Sunday 17 May 2015

QUIZ ANSWER # 91


Last Sunday I posted a larger version of the following photo with a street name blanked out.
The question: What is the missing name?


The answer: Lynton Walk.
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Also I said that in the 1930s a Rhyl May Queen was crowned by a Princess.
The question: Was it the Princess of  A - Samoa, B - Denmark, C - Monaco, D - Sarawak or E - Romania?

The answer: D - Sarawak.
The year is 1932, the Rhyl May Queen is Miss Rene Edwards, and the crowner is the Princess of Sarawak. The following newspaper cuttings
and portrait of the Princess are from files of the late Glyn Rees:


Click on a cutting to see more clearly.




So there we are. The Princess was an Englishwoman of the Brooke family, The White Rajas. The family’s extraordinary story is told in Wikipedia:
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Scoring 1 win for getting Lynton Walk, or 3 wins for getting Lynton Walk and Sarawak, the winners are:
Dilys Bagnall 1, The Great Gareth 3, Moira Evans 1, Dorothy Jones 1, Jane Shuttle 1, Richard & Ceri Swinney 3, Sue Handley 1.

In this new series, The Great Gareth now leads with 13 wins, Jane Shuttle is hot on his heels with 12, Richard & Ceri Swinney are looming with 11. Sue Handley and Dorothy Jones are doing well, and two more readers have scored. Everybody is welcome to join in!

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