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message 1: by Robin P, Orbicular Mod (last edited Sep 13, 2021 08:01PM) (new)

Robin P | 3992 comments Mod
Match these royal or "royal-ish" characters with their books:



1. King Louis XIV
2. Prince Henry George Edward James Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor
3. Princess Mia Thermopolis
4. The Queen of Hearts
5. Prince Rogers Nelson
6. King Henry VIII
7. Prince Rudolph of Ruritania
8. Queen Elizabeth II
9. Sarah Crewe
10. King Arthur


a. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
b. Wolf Hall
c. The Mists of Avalon
d. The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince
e. A Little Princess
f. Red, White & Royal Blue
g. The Gown
h. The Man in the Iron Mask
i. The Princess Diaries
j. The Prisoner of Zenda

You can put your answers as spoilers if you like, such as
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message 2: by Kendra (last edited Sep 13, 2021 09:00PM) (new)

Kendra | 2102 comments I'm trying to do this without 'cheating' by looking at the books pages. I'm absolutely sure about 6/10 and fairly sure about 2 more, the last 2 are strictly guesses.

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message 3: by Roxana (last edited Sep 13, 2021 09:13PM) (new)

Roxana (luminate) | 775 comments This is the surest I've ever been on one of these games, lol.

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Rachel A. (abyssallibrarian) | 3268 comments (view spoiler)


message 5: by °~Amy~° (new)

°~Amy~° (amybooksit) And I have only read one of these so here is my very brief answer lol

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message 6: by Kim (new)

Kim (kmyers) | 539 comments Pretty sure about 7 of them, the other 3 were process of elimination

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message 7: by Robin P, Orbicular Mod (new)

Robin P | 3992 comments Mod
Kendra wrote: "I'm trying to do this without 'cheating' by looking at the books pages. I'm absolutely sure about 6/10 and fairly sure about 2 more, the last 2 are strictly guesses.




You are correct - 10/10!



message 8: by Robin P, Orbicular Mod (last edited Sep 14, 2021 05:54AM) (new)

Robin P | 3992 comments Mod
Roxana wrote: "This is the surest I've ever been on one of these games, lol.


You also got 10/10!



message 9: by Robin P, Orbicular Mod (new)

Robin P | 3992 comments Mod
Rachel wrote: "


Yes, 10/10!



message 10: by Robin P, Orbicular Mod (new)

Robin P | 3992 comments Mod
°~Amy~° wrote: "And I have only read one of these so here is my very brief answer lol


Well, that one is right, you get the award for honesty!



message 11: by Robin P, Orbicular Mod (new)

Robin P | 3992 comments Mod
Kim wrote: "Pretty sure about 7 of them, the other 3 were process of elimination

1. King Louis XIV - h. The Man in the Iron Mask
2. Prince Henry George Edward James Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor - f. Red, White &..."


You got 6 right, some were rather tricky.


message 12: by Edie (new)

Edie | 1147 comments Clearly, I haven't read enough books about royals. Had 3 I knew, 1 solid guess and 6 that would have been totally random guesses.. so left them blank.

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message 13: by Kathy (new)

Kathy E | 3325 comments About half I know, the others are guesses.

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message 14: by Robin P, Orbicular Mod (new)

Robin P | 3992 comments Mod
Edie wrote: "Clearly, I haven't read enough books about royals. Had 3 I knew, 1 solid guess and 6 that would have been totally random guesses.. so left them blank.


1. King Louis XIV
2. Prince Henry George Edw..."


You are right about those 3, one of which I wouldn't have known without looking it up.


message 15: by Robin P, Orbicular Mod (new)

Robin P | 3992 comments Mod
Kathy wrote: "About half I know, the others are guesses.

Very good, you just had 2 mixed up.



message 16: by L Y N N (last edited Sep 16, 2021 10:13AM) (new)

L Y N N (book_music_lvr) | 1027 comments 1. King Louis XIV
2. Prince Henry George Edward James Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor
3. Princess Mia Thermopolis
4. The Queen of Hearts
5. Prince Rogers Nelson
6. King Henry VIII
7. Prince Rudolph of Ruritania
8. Queen Elizabeth II
9. Sarah Crewe
10. King Arthur


a. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
b. Wolf Hall
c. The Mists of Avalon
d. The Most Beautiful: My Life with Prince
e. A Little Princess
f. Red, White & Royal Blue
g. The Gown
h. The Man in the Iron Mask
i. The Princess Diaries
j. The Prisoner of Zenda

I trust my process of elimination worked! :)

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message 18: by Robin P, Orbicular Mod (new)

Robin P | 3992 comments Mod
Lynn wrote: "1. King Louis XIV
2. Prince Henry George Edward James Fox-Mountchristen-Windsor
3. Princess Mia Thermopolis
4. The Queen of Hearts
5. Prince Rogers Nelson
6. King Henry VIII
7. Prince Rudolph of Ru..."


Yes, you are correct!


message 19: by Robin P, Orbicular Mod (new)

Robin P | 3992 comments Mod
viemag wrote: "

Yes, you are also 100 correct!



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