and ribbons and other old stuff.Except Oscars of course.-But nonetheless a little bit of knowledge about such preciosities won't do us much harm , huh ?

A multiple-choice quiz by flem-ish. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
flem-ish

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
38,927

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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741

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1. Which of these honorary orders is the only one that can be awarded by at least two different countries? Hint

Golden Fleece

Order of the Thistle

Order of the Chrysanthemum

Legion d' Honneur

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2. Of which honorary order is 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' ('Shame to him who thinks evil of it') the motto? Hint

Golden Fleece

Order of the Garter

Order of the Bath

Legion d' Honneur

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3. 'Nemo me impune lacessit'. What is the 'closest' translation of the Latin motto that goes with the Scottish Order of the Thistle? Hint

Nobody laughs at me.

Nobody cheats on me.

Nobody provokes me without suffering the consequences.

Nobody cuckolds me.

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4. Which of these aristocratic ranks is the one that comes exactly in between the rank of Duke and that of Earl? Hint

Viscount

Margrave

Marquess

Baron

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5. Which of these countries has an Order of the Chrysanthemum? Hint

India

Iran

Japan

Thailand

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6. Which city was the original one to house the famous 'Peacock Throne'? Hint

Delhi (India)

Teheran (Iran)

Isfahan (Iran)

Yerevan (Armenia)

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7. What was the correct title for the wife of a Czar? Hint

Czarinskaja

Czarewitch

Czarina

Czardas Queen

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8. If you have a few of those honorary orders, it's high time you get yourself some precious stones too. Suppose you like violet, which of these stones do you need? Hint

topaz

emerald

amethyst

sapphire

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9. And are you sure you can distinguish between a real 'PRECIOUS' stone and one that is only semi-precious? Which of these is the real thing? Hint

amber

ruby

jade

malachite

10. The military too have their ranks and titles. None so antique as the British army. And by the way from what military rank do you never retire, and which may matter more, do you keep receiving the full salary FOR LIFE? Hint

field marshal

general who received the Victoria Cross

divisional general

general who has been knighted

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these honorary orders is the only one that can be awarded by at least two different countries?

Answer: Golden Fleece

Legion d'Honneur can only be awarded by France. President of France is the grandmaster. The order was created in 1802 by Napoleon. The Thistle is the national emblem of Scotland and the Order of the Thistle, is her highest award. The Order of the Chrysanthemum is a very select award at the Japanese court.

After all the chrysanthemum is the floral emblem of the imperial family itself. The Golden Fleece was created by Philip the Good of Burgundy in Pre-Columbian times. It can be conferred as well by Austria as by Spain, who both inherit of the Hapsburgian tradition. What entitles you to those honours is not easy to define. For George Washington's Purple Hearts you at least had to have received wounds 'in action'.

2. Of which honorary order is 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' ('Shame to him who thinks evil of it') the motto?

Answer: Order of the Garter

There is a story about Joan of Kent, the Countess of Salisbury, dropping her blue garter and English King Edward III picking it up and putting it on his own leg. The snickerers were further silenced with the comment: And don't you dare to be critical of this.

3. 'Nemo me impune lacessit'. What is the 'closest' translation of the Latin motto that goes with the Scottish Order of the Thistle?

Answer: Nobody provokes me without suffering the consequences.

4. Which of these aristocratic ranks is the one that comes exactly in between the rank of Duke and that of Earl?

Answer: Marquess

The normal hierarchy is Duke, Marquess, Earl or Count, Viscount, Baron. Margraves is what Marquesses developed from. The name referred to a 'count' ruling a 'march' or county at the borders of the kingdom. Marchioness was the wife of such a margrave.

5. Which of these countries has an Order of the Chrysanthemum?

Answer: Japan

Order of the Chrysanthemum: see notes to question 1.

6. Which city was the original one to house the famous 'Peacock Throne'?

Answer: Delhi (India)

Old Delhi was. The spectacularly beautiful white marble throne was one of the attractions of the so-called Red Fort built by Shah Jahan. Later, in 1793, Persian Nadir Shah carried off that throne. It became one of the richest possessions of the Persian Shahs.

7. What was the correct title for the wife of a Czar?

Answer: Czarina

Czarewitch = the son of the Czar. Czardas Queen: could not that be an operetta? = Czarinskaja: sounds like a streetname somewhere in Sankt Petersburg or pre-Soviet Moscow.

8. If you have a few of those honorary orders, it's high time you get yourself some precious stones too. Suppose you like violet, which of these stones do you need?

Answer: amethyst

Didn't the Irish call their island the Emerald one, because of the green green grass of home over there? - Topazes tend to be pale yellow. - Sapphires are blue for sure.

9. And are you sure you can distinguish between a real 'PRECIOUS' stone and one that is only semi-precious? Which of these is the real thing?

Answer: ruby

Only real precious stone in this list is the ruby: red. The other ones are 'semi-precious'. Amber: ochrish yellow - Jade: waterish green. Malachite: veined 'hard' green.

Answer: field marshal

Source: Author flem-ish

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