He wasn't King at the time of the marriage, he had already abdicated. He became the King on 20th Jan 1936 and abdicated on 10th Dec 1936. He married Simpson on 3rd Jun 1937
I got them all right (I'm old) but my results show lots of my responses as being only 50% correct. What's up with that? Did I not capitalize when typing? Did I hesitate? How can one person only get a one-word answer 50% correct?
The right column shows your all-time average (since last reset). 50% means that you got the answer right this time but you had taken the quiz once before and missed it. (or missed twice and got it right once etc)
I thought the same thing. Though it's been a while since I've read Of Mice and Men so I don't exactly remember if they did mention where they came from.
Either way, it sounds like Steinbeck didn't have a lot of original ideas.
I had a mental blank with Clark Gable. Could see him, hear him, knew his name started with a G and had 2 minutes with only that to get. Still missed out.
Either way, it sounds like Steinbeck didn't have a lot of original ideas.