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BRAIN TEASER No 51

JULY 2004

June saw the sceremony of Trooping the Colour, a celebration of the Queen’s official birthday.  The questions this time are connected with that day.

1. Two soldiers carried axes.  Why?
2. The Household Cavalry mounted band were on parade. What was unusual about the horses ridden by the clarinettists?
3. The Earl of Chester, the Duke of Rothesay and the Earl of Carrick shared one horse. Why?
4. On another horse was a Gold Stick, on another a Silver Stick. What was their roles?

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