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#*Chocolate soldier - DL | #*Chocolate soldier - DL | ||
# who gained her second first at an old east-coast fort? | # who gained her second first at an old east-coast fort? | ||
+ | #* Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (first female mayor, also first female with a medical qualification) - Hippo | ||
# where did the Thomas Flyer arrive on the Asiatic mainland? | # where did the Thomas Flyer arrive on the Asiatic mainland? | ||
#*Vladivostok - RAH | #*Vladivostok - RAH | ||
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#* Edward VII (Cullinan diamond) - PPB | #* Edward VII (Cullinan diamond) - PPB | ||
# whose resignation pre-empted his demise by just 16 days? | # whose resignation pre-empted his demise by just 16 days? | ||
+ | #* Henry Campbell-Bannerman - TN | ||
# which tale launched a nouveau riche boy-racer? | # which tale launched a nouveau riche boy-racer? | ||
#*Wind in the Willows - TJCS | #*Wind in the Willows - TJCS | ||
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# describing his subject's physiognomy with a succession of v's? | # describing his subject's physiognomy with a succession of v's? | ||
# justifying the creation of a short palindromic nickname for "himself"? | # justifying the creation of a short palindromic nickname for "himself"? | ||
+ | #* Charles Dickens (Great Expectations) - deH | ||
# describing the emergence at dawn of a moustached little man with bowlegs? | # describing the emergence at dawn of a moustached little man with bowlegs? | ||
# recalling melancholy inspiration from early evening sights and sounds in a rural churchyard? | # recalling melancholy inspiration from early evening sights and sounds in a rural churchyard? | ||
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# providing an alibi for the white kitten? | # providing an alibi for the white kitten? | ||
#*Lewis Carroll (Through the Looking-glass) - JEC | #*Lewis Carroll (Through the Looking-glass) - JEC | ||
+ | |||
==3)[Telegrams] == | ==3)[Telegrams] == | ||
# Whose ground-breaking effort quoted Numbers XXIII, 23? | # Whose ground-breaking effort quoted Numbers XXIII, 23? | ||
+ | #* Samuel Morse (First public telegraph message, 24/5/1844: "What hath God wrought") - TN | ||
# Who wired who confirming worst fears and requesting gumboots? | # Who wired who confirming worst fears and requesting gumboots? | ||
+ | #* The Consul in Solitas to the US Government (in "Cabbages and Kings" - he requested gunboats and they sent gumboots) - TN | ||
+ | #* Flora Poste | ||
# Whose telegram caused Dew to hasten westward on the Laurentic? | # Whose telegram caused Dew to hasten westward on the Laurentic? | ||
#*Captain Henry George Kendall (SS Montrose) - RAH | #*Captain Henry George Kendall (SS Montrose) - RAH | ||
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# Who described a suave, Bohemian, elderly, storekeeper in the Commercial Road? | # Who described a suave, Bohemian, elderly, storekeeper in the Commercial Road? | ||
# Which repetitious message prompted the query "Does that mean Yes?" | # Which repetitious message prompted the query "Does that mean Yes?" | ||
+ | #* Better drowned than duffers if not duffers wont drown, Swallows and Amazons - DPG | ||
# Who discovered a crumpled telegram reading "Suivez à Bokhare Saronov"? | # Who discovered a crumpled telegram reading "Suivez à Bokhare Saronov"? | ||
# On what occasion was the royal wrath not expressed in code? | # On what occasion was the royal wrath not expressed in code? | ||
+ | |||
==4)[Scottish Islands] == | ==4)[Scottish Islands] == | ||
# What is the Island of Sheep? | # What is the Island of Sheep? | ||
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#* The monastery that he, King David had founded on the Isle of May, given to the abbey at Reading - Ted | #* The monastery that he, King David had founded on the Isle of May, given to the abbey at Reading - Ted | ||
# Where did an amputated digit earn its owner the right to build a monastery? | # Where did an amputated digit earn its owner the right to build a monastery? | ||
+ | #* Lismore - TN | ||
# Where did the great grandson of King John III make his first British landfall? | # Where did the great grandson of King John III make his first British landfall? | ||
+ | #* Eriskay (Bonnie Prince Charlie) - CPU | ||
# Where is the unique mutton derived from a diet of Laminaria? | # Where is the unique mutton derived from a diet of Laminaria? | ||
#* North Ronaldsay - Ted | #* North Ronaldsay - Ted | ||
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#* Gruinard Island (Anthrax contamination) - deH | #* Gruinard Island (Anthrax contamination) - deH | ||
# To what was Meg's deafness compared? | # To what was Meg's deafness compared? | ||
+ | #* Ailsa Craig (Robert Burns) - Hippo | ||
# Where was Andie Dale the prefect? | # Where was Andie Dale the prefect? | ||
+ | #* The Bass Rock (Catriona) - deH | ||
==5) Travelling from Nordic lands, try unravelling: [-ling] == | ==5) Travelling from Nordic lands, try unravelling: [-ling] == | ||
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#*Quisling - CPU | #*Quisling - CPU | ||
# then Merrill's famed fisherman partner | # then Merrill's famed fisherman partner | ||
+ | #*Jussi Bjorling ("The Pearl Fishers" duet) | ||
# and a misplaced cygnet, | # and a misplaced cygnet, | ||
#*The Ugly Duckling - CPU | #*The Ugly Duckling - CPU | ||
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#* Pope Alexander VI - PPB | #* Pope Alexander VI - PPB | ||
# invested Henry Sinclair as Earl of Orkney? | # invested Henry Sinclair as Earl of Orkney? | ||
− | #*Haakon VI of Norway - CPU | + | #* Haakon VI of Norway - CPU |
− | # had a half-sister sired by his | + | # had a half-sister sired by his father's physician? |
+ | #* Frederick VI of Denmark - CPU | ||
# founded a Siamese school, which was later named in his honour? | # founded a Siamese school, which was later named in his honour? | ||
+ | #* Rama VI of Siam (Thailand)- DPG | ||
# was born on the 34th annversary of the death of his great grandfather and the 17th of that of his great aunt? | # was born on the 34th annversary of the death of his great grandfather and the 17th of that of his great aunt? | ||
+ | #* George VI - DPG | ||
# was the offspring of parents sharing the same grandmother? | # was the offspring of parents sharing the same grandmother? | ||
+ | #* James VI and I (the grandmother being Margaret Tudor) - CPU | ||
# was the 36th and last in a line started in 1299? | # was the 36th and last in a line started in 1299? | ||
#* Mehmed VI of the Ottoman Empire - RAS | #* Mehmed VI of the Ottoman Empire - RAS | ||
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#* Constantine VI - PPB | #* Constantine VI - PPB | ||
# was tripartite? | # was tripartite? | ||
− | #*Henry VI (Shakespeare plays) - CPU | + | #* Henry VI (Shakespeare plays) - CPU |
==7)[Languages] == | ==7)[Languages] == | ||
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#* Esperanto - RAS | #* Esperanto - RAS | ||
# Which language of the Romance group has a definite article suffix? | # Which language of the Romance group has a definite article suffix? | ||
+ | #* Romanian - MJB | ||
# Of which European language is the origin unknown, even to the experts? | # Of which European language is the origin unknown, even to the experts? | ||
#* Basque - RAS | #* Basque - RAS | ||
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#* Slovene - MBD | #* Slovene - MBD | ||
#* Manx - Ernie | #* Manx - Ernie | ||
+ | |||
==8) What: [Shellfish] == | ==8) What: [Shellfish] == | ||
# is also a game using 28 marbles? | # is also a game using 28 marbles? | ||
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#* Crabs (Under Milk Wood) - Hippo | #* Crabs (Under Milk Wood) - Hippo | ||
# nominally, has blue representatives in another kingdom? | # nominally, has blue representatives in another kingdom? | ||
+ | #* Periwinkle | ||
# when baked too brown, must sugar his hair? | # when baked too brown, must sugar his hair? | ||
#* The Lobster (Alice in Wonderland) - GZ | #* The Lobster (Alice in Wonderland) - GZ | ||
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# sleepwalking? | # sleepwalking? | ||
# elliptical orbits? | # elliptical orbits? | ||
+ | #* Johannes Kepler, Prague Main to Wiesbaden (overnight train) - SJF | ||
# the quintessential libertine? | # the quintessential libertine? | ||
+ | #* Casanova, Ljubljana - Venice (train) - SJF | ||
# a soldier without a passport? | # a soldier without a passport? | ||
# the founding father of the EU? | # the founding father of the EU? | ||
+ | #* Jean Monnet, Bruxelles Midi - Basel (train) - SJF | ||
# the royal prisoner of Sönderborg? | # the royal prisoner of Sönderborg? | ||
# Judith and three mute wives? | # Judith and three mute wives? | ||
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#* Flying Horse (Pegasus, from Earth to Mount Olympus) - GACJ | #* Flying Horse (Pegasus, from Earth to Mount Olympus) - GACJ | ||
# melting clocks? | # melting clocks? | ||
+ | #* Train from Kunming to Dali? - TN | ||
+ | |||
==10) Which river:== | ==10) Which river:== | ||
# received the defeated Aunus? | # received the defeated Aunus? | ||
− | # floats laden barges by banks of myosote? | + | #* Tuulos - TN |
+ | # floats laden barges by banks of myosote? | ||
+ | #* Thames DPG | ||
# was central to the non-payment of a mayoral debt? | # was central to the non-payment of a mayoral debt? | ||
+ | #* Weser (Pied Piper of Hamelin) - TN | ||
# was identified without doubt by the discovery of the initials AD | # was identified without doubt by the discovery of the initials AD | ||
# saw Captain Schenk acquire an engineer to replace the deceased Walter? | # saw Captain Schenk acquire an engineer to replace the deceased Walter? | ||
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#*The Jordan (Joshua 3) - CPU | #*The Jordan (Joshua 3) - CPU | ||
# provided drinks for kine, and horses, and little humorous donkeys? | # provided drinks for kine, and horses, and little humorous donkeys? | ||
+ | #* The Oise - DPG | ||
# along with Cairo was passed unnoticed by the raft in the fog? | # along with Cairo was passed unnoticed by the raft in the fog? | ||
+ | #*Ohio (Mark Twain, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn") - SJF | ||
# was a source of shelly snails and green lettuces? | # was a source of shelly snails and green lettuces? | ||
#* The Amazon. (Kipling, "The Beginning of the Armadillos"). | #* The Amazon. (Kipling, "The Beginning of the Armadillos"). | ||
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#* Stan Mortensen, in Stanley Matthews' final - Hippo | #* Stan Mortensen, in Stanley Matthews' final - Hippo | ||
# claimed continuing labial adhesiveness? | # claimed continuing labial adhesiveness? | ||
+ | #* Stanley Kubrick? (Eyes wide shut) - TN | ||
# was formerly William and succeeded Louis? | # was formerly William and succeeded Louis? | ||
# in repetitive utterances, anticipated Glyn Daniel et al? | # in repetitive utterances, anticipated Glyn Daniel et al? | ||
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#* Lord Derby. (After The Battle of Worcester. Ted | #* Lord Derby. (After The Battle of Worcester. Ted | ||
# was targeted by Nat and Dermot? | # was targeted by Nat and Dermot? | ||
+ | #* Stanley Weller. Pinter's "The Birthday Party" Ted | ||
# was presumptuous? | # was presumptuous? | ||
#* Henry Morton Stanley (on finding Dr Livingstone) - Hippo | #* Henry Morton Stanley (on finding Dr Livingstone) - Hippo | ||
− | ==12) Where: [Charles Dickens]== | + | ==12) Where: [Charles Dickens Pubs]== |
# was the mistress leguminous? | # was the mistress leguminous? | ||
+ | #*The Blue Dragon Inn (Martin Chuzzlewit) - GACJ | ||
# were the Harmonic Meetings regularly held? | # were the Harmonic Meetings regularly held? | ||
#*The Sol's Arms (Bleak House) - TJCS | #*The Sol's Arms (Bleak House) - TJCS | ||
# was Rogue resuscitated after his prolonged immersion? | # was Rogue resuscitated after his prolonged immersion? | ||
+ | #*The Six Jolly Fellowship Porters (Our Mutual Friend) - GACJ | ||
# did the circus manager point out that "People must be amuthed"? | # did the circus manager point out that "People must be amuthed"? | ||
#*Coketown (Hard Times) - TJCS | #*Coketown (Hard Times) - TJCS | ||
# did the curate speak for one hour and 25 minutes at an anti-slavery meeting? | # did the curate speak for one hour and 25 minutes at an anti-slavery meeting? | ||
+ | #* The Goat and Boots (Sketches by Boz) - DPG | ||
# did a little, yellow high-shouldered man, with a fixed grim smile, tell about a queer client? | # did a little, yellow high-shouldered man, with a fixed grim smile, tell about a queer client? | ||
+ | #* The Pickwick Club (The Pickwick Papers) - DPG | ||
# did the landlord report that Phil was so drunk that a boy might take him? | # did the landlord report that Phil was so drunk that a boy might take him? | ||
+ | #* The Three Cripples (oliver Twist) - DPG | ||
# did the Yorkshire schoolmaster interview tutors and pupils? | # did the Yorkshire schoolmaster interview tutors and pupils? | ||
+ | #*The Saracens Head (Nicholas Nickleby) - GACJ | ||
# did the strange man stir his rum-and-water with a file? | # did the strange man stir his rum-and-water with a file? | ||
+ | #* Three Jolly Bargemen (Great Expectations) - DPG | ||
# did the hangman bind the old man to his chair? | # did the hangman bind the old man to his chair? | ||
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#* William Henry Harrison (who only lasted for 31 days as president in 1841) - RAH | #* William Henry Harrison (who only lasted for 31 days as president in 1841) - RAH | ||
# Who was described as a withered little apple-john? | # Who was described as a withered little apple-john? | ||
+ | #* James Madison DPG | ||
# Whose nickname was perfect for a slogan of approval? | # Whose nickname was perfect for a slogan of approval? | ||
+ | #*Abraham Lincoln? (Honest Abe) - TJCS | ||
# Who enlisted as a private, but came out as a brevet major? | # Who enlisted as a private, but came out as a brevet major? | ||
+ | #* Ronald Reagan RAH | ||
# Who maintained that silence ensured no need for repetition? | # Who maintained that silence ensured no need for repetition? | ||
+ | #* Calvin Coolidge - TN | ||
# Who, in his youth, admitted to cutting down a cherry tree? | # Who, in his youth, admitted to cutting down a cherry tree? | ||
#*George Washington - TJCS | #*George Washington - TJCS | ||
# Who compared his strength to that of a male cervid? | # Who compared his strength to that of a male cervid? | ||
+ | #* Theodore Roosevelt ("strong as a bull moose") - TN | ||
# Who is remembered, nominally, in West Africa? | # Who is remembered, nominally, in West Africa? | ||
#* Monroe - PPB | #* Monroe - PPB | ||
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#*Sir Mulberry Hawk (Nicholas Nickleby) - GACJ | #*Sir Mulberry Hawk (Nicholas Nickleby) - GACJ | ||
# possessed nothing but the –contents of his wallet, the clothes he stood up in, the hare-lip, the automatic he should have left behind? | # possessed nothing but the –contents of his wallet, the clothes he stood up in, the hare-lip, the automatic he should have left behind? | ||
+ | #*Philip Raven (A Gun for Sale) - GACJ | ||
# was as little interested in love as in the habits of Trematodes? | # was as little interested in love as in the habits of Trematodes? | ||
+ | #* Shearwater - DPG | ||
# wore white for her immolation on October 27? | # wore white for her immolation on October 27? | ||
− | |||
# advocated unlimited slaughter of bluejays? | # advocated unlimited slaughter of bluejays? | ||
#* Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird) - GZ | #* Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird) - GZ | ||
# posed as Doctor Copernicus? | # posed as Doctor Copernicus? | ||
− | ==16) Following my leader, who or what:== | + | |
+ | ==16) Following my leader, who or what:[Flies, as in fishing] == | ||
# is a Hampshire jewel? | # is a Hampshire jewel? | ||
# decorated Findlater's label? | # decorated Findlater's label? | ||
+ | #* A dry fly (fishing). Ted | ||
# is meteorologically striking? | # is meteorologically striking? | ||
+ | #* Thunder and lightning - TN | ||
# houses Colum Cille's shrine? | # houses Colum Cille's shrine? | ||
# could be wild duck washed down with Ch. Latour? | # could be wild duck washed down with Ch. Latour? | ||
+ | #* Mallard and Claret - TN | ||
# might refer to poor Sarah's biliary obstruction? | # might refer to poor Sarah's biliary obstruction? | ||
# is absolutely necessary to a ram? | # is absolutely necessary to a ram? | ||
+ | #* Tup's Indispensible - TN | ||
# was Anastasia's great aunt? | # was Anastasia's great aunt? | ||
# could have been a crusader? | # could have been a crusader? | ||
+ | #* Soldier Palmer - TN | ||
# is a –musteline appendage? | # is a –musteline appendage? | ||
+ | #* Stoat's Tail Ted | ||
+ | |||
==17) In which town:== | ==17) In which town:== | ||
# did prisoner 24601 steal the episcopal silver? | # did prisoner 24601 steal the episcopal silver? | ||
#*Digne (Les Miserables) - GACJ | #*Digne (Les Miserables) - GACJ | ||
# did Lady de Winter poison the novice at the convent? | # did Lady de Winter poison the novice at the convent? | ||
+ | #* Bethune (The Three Musketeers) - Hippo | ||
# was the cathedral like a vast boudoir prepared for Emma? | # was the cathedral like a vast boudoir prepared for Emma? | ||
+ | #* Rouen (Madame Bovary) - Hippo | ||
# did Jake, dining alone, drink a bottle of Ch. Margaux for company? | # did Jake, dining alone, drink a bottle of Ch. Margaux for company? | ||
# did Duhamel ask that the crayfish should be very lightly boiled just seized? | # did Duhamel ask that the crayfish should be very lightly boiled just seized? | ||
# did la Baronne de la Chalonnière encounter Alexander Duggan at the Hôtel du Cerf? | # did la Baronne de la Chalonnière encounter Alexander Duggan at the Hôtel du Cerf? | ||
+ | #* Gap (Day of the Jackal) DPG | ||
# did Holmes spend some months in a research into coal-tar derivatives? | # did Holmes spend some months in a research into coal-tar derivatives? | ||
#*Montpelier - EBH | #*Montpelier - EBH | ||
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#*Stilton - DL | #*Stilton - DL | ||
# who, following 2nd at 2K with 3 others, got 1st at 3K alone? | # who, following 2nd at 2K with 3 others, got 1st at 3K alone? | ||
+ | #* Rebecca Romero (silver 2004 rowing quad sculls, gold 2008 cycling)- Hippo | ||
# which sometime bulbous plant would seem to be involved with "arthrology"? | # which sometime bulbous plant would seem to be involved with "arthrology"? | ||
#*Garlic - EBH | #*Garlic - EBH |
Latest revision as of 22:38, 27 December 2009
This is a collaborative attempt at the King William's College Quiz by subscribers of ringing-chat (28 December 2008 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 screwing up the numbering.
1) During the year 1908:
- who announced T?
- Henry Ford - TJCS
- who finished at 59 with 15 and 25?
- WG Grace - CMP
- what confectionery was inspired by Shaw?
- Chocolate soldier - DL
- who gained her second first at an old east-coast fort?
- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (first female mayor, also first female with a medical qualification) - Hippo
- where did the Thomas Flyer arrive on the Asiatic mainland?
- Vladivostok - RAH
- whose birthday present was cut into nine pieces for the family headdress and other equipment?
- Edward VII (Cullinan diamond) - PPB
- whose resignation pre-empted his demise by just 16 days?
- Henry Campbell-Bannerman - TN
- which tale launched a nouveau riche boy-racer?
- Wind in the Willows - TJCS
- for whom was Lord Hugh best man?
- Winston Churchill - TJCS
- what event elevated Manuel?
- The assassination of his father and brother - CMP
2) Who began what by: [Literary Openings]
- recalling unusual citrous abundance?
- describing his subject's physiognomy with a succession of v's?
- justifying the creation of a short palindromic nickname for "himself"?
- Charles Dickens (Great Expectations) - deH
- describing the emergence at dawn of a moustached little man with bowlegs?
- recalling melancholy inspiration from early evening sights and sounds in a rural churchyard?
- Gray (Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard) - Ted
- suggesting that it was generally accepted that a well-heeled loner must be looking for a lady?
- Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice) - Ted
- describing a studio filled with the scents of roses, lilac and pink-flowered thorn?
- describing his hero facing execution and recalling the –discovery of ice?
- recalling a send-off from family and friends at Charing Cross?
- providing an alibi for the white kitten?
- Lewis Carroll (Through the Looking-glass) - JEC
3)[Telegrams]
- Whose ground-breaking effort quoted Numbers XXIII, 23?
- Samuel Morse (First public telegraph message, 24/5/1844: "What hath God wrought") - TN
- Who wired who confirming worst fears and requesting gumboots?
- The Consul in Solitas to the US Government (in "Cabbages and Kings" - he requested gunboats and they sent gumboots) - TN
- Flora Poste
- Whose telegram caused Dew to hasten westward on the Laurentic?
- Captain Henry George Kendall (SS Montrose) - RAH
- Who, on sighting the enemy, urgently requested a firearm and 300 bullets?
- Whose expression of delight was accompanied by a request for a patent oil cooking stove?
- With what single word did the defeated Governor allegedly advise cancellation of the papal travel arrangements?
- Who described a suave, Bohemian, elderly, storekeeper in the Commercial Road?
- Which repetitious message prompted the query "Does that mean Yes?"
- Better drowned than duffers if not duffers wont drown, Swallows and Amazons - DPG
- Who discovered a crumpled telegram reading "Suivez à Bokhare Saronov"?
- On what occasion was the royal wrath not expressed in code?
4)[Scottish Islands]
- What is the Island of Sheep?
- Soay (an island off the coast of either Skye or Hirta depending which Soay is meant) - RAS
- Where did the sea cave inspire Op 26?
- Staffa (Hebrides - Fingal's Cave) - deH
- Where was Magnus Erlendsson executed?
- Egilsay, Orkney - PPB
- What was David's gift to the Berkshire monks?
- The monastery that he, King David had founded on the Isle of May, given to the abbey at Reading - Ted
- Where did an amputated digit earn its owner the right to build a monastery?
- Lismore - TN
- Where did the great grandson of King John III make his first British landfall?
- Eriskay (Bonnie Prince Charlie) - CPU
- Where is the unique mutton derived from a diet of Laminaria?
- North Ronaldsay - Ted
- Where was quarantine enforced for 48 years?
- Gruinard Island (Anthrax contamination) - deH
- To what was Meg's deafness compared?
- Ailsa Craig (Robert Burns) - Hippo
- Where was Andie Dale the prefect?
- The Bass Rock (Catriona) - deH
5) Travelling from Nordic lands, try unravelling: [-ling]
- the eponymous traitor,
- Quisling - CPU
- then Merrill's famed fisherman partner
- Jussi Bjorling ("The Pearl Fishers" duet)
- and a misplaced cygnet,
- The Ugly Duckling - CPU
- contrasting with a little anser,
- Gosling - CPU
- thousands of whose elders visit a Waddenzee barrier island,
- Terschelling - CPU
- while in Belgium, memories of Ursula are awakened by a Flemish Primitive,
- Memling - PPB
- and in the Amblève, or perhaps the Lesse, one might confusingly make geometry a sport
- Angling - CPU
- and try to catch a little trout
- Tickling - PPB
- or even its seemingly lepidopteran relative
- Grayling - Ted
- before celebrating in Germany with Piesport's speciality
- Riesling - CPU
6) Who: [Regnal number VI]
- was Foolish?
- Charles VI of France - PPB
- was Rodrigo de Borja y Borja?
- Pope Alexander VI - PPB
- invested Henry Sinclair as Earl of Orkney?
- Haakon VI of Norway - CPU
- had a half-sister sired by his father's physician?
- Frederick VI of Denmark - CPU
- founded a Siamese school, which was later named in his honour?
- Rama VI of Siam (Thailand)- DPG
- was born on the 34th annversary of the death of his great grandfather and the 17th of that of his great aunt?
- George VI - DPG
- was the offspring of parents sharing the same grandmother?
- James VI and I (the grandmother being Margaret Tudor) - CPU
- was the 36th and last in a line started in 1299?
- Mehmed VI of the Ottoman Empire - RAS
- was blinded by his mother Irene?
- Constantine VI - PPB
- was tripartite?
- Henry VI (Shakespeare plays) - CPU
7)[Languages]
- Which language was developed by a Polish ophthalmologist?
- Esperanto - RAS
- Which language of the Romance group has a definite article suffix?
- Romanian - MJB
- Of which European language is the origin unknown, even to the experts?
- Basque - RAS
- Which geographically Scandinavian language is not linguistically Scandinavian?
- Finnish - DL
- Which European language is the only survivor of its branch of the Indo-European group?
- Greek - RAS
- Which Slavonic language is spoken in a country whose national language is not Slavonic?
- Wendish - DL
- Which European language is spoken by about 1% of the population of Switzerland?
- Romansh - RAS
- Which European language has a past tense form which looks like a future?
- Which Slavonic language has done away with the case forms of nouns?
- Bulgarian - MBD
- Which European national language still retains the dual number?
- Scots Gaelic - RAS
- Greek - DL
- Slovene - MBD
- Manx - Ernie
8) What: [Shellfish]
- is also a game using 28 marbles?
- Abalone - Hippo
- formed part of a linear horti–cultural decoration?
- Cockle shells (Mary, Mary, quite contrary) - CPU
- are typically preserved in seasoned butter in Lancashire?
- Potted shrimps - Mo
- when released in America, suggested involvement with Christine Keeler?
- are geographically confusing names of what is neither one thing nor the other?
- pelecypod was perhaps familiar to the pupils (and their successors) of Rev Thomas Langhorne?
- Mussels (he founded Loretto School in Musselburgh) - CPU
- did the man from the Borough regard as the invariable accompaniment of poverty?
- Oysters (The Pickwick Papers) - Hippo
- legs are found in unbaled water together with tangled lines?
- Crabs (Under Milk Wood) - Hippo
- nominally, has blue representatives in another kingdom?
- Periwinkle
- when baked too brown, must sugar his hair?
- The Lobster (Alice in Wonderland) - GZ
9) Journeying on what, between which termini, might one's thoughts turn to:
- sleepwalking?
- elliptical orbits?
- Johannes Kepler, Prague Main to Wiesbaden (overnight train) - SJF
- the quintessential libertine?
- Casanova, Ljubljana - Venice (train) - SJF
- a soldier without a passport?
- the founding father of the EU?
- Jean Monnet, Bruxelles Midi - Basel (train) - SJF
- the royal prisoner of Sönderborg?
- Judith and three mute wives?
- clothed and naked versions?
- the mount of Bellerophon?
- Flying Horse (Pegasus, from Earth to Mount Olympus) - GACJ
- melting clocks?
- Train from Kunming to Dali? - TN
10) Which river:
- received the defeated Aunus?
- Tuulos - TN
- floats laden barges by banks of myosote?
- Thames DPG
- was central to the non-payment of a mayoral debt?
- Weser (Pied Piper of Hamelin) - TN
- was identified without doubt by the discovery of the initials AD
- saw Captain Schenk acquire an engineer to replace the deceased Walter?
- The Danube (Greenmantle by J Buchan) - TJCS
- despite being in flood, could be crossed dry-shod following clerical plantar immersion?
- The Jordan (Joshua 3) - CPU
- provided drinks for kine, and horses, and little humorous donkeys?
- The Oise - DPG
- along with Cairo was passed unnoticed by the raft in the fog?
- Ohio (Mark Twain, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn") - SJF
- was a source of shelly snails and green lettuces?
- The Amazon. (Kipling, "The Beginning of the Armadillos").
- witnessed a case of unwitting filicide?
11) Who or what: [Stanleys]
- had instinct?
- reds started as Villa?
- Accrington Stanley - Hippo
- uniquely, got three in whose match?
- Stan Mortensen, in Stanley Matthews' final - Hippo
- claimed continuing labial adhesiveness?
- Stanley Kubrick? (Eyes wide shut) - TN
- was formerly William and succeeded Louis?
- in repetitive utterances, anticipated Glyn Daniel et al?
- described a small arm accident on 17/6/15?
- was executed at Bolton after Worcester?
- Lord Derby. (After The Battle of Worcester. Ted
- was targeted by Nat and Dermot?
- Stanley Weller. Pinter's "The Birthday Party" Ted
- was presumptuous?
- Henry Morton Stanley (on finding Dr Livingstone) - Hippo
12) Where: [Charles Dickens Pubs]
- was the mistress leguminous?
- The Blue Dragon Inn (Martin Chuzzlewit) - GACJ
- were the Harmonic Meetings regularly held?
- The Sol's Arms (Bleak House) - TJCS
- was Rogue resuscitated after his prolonged immersion?
- The Six Jolly Fellowship Porters (Our Mutual Friend) - GACJ
- did the circus manager point out that "People must be amuthed"?
- Coketown (Hard Times) - TJCS
- did the curate speak for one hour and 25 minutes at an anti-slavery meeting?
- The Goat and Boots (Sketches by Boz) - DPG
- did a little, yellow high-shouldered man, with a fixed grim smile, tell about a queer client?
- The Pickwick Club (The Pickwick Papers) - DPG
- did the landlord report that Phil was so drunk that a boy might take him?
- The Three Cripples (oliver Twist) - DPG
- did the Yorkshire schoolmaster interview tutors and pupils?
- The Saracens Head (Nicholas Nickleby) - GACJ
- did the strange man stir his rum-and-water with a file?
- Three Jolly Bargemen (Great Expectations) - DPG
- did the hangman bind the old man to his chair?
13)[US presidents]
- Who remained a bachelor?
- James Buchanan (1857-1861) - RAH
- Who had been ADC to Mad Anthony?
- William Henry Harrison (who only lasted for 31 days as president in 1841) - RAH
- Who was described as a withered little apple-john?
- James Madison DPG
- Whose nickname was perfect for a slogan of approval?
- Abraham Lincoln? (Honest Abe) - TJCS
- Who enlisted as a private, but came out as a brevet major?
- Ronald Reagan RAH
- Who maintained that silence ensured no need for repetition?
- Calvin Coolidge - TN
- Who, in his youth, admitted to cutting down a cherry tree?
- George Washington - TJCS
- Who compared his strength to that of a male cervid?
- Theodore Roosevelt ("strong as a bull moose") - TN
- Who is remembered, nominally, in West Africa?
- Monroe - PPB
- Which two died on the same day?
- John Adams (second President), Thomas Jefferson (third President). July 4, 1826 - MSD
14) Within the capital of which member state of the United Nations will you find:
- calluna?
- New Zealand (Wel*ling*ton) - GZ
- 3.14159?
- A*pi*a (Samoa) - MBD
- that its alright?
- Japan (T*ok*yo) - GZ
- Thailand (Bangk*ok*) - Hippo
- a Windermere resident?
- a West Country watercourse?
- Canada (Ot*taw*a) - GZ
- a pudding distinguished by –ladies' fingers?
- US Virgin Is (*Charlotte* Amalie) - PPB - isn't a member state of the UN (Hippo)
- Belgium (B*russe*ls) - Hippo
- a simian representative?
- Hungary (Bud*ape*s)t - GZ
- a Tibetan monk?
- Pakistan (Is*lama*bad) - GZ
- a semi-metal?
- Botswana (Ga*boron*e) - PPB
- nothing?
- Philippines (Ma*nil*a) - GACJ
15) Who: [Birds]
- was morally pure in EC2?
- shot Buffalo Bill at Belvedere, Ohio?
- Clarice Starling (Silence of the Lambs) - GACJ
- went to the wrong church for her wedding?
- Fanny Robin (Far from the Madding Crowd) - GACJ
- believed, erroneously, that –Byron murdered Ezra Chater?
- Bernard Nightingale (Arcadia) - GACJ
- killed Lord Frederick in a duel, following his return from Belgium?
- Sir Mulberry Hawk (Nicholas Nickleby) - GACJ
- possessed nothing but the –contents of his wallet, the clothes he stood up in, the hare-lip, the automatic he should have left behind?
- Philip Raven (A Gun for Sale) - GACJ
- was as little interested in love as in the habits of Trematodes?
- Shearwater - DPG
- wore white for her immolation on October 27?
- advocated unlimited slaughter of bluejays?
- Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird) - GZ
- posed as Doctor Copernicus?
16) Following my leader, who or what:[Flies, as in fishing]
- is a Hampshire jewel?
- decorated Findlater's label?
- A dry fly (fishing). Ted
- is meteorologically striking?
- Thunder and lightning - TN
- houses Colum Cille's shrine?
- could be wild duck washed down with Ch. Latour?
- Mallard and Claret - TN
- might refer to poor Sarah's biliary obstruction?
- is absolutely necessary to a ram?
- Tup's Indispensible - TN
- was Anastasia's great aunt?
- could have been a crusader?
- Soldier Palmer - TN
- is a –musteline appendage?
- Stoat's Tail Ted
17) In which town:
- did prisoner 24601 steal the episcopal silver?
- Digne (Les Miserables) - GACJ
- did Lady de Winter poison the novice at the convent?
- Bethune (The Three Musketeers) - Hippo
- was the cathedral like a vast boudoir prepared for Emma?
- Rouen (Madame Bovary) - Hippo
- did Jake, dining alone, drink a bottle of Ch. Margaux for company?
- did Duhamel ask that the crayfish should be very lightly boiled just seized?
- did la Baronne de la Chalonnière encounter Alexander Duggan at the Hôtel du Cerf?
- Gap (Day of the Jackal) DPG
- did Holmes spend some months in a research into coal-tar derivatives?
- Montpelier - EBH
- were plum-coloured shoes removed to expose red stockings?
- did Harry urge his uncle to enter and fortify the town?
- did Hannay receive hellish news from Laidlaw?
18) During 2008:
- which gartered kiwi was laid to rest?
- Sir Edmund Hillary - AMK / Clarrie
- which fine food has gained PGS in Leicestershire?
- Melton Mowbray Pork Pie - TJCS
- Stilton - DL
- who, following 2nd at 2K with 3 others, got 1st at 3K alone?
- Rebecca Romero (silver 2004 rowing quad sculls, gold 2008 cycling)- Hippo
- which sometime bulbous plant would seem to be involved with "arthrology"?
- Garlic - EBH
- who made successive day trips to Abergele, Fountains Abbey and Mugdock?
- Ian Botham - CMP
- where has the pancake bell ceased to signal the start of a race owing to health and safety issues?
- Olney - AMK
- Ripon - MSD
- where did a giant arachnid briefly invade an apparently –coleopteran habitat?
- Liverpool - CPU
- what legendary diamond fell to the successors of the fictitious Misson?
- who got six months for dis–honesty at White Plains?
- Marion Jones
- whose jobcentre manager fetched £17.2m?
- Lucian Freud - GACJ