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# who filed a patent for a hermetically sealed burial casket? | # who filed a patent for a hermetically sealed burial casket? | ||
# which youngsters received numbered anklets by the Aberdeenshire seaside? | # which youngsters received numbered anklets by the Aberdeenshire seaside? | ||
− | #* Six young lapwings ringed by ornithologist Arthur L Thomson | + | #* Six young lapwings ringed by ornithologist Arthur L Thomson - CJB |
# who, contrary to generally accepted opinion, may have reached where after Cook? | # who, contrary to generally accepted opinion, may have reached where after Cook? | ||
+ | #* Robert Perry reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909; whereas Frederick Cook claimed to have been there a year earlier - GACJ | ||
# whose gallinaceous offering was held up by the censors and emerged posthumously? | # whose gallinaceous offering was held up by the censors and emerged posthumously? | ||
# who was rewarded for lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception? | # who was rewarded for lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception? | ||
#*Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlof - SS | #*Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlof - SS | ||
# which Portuguese island colonies lost their Quaker customers? | # which Portuguese island colonies lost their Quaker customers? | ||
+ | #* Sao Tome (customer Cadburys) - SS | ||
# whose unscheduled dip in La Manche cost him a grand? | # whose unscheduled dip in La Manche cost him a grand? | ||
#* Hubert Latham - TN | #* Hubert Latham - TN | ||
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#*Warren Hastings - JEC | #*Warren Hastings - JEC | ||
# continued to draw an annual income of £25,000 from moneys which were not his, for 15 years after resigning as PMG? | # continued to draw an annual income of £25,000 from moneys which were not his, for 15 years after resigning as PMG? | ||
− | # transferred his | + | # transferred his non transferable vouchers for his wife to travel from Glamorgan on the Great Western Railway? |
# similarly provided, inappropriately, first-class tickets for his mistress to travel to Yorkshire? | # similarly provided, inappropriately, first-class tickets for his mistress to travel to Yorkshire? | ||
# was impeached on bribery charges shortly after his elevation to a viscountcy? | # was impeached on bribery charges shortly after his elevation to a viscountcy? | ||
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# did Dizzy Mabel get drunk on gin? | # did Dizzy Mabel get drunk on gin? | ||
+ | #* Cologne: can't remember the book but it's by Grahame Greene - CJB | ||
# did George confuse the words for cushion and kiss? | # did George confuse the words for cushion and kiss? | ||
# did Peregrinus bring Christmas presents to the poor bookbinder's family? | # did Peregrinus bring Christmas presents to the poor bookbinder's family? | ||
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# did the disguised head groom cause a fire to reduce 42 houses to rubble and ashes? | # did the disguised head groom cause a fire to reduce 42 houses to rubble and ashes? | ||
# was the annual subscription for the Blue Diamond 175 (in pre-euro money)? | # was the annual subscription for the Blue Diamond 175 (in pre-euro money)? | ||
+ | #* Hamburg in Smiley's People - CJB | ||
# was the bearer of a pound of Raven mixture expected at 9.34pm? | # was the bearer of a pound of Raven mixture expected at 9.34pm? | ||
# did the people proclaim their Mayor a noddy? | # did the people proclaim their Mayor a noddy? | ||
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# which runner-up won 29 games? | # which runner-up won 29 games? | ||
# which match was decided after 12 games? | # which match was decided after 12 games? | ||
+ | #*Dorothea Douglass Chambers v Dora Boothby 6-0 6-0 in 1911 - MJK | ||
# who required 40 games for his three-set victory? | # who required 40 games for his three-set victory? | ||
+ | #*Manuel Santana v Dennis Ralston 6-4 11-9 6-4 in 1966 - MJK | ||
# which two-set match was decided after 46 games? | # which two-set match was decided after 46 games? | ||
+ | #*Margaret Smith Court v Billie Jean King 14-12 11-9 in 1970 - MJK | ||
# which champion is now remembered for his predatory reptile motif? | # which champion is now remembered for his predatory reptile motif? | ||
+ | #*Fred Perry - MJK | ||
# in which match did the runner-up win as many games and sets as the victor? | # in which match did the runner-up win as many games and sets as the victor? | ||
# which titled finalist was imprisoned by the Gestapo? | # which titled finalist was imprisoned by the Gestapo? | ||
# what was the role of Brooke's grandfather? | # what was the role of Brooke's grandfather? | ||
# who was the only victor to lose a set 0-6? | # who was the only victor to lose a set 0-6? | ||
+ | #*Bob Falkenburg in 1948 - MJK | ||
# who defeated his brother three times? | # who defeated his brother three times? | ||
+ | #*Willie Renshaw defeated Ernest in 1882, 1883 and 1889 - MJK | ||
==5) ? == | ==5) ? == | ||
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#* He was boiled alive - TJCS | #* He was boiled alive - TJCS | ||
# Who survived three attempts at hanging at Exeter? | # Who survived three attempts at hanging at Exeter? | ||
+ | #* John Babbacombe Lee - CJB | ||
==6) Who or what:== | ==6) Who or what:== | ||
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==7) Who or what:== | ==7) Who or what:== | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Van | ||
# was watched at eye level? | # was watched at eye level? | ||
+ | #*Van der Valk (name of title music) CPU | ||
# found room at one end for Victoria? | # found room at one end for Victoria? | ||
# is not trusted for the way he parts his hair? | # is not trusted for the way he parts his hair? | ||
# tale was found among the papers of the late Diedrich Knickerbocker? | # tale was found among the papers of the late Diedrich Knickerbocker? | ||
#*The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - SS | #*The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - SS | ||
+ | #*Rip Van Winkle - CJB | ||
# painted an ecclesiastical decoration for a Flanders-based Florentine banker? | # painted an ecclesiastical decoration for a Flanders-based Florentine banker? | ||
# under a changed name, was allegedly instructed to include all facial blemishes? | # under a changed name, was allegedly instructed to include all facial blemishes? | ||
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# turned to architecture following a relapse and provocation of the wife? | # turned to architecture following a relapse and provocation of the wife? | ||
# took his name from the city of Sint-Janskathedraal? | # took his name from the city of Sint-Janskathedraal? | ||
+ | #* Jeroen Anthoniszoon van Aken (Hieronymus Bosch) CPU | ||
# had a costly wetting in the Barry Burn? | # had a costly wetting in the Barry Burn? | ||
+ | #*Jean Van der Velde at Carnoustie - MJK | ||
# revealed lives by invitation? | # revealed lives by invitation? | ||
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# is garnished with eggs and crustaceans? | # is garnished with eggs and crustaceans? | ||
# is black and fork-tailed? | # is black and fork-tailed? | ||
+ | #* Black Kite - GACJ | ||
# stepped out from BA? | # stepped out from BA? | ||
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#* Diss (Old Chimney Brewery "Hairy Canary") - TN | #* Diss (Old Chimney Brewery "Hairy Canary") - TN | ||
# remember the birthplace of 007's adventures? | # remember the birthplace of 007's adventures? | ||
+ | #* Ross-shire (Black Isle Brewery, Goldeneye Pale Ale) CPU | ||
# remind us of a battle with a heptacephalic rodent? | # remind us of a battle with a heptacephalic rodent? | ||
#* Shropshire (Hanby Ales does a Nutcracker Ale) deH | #* Shropshire (Hanby Ales does a Nutcracker Ale) deH | ||
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#*Alexander the coppersmith deH | #*Alexander the coppersmith deH | ||
# Who extended his realm into the Irish Sea? | # Who extended his realm into the Irish Sea? | ||
+ | #*King Alexander III of Scotland - JEC | ||
# Who attributed the cold winter wind to the Almighty? | # Who attributed the cold winter wind to the Almighty? | ||
#* Mrs C F Alexander (All things bright and beautiful) CPU | #* Mrs C F Alexander (All things bright and beautiful) CPU | ||
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#* Alexander Fleming (different types of Penicillin) deH | #* Alexander Fleming (different types of Penicillin) deH | ||
# Who shot himself following annihilation of the Second Army by the Eighth? | # Who shot himself following annihilation of the Second Army by the Eighth? | ||
+ | #*General Alexander Samsonov - JEC | ||
# Who, following his death, may have re-emerged as a hermit, living for a further 39 years? | # Who, following his death, may have re-emerged as a hermit, living for a further 39 years? | ||
+ | #*Tsar Alexander I of Russia - JEC | ||
# Which monarch was shot, together with the French foreign minister? | # Which monarch was shot, together with the French foreign minister? | ||
+ | #*King Alexander I of Yugoslavia - JEC | ||
# Who perceived his life as a protracted period of infirmity? | # Who perceived his life as a protracted period of infirmity? | ||
+ | #*Alexander Pope - JEC | ||
# Who was challenged by Gray over his patent? | # Who was challenged by Gray over his patent? | ||
#*Alexander Graham Bell deH | #*Alexander Graham Bell deH | ||
# Who was mistaken for a match? | # Who was mistaken for a match? | ||
+ | #*Alexander Beetle (Now We Are Six - A.A. Milne) - JEC | ||
==11) Which ordinal:== | ==11) Which ordinal:== | ||
# is metronomic? | # is metronomic? | ||
− | # is liable to neuralgia? | + | # *5th (trigeminal) is liable to neuralgia? MK |
# was secured by MacArthur? | # was secured by MacArthur? | ||
#* 38th (parallel) - TN | #* 38th (parallel) - TN | ||
# may forecast persistent precipitation? | # may forecast persistent precipitation? | ||
+ | #* 15th (July, St Swithin's Day) - CJB | ||
# was applied to Sarto, the village postman's son? | # was applied to Sarto, the village postman's son? | ||
#*10th (Pope Pius X) - JEC | #*10th (Pope Pius X) - JEC | ||
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==12) Which Queen of England or Great Britain:== | ==12) Which Queen of England or Great Britain:== | ||
− | # battled for Lancaster? | + | # battled for Lancaster?f |
+ | #* Marguerite d'Anjou (wife of Henry VI) - SS | ||
# was the first to be kissed by Pepys? | # was the first to be kissed by Pepys? | ||
#* Catherine of Valois wife of Henry V - SS | #* Catherine of Valois wife of Henry V - SS | ||
# was the consort of two Kings of England? | # was the consort of two Kings of England? | ||
+ | #* Ymma (Emma) married to Ethelred the Unready and Canute - SS | ||
# made a posthumous journey to London leaving her viscera at Lincoln? | # made a posthumous journey to London leaving her viscera at Lincoln? | ||
#* Eleanor - TN | #* Eleanor - TN | ||
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# regretted the jettisoning of this for that? | # regretted the jettisoning of this for that? | ||
# corresponded with Mrs Freeman? | # corresponded with Mrs Freeman? | ||
+ | #* Anne - TN | ||
==13) Which English cathedral:== | ==13) Which English cathedral:== | ||
# is built on the highest ground? | # is built on the highest ground? | ||
+ | #* Birmingham - RAH | ||
# has both a Bishop and a Dean with a glass eye? | # has both a Bishop and a Dean with a glass eye? | ||
#* Lincoln (Bishop's Eye and Dean's Eye rose windows) CPU | #* Lincoln (Bishop's Eye and Dean's Eye rose windows) CPU | ||
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#* This is another name for the Puffin so Fratercula - deH | #* This is another name for the Puffin so Fratercula - deH | ||
# is the Hill of the Fords? | # is the Hill of the Fords? | ||
+ | #* Benbecula CPU | ||
==16) Having got into the red, complete:== | ==16) Having got into the red, complete:== | ||
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# F René? | # F René? | ||
+ | #* Chateaubriand steak deH | ||
# JD Scotus? | # JD Scotus? | ||
#* Dunce - TN | #* Dunce - TN | ||
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#*David Haye - JEC | #*David Haye - JEC | ||
# which Hat-maker has become the first female to be so honoured? | # which Hat-maker has become the first female to be so honoured? | ||
− | # what left Lavender Hill intact but sustained a rupture at Langhorn Drive? | + | # what left Lavender Hill intact but sustained a rupture at Langhorn Drive? Fake blood balloon at Twickenham - MK |
# who, in disgrace, became Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead? | # who, in disgrace, became Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead? | ||
#*Michael Martin (not too sure about the disgrace, though) - JEC | #*Michael Martin (not too sure about the disgrace, though) - JEC |
Latest revision as of 13:23, 15 January 2010
This is a collaborative attempt at the 105th King William's College Quiz by subscribers of ringing-chat (27 December 2009 on). Please add your answer below the question, with any relevant explanation in parantheses followed by your initials. Prefix the answer with #* to indent the answer without messing up the numbering.
1) During the year 1909:
- what hidden addiction was revealed in Munich?
- what was founded at the southern tip of Kinneret?
- Degania Aleph, Israel's oldest kibbutz - SS
- who filed a patent for a hermetically sealed burial casket?
- which youngsters received numbered anklets by the Aberdeenshire seaside?
- Six young lapwings ringed by ornithologist Arthur L Thomson - CJB
- who, contrary to generally accepted opinion, may have reached where after Cook?
- Robert Perry reached the North Pole on April 6, 1909; whereas Frederick Cook claimed to have been there a year earlier - GACJ
- whose gallinaceous offering was held up by the censors and emerged posthumously?
- who was rewarded for lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception?
- Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlof - SS
- which Portuguese island colonies lost their Quaker customers?
- Sao Tome (customer Cadburys) - SS
- whose unscheduled dip in La Manche cost him a grand?
- Hubert Latham - TN
- which negative logarithm came from Carlsberg?
- the pH scale deH
2) Which politician:
- was brought down by arachnoid largesse?
- was expelled as Speaker following bribery by the Corporation?
- in a constituency renowned for its RHS Show, succumbed to Campanula vestimenta alba?
- Neil Hamilton (lost his Tatton seat to "a Bell in a white suit")
- enriched himself as PMG and provided a suitable surname for one of Disraeli's fictional characters?
- was impeached, but not convicted, for allegedly accepting a bribe of 5,000 guineas from the East India Company?
- Warren Hastings - JEC
- continued to draw an annual income of £25,000 from moneys which were not his, for 15 years after resigning as PMG?
- transferred his non transferable vouchers for his wife to travel from Glamorgan on the Great Western Railway?
- similarly provided, inappropriately, first-class tickets for his mistress to travel to Yorkshire?
- was impeached on bribery charges shortly after his elevation to a viscountcy?
- used a Guest List for awarding Orders and other honours?
3) In which city:
- did Dizzy Mabel get drunk on gin?
- Cologne: can't remember the book but it's by Grahame Greene - CJB
- did George confuse the words for cushion and kiss?
- did Peregrinus bring Christmas presents to the poor bookbinder's family?
- did the enormous Olga address her guest, inappropriately, as her little turtle-dove?
- was the Cardinal encouraged to forsake celibacy in favour of a Lutheran union to solve a financial crisis?
- did the dinner guests of the extended family include poet, physician, broker, wine-merchant, lumber-merchant and pastor?
- did the disguised head groom cause a fire to reduce 42 houses to rubble and ashes?
- was the annual subscription for the Blue Diamond 175 (in pre-euro money)?
- Hamburg in Smiley's People - CJB
- was the bearer of a pound of Raven mixture expected at 9.34pm?
- did the people proclaim their Mayor a noddy?
- Hamelin - TN
4) In the finals of the AELT & CC's championships:
- which runner-up won 29 games?
- which match was decided after 12 games?
- Dorothea Douglass Chambers v Dora Boothby 6-0 6-0 in 1911 - MJK
- who required 40 games for his three-set victory?
- Manuel Santana v Dennis Ralston 6-4 11-9 6-4 in 1966 - MJK
- which two-set match was decided after 46 games?
- Margaret Smith Court v Billie Jean King 14-12 11-9 in 1970 - MJK
- which champion is now remembered for his predatory reptile motif?
- Fred Perry - MJK
- in which match did the runner-up win as many games and sets as the victor?
- which titled finalist was imprisoned by the Gestapo?
- what was the role of Brooke's grandfather?
- who was the only victor to lose a set 0-6?
- Bob Falkenburg in 1948 - MJK
- who defeated his brother three times?
- Willie Renshaw defeated Ernest in 1882, 1883 and 1889 - MJK
5) ?
- Where did 13 go to the scaffold on Friday 13th?
- Who carried out the last public execution in Britain?
- William Calcraft - JEC
- Whose controversial execution by firing squad was alluded to by Voltaire?
- Admiral Byng - JEC
- Which tailor, under sentence of death, was reprieved and elevated to Headsman?
- Ko-Ko (in 'The Mikado') - JEC
- Which sexagenarian was chased around the scaffold and needed 11 blows with the axe?
- Which teenager was hanged for rape and murder, but revived while being prepared for dissection in Surgeons' Hall?
- Who was burned alive, without prior garrotting, owing to bungling by the executioner?
- Which trooper's swollen purple throat and stark and staring eyes were mocked?
- "C. T. W. Sometime trooper of the Royal Horse Guards" ("The Ballad of Reading Gaol") - JEC
- How was the poisoner cook from John Fisher's household executed?
- He was boiled alive - TJCS
- Who survived three attempts at hanging at Exeter?
- John Babbacombe Lee - CJB
6) Who or what:
- Breads
- are endocrine?
- Sweetbreads deH
- invested in the Goat?
- is overlooked by Calum's Hill?
- Breadalbane - TN
- is repetitious (and inspiring) at Cardiff?
- Bread of Heaven deH
- is neither brightly coloured nor feathered?
- Parrot bread - TN
- were placed in 774 pots, 39 tubs and 24 boxes?
- Breadfruit deH (on the Bounty)
- nickname has been applied to the Ukraine?
- The Breadbasket (of Europe) - TN
- emphasises enthusiasm for a new idea?
- (The best thing since) sliced bread deH
- is flavoured with cloves?
- Garlic Bread - TJCS
- is palindromic?
- Naan or Hallah - SS
7) Who or what:
- Van
- was watched at eye level?
- Van der Valk (name of title music) CPU
- found room at one end for Victoria?
- is not trusted for the way he parts his hair?
- tale was found among the papers of the late Diedrich Knickerbocker?
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - SS
- Rip Van Winkle - CJB
- painted an ecclesiastical decoration for a Flanders-based Florentine banker?
- under a changed name, was allegedly instructed to include all facial blemishes?
- Pieter van der Faes (Peter Lely) - TN
- turned to architecture following a relapse and provocation of the wife?
- took his name from the city of Sint-Janskathedraal?
- Jeroen Anthoniszoon van Aken (Hieronymus Bosch) CPU
- had a costly wetting in the Barry Burn?
- Jean Van der Velde at Carnoustie - MJK
- revealed lives by invitation?
8) Who or what:
- is tragelaphine?
- antelope - SS
- is also a humming bird?
- was considered better than best?
- has a contrary reaction to that of litmus?
- Hydrangea - TN
- reverted to its former name following caprine slaughter?
- retained his virtuosity despite accidental conversion to syndactyly?
- had a facial expression likened to a fireside utensil?
- is garnished with eggs and crustaceans?
- is black and fork-tailed?
- Black Kite - GACJ
- stepped out from BA?
9. Where does the brewer:
- recall 4468?
- Nottingham (Mallard Brewery) or Horsham (WJ King's "Mallard" ale) - TN
- produce a preserved gamebird?
- Blandford St Mary (Hall & Woodhouse's Pickled Partridge ale) - TJCS
- start his product with a silent "P"?
- Ptarmigan Ale from Harviestoun Brewery - MJK
- provide a label for a hirsute cage bird?
- Diss (Old Chimney Brewery "Hairy Canary") - TN
- remember the birthplace of 007's adventures?
- Ross-shire (Black Isle Brewery, Goldeneye Pale Ale) CPU
- remind us of a battle with a heptacephalic rodent?
- Shropshire (Hanby Ales does a Nutcracker Ale) deH
- produce evidence of canine appreciation?
- Witney (Wychwood brewery's The Dog's Bollocks) - TJCS
- commemorate Joanna Maria Lind?
- Malvern (Malvern Hills Brewery "Swedish Nightingale") - TN
- appear to condone avian greed?
- recognise a recurved bill?
- Allendale (Allendale Brewery "Curlew's Return") - TN
10) ?
- Who did Paul much evil?
- Alexander the coppersmith deH
- Who extended his realm into the Irish Sea?
- King Alexander III of Scotland - JEC
- Who attributed the cold winter wind to the Almighty?
- Mrs C F Alexander (All things bright and beautiful) CPU
- Who confused rubrum and notatum when making his epic discovery?
- Alexander Fleming (different types of Penicillin) deH
- Who shot himself following annihilation of the Second Army by the Eighth?
- General Alexander Samsonov - JEC
- Who, following his death, may have re-emerged as a hermit, living for a further 39 years?
- Tsar Alexander I of Russia - JEC
- Which monarch was shot, together with the French foreign minister?
- King Alexander I of Yugoslavia - JEC
- Who perceived his life as a protracted period of infirmity?
- Alexander Pope - JEC
- Who was challenged by Gray over his patent?
- Alexander Graham Bell deH
- Who was mistaken for a match?
- Alexander Beetle (Now We Are Six - A.A. Milne) - JEC
11) Which ordinal:
- is metronomic?
- *5th (trigeminal) is liable to neuralgia? MK
- was secured by MacArthur?
- 38th (parallel) - TN
- may forecast persistent precipitation?
- 15th (July, St Swithin's Day) - CJB
- was applied to Sarto, the village postman's son?
- 10th (Pope Pius X) - JEC
- recalls tearful memories of the Tigris and Euphrates?
- 137th (psalm) - TN
- is associated with an annual brainteaser?
- Could this be self-referential? This is the 105th KWC General Knowledge paper. CPU
- was used by Wraysford in his Diary?
- signalled a peaceful trio?
- was applied to Lime?
- 3rd (The Third Man) - JEC
12) Which Queen of England or Great Britain:
- battled for Lancaster?f
- Marguerite d'Anjou (wife of Henry VI) - SS
- was the first to be kissed by Pepys?
- Catherine of Valois wife of Henry V - SS
- was the consort of two Kings of England?
- Ymma (Emma) married to Ethelred the Unready and Canute - SS
- made a posthumous journey to London leaving her viscera at Lincoln?
- Eleanor - TN
- numbered two archbishops and one bishop among her maternal uncles?
- on first meeting her future spouse had prompted him to order a glass of brandy?
- escaped in a hurry from a Cambridge Hall, before it was burned down?
- died following surgery for an umbilical hernia?
- Queen Caroline wife of George II - SS
- regretted the jettisoning of this for that?
- corresponded with Mrs Freeman?
- Anne - TN
13) Which English cathedral:
- is built on the highest ground?
- Birmingham - RAH
- has both a Bishop and a Dean with a glass eye?
- Lincoln (Bishop's Eye and Dean's Eye rose windows) CPU
- contains a medieval lectern representing a large water bird?
- Norwich (a pelican) CPU
- has accommodated a pilgrim and his family annually since 2002?
- achieved its current lofty status through meteorological intervention in 1584?
- has a gallinaceous motif commemorating the founder of a Cambridge college?
- Ely Cathedral - John Alcock deH
- possesses a plurality of plumbous receptacles for baptismal water?
- houses the tomb of the founder, in 1264, of an Oxford college?
- Rochester - TN
- has a pulpit accessed by an intramural staircase?
- houses the only equestrian statue?
14) Name the venue and the activity:
- Royal flood-plain.
- Kingsholm, rugby (Gloucester) CPU
- A half of cuckoo pint.
- Lords, cricket (cuckoo pint aka Lords and Ladies) CPU
- The headsman's victim.
- Simmonite, lacking a vowel.
- A glorious shire relocated by the sea.
- A shortened and outdated underground carriage.
- The chiropteran hang-out of the eccentric.
- Milne's joey by the river.
- Calverley's alternative.
- An ox cart perhaps.
15) Who or what:
- -ula CPU
- is perifoveal?
- Macula CPU
- is bridged by a memorial to Pepi?
- Obvious -ula to be bridged is the Vistula? CPU
- was a notoriously cruel Wallachian prince?
- Vlad the Impaler deH
- i.e. Dracula CPU
- overlooks the burial ground of Anne, Catherine and Jane?
- The Tower of London deH
- or more specifically its chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula CPU
- was thought, through its bite, to cause an extreme impulse to dance?
- The tarantula deH
- was a probable tuberculous infection, so named after a breeding sow?
- Scrofula deH
- is an abnormal passage connecting two epithelial surfaces?
- Fistula deH
- broken bone is associated with an unspoken wish?
- Furcula deH
- was Linné's name for the sea parrot?
- This is another name for the Puffin so Fratercula - deH
- is the Hill of the Fords?
- Benbecula CPU
16) Having got into the red, complete:
- Red Monopoly squares
- B-dul Carol – ........... – B-dul Eroiler.
- B-dul Kogalniceanu (Romania) - TJCS
- Holmens Kanal – ........... – Torvgade.
- Børsgade (Denmark) - TJCS
- Robinson Road – Shenton Way – ...........
- Collyer Quay (Singapore) - TJCS
- Sancová ulica – Vajnorská ulica – ...........
- Palisády (Slovakia) - TJCS
- Strandvägen – Kungsträdgårdsgatan – ...........
- Hamngatan (Sweden) - TJCS
- ........... – Boulevard Malesherbes – Avenue Henri-Martin.
- Avenue Matignon (France) - TJCS
- Plaza Urquinaona – ........... – Ronda San Pedro.
- Calle Fontanella (Spain) - TJCS
- ........... – Tartu maantee – Pärnu maantee.
- Narva maantee (Estonia) - TJCS
- ........... – Capel Street – Henry Street
- Abbey Street (Ireland) - TJCS
- Lönnrotinkatu – ........... – Simonkatu.
- Annankatu (Finland) - TJCS
17) What eponymous word owes its origin to:
- F René?
- Chateaubriand steak deH
- JD Scotus?
- Dunce - TN
- HP Mitchell?
- Melba (Dame Nellie M's real name was Helen Porter Mitchell) - JEC
- Gerhard Kremer?
- Mercator Projection of maps deH
- Charles de Rohan?
- Soubise (Charles de Rohan, Prince de Soubise) - JEC
- RV Shepherd and HJ Turpin?
- Sten gun - JEC
- John Montague?
- Sandwich (John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich) - JEC
- Haile Selassie?
- Rastafarian - TN
- C Cardoni?
- M Tracy?
- bacitracin - JEC
18) During 2009:
- who mischievously rocked the boat?
- Hazel Blears - TJCS
- whose victory in Bavaria has recalled I Samuel XVII?
- David Haye - JEC
- which Hat-maker has become the first female to be so honoured?
- what left Lavender Hill intact but sustained a rupture at Langhorn Drive? Fake blood balloon at Twickenham - MK
- who, in disgrace, became Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead?
- Michael Martin (not too sure about the disgrace, though) - JEC
- which vessel's sinking with the loss of all 36 lives has been recognised philatelically
- Ellan Vannin - SMC
- what non-event at Fort Collins recalled a fictional disaster in the Chilterns?
- who has provided extremely interesting reading matter for rail travel?
- who will never stir again, however much he is shaken
- what, according to Unesco, has risen from the dead?