Pub Quiz 2

@wolfgang59 said

ANSWERS

1. 1814
Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated in 1814 prior to his exile to Elba.
(Although he "abdicated" again a few days after Waterloo it is debatable it is
valid because he was never officially recognised as Emperor - indeed the
people and provisional government turned against him prior to his abdication -
nevertheless, 1815 was not an option so the only answer was 1814.)

I protest. Napoleon abdicated twice, in 1814 and in 1815. The final year, after a brief return to power, included Waterloo.

@handyandy said
I protest. Napoleon abdicated twice, in 1814 and in 1815. The final year, after a brief return to power, included Waterloo.

That's what I said.
The dispute is whether the "glorious 100 days" was really a full return to power.
I avoided controversy by not giving 1815 as possible answer.

Thanks for playing.

@suzianne said
He abdicated once and was exiled once.

If we could have Trump exiled after eight, I might be more amenable to him winning a second term.

He abdicated twice and was exiled twice actually.

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Look into it a bit more without the ever disputed Wiki and you’ll find that it was‘t technically abolished until 1998.

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Well, there’s ‘wildly accepted’ and then there’s truth. In your wildly accepted world N. Ireland wouldn’t be part of the UK as it abolished capital punishment in 1973, so whatever way you want to look at it your ‘wildly accepted’ 1969 is just plain inaccurate.

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Take your own advise and we don’t get into a discussion.

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Even in wiki it states it wasn’t fully abolished until 1998, an unused law is still a law however you want to look at it. NI is part of the UK as you know well, can’t say the UK abolished a law when NI hasn’t.

Edit: https://www.deathpenaltyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DPP-50-Years-on-pp1-68-1.pdf

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@trev33 said
Even in wiki it states it wasn’t fully abolished until 1998, an unused law is still a law however you want to look at it. NI is part of the UK as you know well, can’t say the UK abolished a law when NI hasn’t.

Edit: https://www.deathpenaltyproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DPP-50-Years-on-pp1-68-1.pdf

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As a neutral observer, Trev wins this discussion.

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