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RANKS & TITLES
Question | Answer |
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TERM FOR A FEMALE KNIGHT OR THE WIFE OF A LORD | DAME |
THE FIRST RANK A BOY SCOUT ACHIEVES | TENDERFOOT |
IT'S THE TITLE USED FOR A VILLAGE CHURCH OFFICIAL WHO CARES FOR THE PROPERTY, RINGS THE BELL, AND DIGS GRAVES | SEXTON |
IT'S THE 2-WORD TITLE FOR THE HEAD OF A PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT | PRIME MINISTER |
GOING DOWN THE RANKS OF THE ROYAL NAVY, REMEMBER YOUR 3 C'S: COMMODORE, CAPTAIN, AND THIS | COMMANDER |
THESE HIGH-RANKING COUNSELORS TO THE POPE MUST ALSO BE BISHOPS | CARDINALS |
AS ONE OF THESE ENLISTED RANKS IN THE ARMY, YOUR GRADE IS E-1, OR E-2; AS A FIRST CLASS ONE, IT'S E-3 | PRIVATE |
IT'S A MEMBER OF THE LOWEST RANK OF THE FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR; JUST ASK MAURICE | CHEVALIER |
FROM 1867 TO 1914 THHIS AFRICAN COUNTRY WAS RULED BY A TURKISH VICEROY CALLED A KHEDIVE | EGYPT |
FRANCISCO FRANCO & CHIANG KAI-SHEK USED THIS TITLE AS SUPREME COMMANDER OF THEIR COUNTRY'S ARMIES | GENERALISSIMO |
LATIN FOR "TO EARN BY SERVICE", THIS HONORARY TITLE OFTEN FOLLOWS THE NAME OF A RETIRED COLLEGE PROFESSOR | EMERITUS |
A PRINCESS WHO'S THE DAUGHTER OF A PORTUGUESE OR SPANISH MONARCH IS GIVEN THIS TITLE | INFANTA |
DR. PRIMROSE WAS ONE OF THESE PRIESTS IN WAKEFIELD IN AN OLIVER GOLDSMITH NOVEL | VICAR |
IF YOU HAVE YOUR HEART SET ON BEING A LANCE CORPORAL, THIS IS THE ONLY U.S. ARMED SERVICE THAT OFFERS THAT RANK | MARINES |
IN 1841 MATTHEW PERRY WAS PROMOTED TO THIS RANK | COMMODORE |
IN 1875 FRANZ FERDINAND, FUTURE HEIR TO THE AUSTRIO-HUNGARIAN THRONE, INHERITED THIS TITLE | ARCHDUKE |
THE WIFE OF A REIGNING MONARCH IS REFERRED TO AS THE QUEEN THIS | CONSORT |
INHERITING PROPERTY & TITLE FROM HER DECEASED HUSBAND MADE TZ'U-HSI OF CHINA THIS KIND OF EMPRESS | DOWAGER |
AN ADULT VOLUNTEER IN CHARGE OF A GIRL SCOUT TROOP IS CALLED THIS...TAKE ME TO YOURS | LEADER |
CHICAGO'S FRANCIS GEORGE IS AMONG THE FEW U.S. ARCHBISHOP'S ALSO TO BE THIS | CARDINAL |
MARC GROSSMAN DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS BENEATH HIM TO TAKE THE JOB OF THIS FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT | UNDERSECRETARY |
IN THE U.S. NAVY, IF YOU RISE ABOVE YOUR PETTY OFFICER CONCERNS, YOU CAN BECOME THIS "OFFICER" RATED W-1 TO W-4 | WARRANT OFFICER |
LONDON POLICE RANKS RANGE FROM COMMISSIONER DOWN TO THIS | CONSTABLE |
THE TOP CHESS PLAYERS IN THE WORLD HAVE THIS 11-LETTER RANK | GRANDMASTER |
LIKE THE SADISTIC CLAGGART IN "BILLY BUDD", THE MASTER-AT-THESE IS THE PETTY OFFICER WHO MAINTAINS DISCIPLINE | ARMS |
ORANGE YA GLAD YOU KNOW THIS TITLE FOR A CHINESE OFFICIAL GOES BACK TO THE SANSKRIT FOR "COUNSELOR" | MANDARIN |
TITLE OF A FEUDAL SCOTTISH LORD; MACBETH WAS ONE OF GLAMIS | THANE |
A HINDU PRINCE WHO RANKS JUST ABOVE A RAJAH IS KNOWN BY THIS TITLE | MAHARAJA |
USED CHIEFLY IN REFERENCE TO HITLER, IT'S GERMAN FOR LEADER | FUHRER |
THIS TERM FOR A MUSLIM RULER OR JUDGE IS ALSO THE FIRST NAME OF THE NBA'S MR. OLAJUWON | HAKEEM |
IT'S THE U.S. AIR FORCE RANK ABBREVIATED A1C | AIRMAN FIRST CLASS |
IT WAS THE TITLE OF THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE OF INDEPENDENT GENOA | DOGE |
RANK SHARED BY KIRK, KIDD, AND KANGAROO | CAPTAIN |
HIS "NEW CLOTHES" WERE NO CLOTHES | EMPEROR |
THIS ARMY RANK'S NAME CAN BE EXTENDED WITH "ISSIMO" | GENERAL |
TITLE FOR THE SOVEREIGN PRINCE OF AUSTRIA'S ROYAL FAMILY; FRANCIS FERDINAND WAS ONE | ARCHDUKE |
ANY BIRDBRAIN KNOWS IT'S THE HIGHEST RANK A BOY SCOUT CAN ATTAIN | EAGLE SCOUT |
FROM THE 12TH TO THE 19TH CENTURIES, A PERSON WITH THIS TITLE GOVERNED JAPAN; THE EMPEROR'S RULE WAS NOMINAL | SHOGUN |
TITLE FOR THE PRESIDENT OF A YACHT CLUB, OR THE RANK JUST BELOW A NAVY'S REAR ADMIRAL | COMMODORE |
A COUNT IN GERMANY | GRAF |
2 OF THE TITLES IN THE DICTIONARY THAT BEGIN WITH THE LETTERS "KH" | KHAN, KHALIF, KHEDIVE |
THE FRENCH EQUIVALENT OF MR., IT'S ABBREVIATED JUST "M" | MONSIEUR |
TITLE SHARED BY A LARGE MOTH OR THE LARGEST PENGUIN | EMPEROR |
AFTER TAKING VENICE, NAPOLEON ABOLISHED THIS TITLE OF THE RULER OF THE CITY | DOGE |
ARABIC'S AMIR-AL-BAHR, OR COMMANDER OF THE SEA, BECAME THIS ENGLISH TITLE | ADMIRAL |
A MEMBER OF A STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD, OR A PERSON WHO SUBSTITUTES FOR A KING | REGENT |
A VICEREINE IS THE WIFE OF ONE OF THESE | VICEROY |
YOU'RE ON A ROLL IF YOU KNOW THIS WAS THE TITLE OF THE GERMAN EMPEROR FROM 1871 TO 1918 | KAISER |
THANK HEAVEN FOR THIS LOWEST RANK OF THE FRENCH NOBLITY | CHEVALIER |
ENTER & SIGN IN PLEASE WITH THIS ADMITTING OFFICER OF A UNIVERSITY | REGISTRAR |
AFTER RETIREMENT, THIS ADJECTIVE CAN BE ADDED TO ONE'S TITLE TO MAKE IT HONORARY | EMERITUS |
OWAIN GLYNDWR, WHO DIED CIRCA 1416, WAS THE LAST NATIVE OF HIS COUNTRY TO CLAIM THIS TITLE | PRINCE OF WALES |
IN 1950 PIUS XII WAS PONTIFEX MAXIMUS; EXACTLY 2,000 YEARS EARLIER, THIS MAN HELD A TITLE OF THE SAME NAME | JULIUS CAESAR |
QUEEN VICTORIA & INDIRA GANDHI EACH HELD THIS TITLE, THOUGH ONLY ONE WAS OFFICIAL | EMPRESS OF INDIA |
ORDER OF RANKS OF BRITISH PEERAGE | BARON, VISCOUNT, EARL, MARQUIS, DUKE |
TITLE OF THE CROWN PRINCE OF FRANCE | DAUPHIN |
IT WAS THE HIGHEST MILITARY RANK EISENHOWER ACHIEVED BEFORE RESIGNING SO HE COULD RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY | 5-STAR GENERAL |
THIS TERM WAS FIRST USED IN THE MILITARY FOR ABANDONING A FORMATION | BREAKING RANKS |
THIS MILITARY RANK CAN ALSO MEAN THE OPPOSITE OF COMMUNAL | PRIVATE |
THIS MILITARY RANK COMES FROM A FRENCH PHRASE FOR "PLACE HOLDING" | LIEUTENANT |
THE MILITARY MEN WHO TOOK OVER GREECE IN 1967 WERE COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS THESE, THE RANK MANY OF THEM HELD | THE COLONELS |
IT'S THE MILITARY RANK THE CONSTITUTION GIVES THE U.S. PRESIDENT | COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF |