King William's College Annual Quiz

King William's College Annual Quiz - 2004

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A public (private) school in the Isle of Man, named after King William IV (POB connections galore, Stephen's patient, Hanson's father, naval officer etc. etc.) sets an annual quiz requiring a great deal of esoteric knowledge (POB content). Although it doesn't cover the works of POB, as far as I can tell from a quick review, it does emphatically cover the other topic of "everything else".
Last year the All-Knowing list although, by definition, it knew the answers inadvertently omitted to insert the correct answers to some of the questions but it did get most of them correct. So for your delectation and delight:
"Scire ubi aliquid invenire possis, ea demum maxima pars eruditionis est"
— Adam Quinan
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A.	In the year 1904, who or what:
1.	insular reef was struck by Capt. Gundal's vessel?
	Rockall The Norge hit struck Rockall with massive loss of life	Andy K
2.	was uncovered by Gustafsson beside Slagenbekken?
	The Oseberg Viking ship Lucky I read Norwegian	Tim Elliot
3.	designed Tea Rooms opened in 'The Alley of the Willows'?
	Charles Rennie Mackintosh Willow Tea Rooms, Sauchiehall St, Glasgow	Tim Elliot
	Charles Rennie Mackintosh Willow Tea Rooms on Sauchiehall St. Glasgow	Adam
	Charles Rennie Mackintosh he done it	Larry Finch
4.	began a reign which, with one slight hiatus, was to last 55 years?
	King George III because of hiatus during regency	Jaap Fabriek
	King Sisavang Vong of Laos He was briefly deposed by the Lao Issara after the Japanese left 1945	Martin Watts
	Sisavang Vong of Laos	Correct Answer
5.	made a post-mortem journey from Badenweiler to the Novodeviche Monastery?
	Anton Chekhov Died in Badenweiler, buried in the monastery	Adam Quinan
6.	after a fiasco in Milan, received seven curtain calls in Brescia three months later?
	Madame Butterfly Opera by Puccini	Gerry Strey
7.	celebrated its centenary with the opening of new HQ in Vincent Square?
	Royal Horticultural Society The"Old Halls" are still in Vincent Square	Andy K
8.	city followed Paris and was itself followed in 1908 by London?
	St Louis 1904 Olympic Games	Adam Quinan
9.	tragedy befell the Knickerbocker Steamboat Company?
	General Slocum steamship Fire Should know this one from Patrick Tull's solo performance!	Adam Quinan
10.	Midland Railway initiative took place on 15th June?
	First direct rail link between England and Ireland. Ferry service opened from Heysham to Belfast.	Chris Fieldhouse
	Launch of T.S.S. Manxman A steam ferry between the IOM and the mainland	Adam
	launching of TrSS Manxman	Correct Answer
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B.
1.	who was the albino Vicar of Altarnum?
	Frances Davey Appears in the novel "Jamaica Inn" by Daphne du Maurier	Geraldine Strey
2.	which zealous High Churchman gained preferment?
	The Vicar of Bray
3.	who was joined on the footplate by the Bishop for the run to Mallingford?
	The Rev. Sam Weech As played by George Relph in "The Titfield Thunderbolt."	Chris Fieldhouse
4.	which Rector of Hunsford was a conceited, pompous, narrow-minded, silly man?
	Mr Collins Pride and Prejudice	Adam Quinan
5.	which Minister gave the appearance of having a good deal of train oil in his system?
	Mr. Chadband Dickens' "Bleak House" Chapter 19	Bob Nyden
6.	who was the Vicar of Tredannick Wollas, with whom Mr Mortimer Tregennis lodged?
	Dr. Sterndale Dr. de Leon Sterndale was concerned with the Musgrave Ritual, as Holmes induced.	Chris Fieldhouse
	Mr Roundhay In "The Devil's Foot" Arthur Conan Doyle	Brian Dowse
	Mr Roundhay (Conan Doyle - The Adventure of the Devil\'s Foot)	Correct Answer
7.	which black marble clergyman classed Consistency as the first of Christian duties?
	Mr Brocklehurst In Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte	Adam Quinan
8.	who was the Vicar of Ploverleigh who favoured three spoons to the teapot?
	Dr Daly Gilbert & Sullivan's The Sorceror	Adam Quinan
9.	who preached about racial equality in the Free Kirk at Kirkcaple?
	John Laputa In John Buchan's novel "Prester John."
10.	who was the perpetual Curate of Hoggleswick?
	Josiah Crawley was the perpetual Curate of Hogglestock in Trollope's Framley Parsonage Could King Billy have made a mistake here?	Mary S
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C.
1.	where does Molly display her long legs?
	In a painting in Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool She's a race horse	Tim Elliot
	Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool Painting of a thoroughbred horse by George Stubbs	Adam Quinan
2.	who lived at the fictitious 30 Kelsall Street?
	The Boswell family British sitcom "Bread"	Martin Watts
3.	who are represented by Murphy in Church Street?
	Littlewoods founding fathers Sir John and Cecil Moores What's Littlewoods?	Mary S
	Littlewoods is a big department store chain, also ran football pools before lotteries were legalized.
4.	what replicates a memorial in Edinburgh to the Keeper of the Signet?
	Scott Memorial??? It's in the Liverpool Cathedral, but it's to a different Scott (Gilbert, not Walter)	Mary S
	Wellington/Waterloo Monument (Melville Monument)	Correct Answer
5.	who created two ornithological oddities and was later interned on the Isle of Man?
	Carl Bernard Bartels German sculptor who made the Liver Birds in Liverpool	Adam Quinan
6.	what link between James Street and Hamilton Square was opened by the Prince of Wales?
	newly-electrified railway under the Mersey previously steam-powered!	Tim Elliot
	Mersey Railway Tunnel. 20/1/1886. Opened by Edward, Prince of Wales (Tum Tum)	Brian Dowse
	Mersey Rail Tunnel (1886)	Correct Answer
7.	who was the American Consul who lodged at Mrs Blodget's at 153 Duke Street?
	Nathaniel Hawthorne American consul in Liverpool
8.	where, miserably, did Priestley buy himself a good cigar?
	Adelphi Hotel, When visiting Liverpool during the 1930s Depression	Adam Quinan
	At the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool or so one would guess from
9.	where did 25 perish beneath the collapsed tower?
	Our Lady and St Nicholas church, Chapel St. Liverpool 1810 Bell tower collapsed	Adam Quinan
	Tower of Liverpool collapsed in 1775 25 deaths confirmed	Brian Dowse
	Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas (1810)	Correct Answer
10.	where was Fix fixed with a right and left?
	Liverpool Customs House (by Phileas Fogg) "Around the World in 80 Days", chapter 34	Martin Watts
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D.	Who poisoned:
1.	John Russell with phosphorus at Windy Nook?
	Mary Wilson	Bill Nyden
2.	his wife Cora with hyoscine at 39 Hilltop Crescent?
	Harvey Crippen Famous for being captured by the use of a radio message to the ship on which he and his lover were fleeing to America	Gerry Strey
3.	Jane Taylor with antimony at 22 Royal Crescent, Glasgow?
	Dr Edward Pritchard Last person to be publicly hanged in Glasgow	Adam Quinan
4.	Matilda Clover with strychnine at 27 Lambeth Palace Road?
	Dr. Thomas Neill Cream Poisoned several prostitutes	Gerry Strey
5.	his wife Margery with arsenic at Milford Sanatorium, Godalming?
	Frederick Radford book by James Bland "Complete true crime diaries" page 105	Placido Sbalchiero
6.	aided by Anne Turner, Sir Thomas Overbury with an enema of mercury sublimate in the Tower of London?
	Countess of Essex	Bill Nyden
7.	Percy John with aconitine at Blenheim School, Wimbledon?
	Dr G.H. Lamson	Adam Quinan
8.	Frederick Biggs with thallium at Bovington, Hertfordshire?
	Graham Frederick Young (Thanks, Google)	Gerry Strey
9.	his son Terence with quinalbarbitone at Portsmouth?
	John Armstrong in 1955 Sources say Gosport; Armstrong was a RN sick berth attendant	Mary S
10.	his wife Katie with morphine at Hay-on-Wye?
	Herbert Rowse Armstrong poisoned his wife Katherine at Hay-on-Wye But sources say it was with arsenic	Mary S
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E.	What was damaged by:
1.	Merle?
	Deal Pier Rammed in 1873	Adam Quinan
2.	Tayjack?
	Cromer Pier Rammed by ship called Tayjack in 1993	Adam Quinan
3.	Christiana?
	Bangor Pier (Wales, not Ireland or Maine) S. S. Christiana damaged the pier in 1914	Martin Watts
4.	Marlborough?
	Austria	Alan P
	Southend Pier Thames conservancy vessel Marlborough hit the pier in 1908	Martin Watts
	Southend Pier	Correct Answer
5.	James & Jessie?
	Britannia Pier, Great Yarmouth	Martin Watts
6.	Port Royal Park?
	Penarth Pier (South Wales) More ship hits pier damage!	Adam Quinan
7.	Prince Leopold?
	Yarmouth Pier (IOW, not the other one) There is no explanation for this collision according to the page I've seen!	Martin Watts
8.	Foudroyant?
	Blackpool North Pier Foudroyant was torn loose from its moorings and dashed against the pier in a late 19th century storm.	Chris Fieldhouse
9.	Ovenbeg?
	Saltburn Pier Trading vessel Ovenbeg hit it, after wreck on Saltburn beach	Tim Elliot
10.	Europa?
	Skegness Pier Hit by schooner "Europa" in 1919	Martin Watts
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F.	What is the connection between:
1.	Sälen and Mora?
	Vasaloppet cross-country ski race commemorates King Gustaf Vasa of Sweden	Tim Elliot
2.	Zermatt and St Moritz?
	The Glacier Express Famous tourist train in Switzerland	Andy K
3.	Chepstow and Prestatyn?
	Offas Dyke Between Wales & England	Alan P
4.	Edale and Kirk Yetholm?
	The Pennine Way Long-distance rambler's path	Tim Elliot
5.	Page's Park and Stonehenge?
	The Leighton Buzzard Railway Links Page's Park with the Stonehenge Works (says Google)	Kevin Danks
6.	Vohwinkel and Oberbarmen?
	A suspension railway in the city of Wuppertal (Germany)	Martin Watts
7.	Shannon and St Petersburg?
	Pulkovo Airlines Started flying this summer, apparently	Andy Stansfield
	E.20 Euroroute	Correct Answer
8.	Wallsend and Bowness?
	Hadrian's Wall ?	Andy K
9.	Cheriton and Sangatte?
	The Channel Tunnel	Andy K
10.	Horta and Cornella?
	Line L5 in Barcelona urban rail system POB Content Catalans	Adam Quinan
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G.	Which reigning or future English sovereign was married to whom in:
1.	Norway?
	James I (and VI of Scotland) married Anne of Denmark Married in Oslo in 1589	Adam Quinan
2.	a two-letter town?
	William 1 (Conqueror) to Matilda of Flanders in Eu in Normandy With the rope in the conservatory	Adam Quinan
3.	a Hampshire Abbey?
	Henry VI Married Margaret of Anjou at Titchfield Abbey in 1445	Bob Kegel
4.	a Northamptonshire village?
	Richard Cromwell Married Dorothy Major in Hursley in 1649	Kerry Webb
	Edward IV to Elizabeth Woodville Village is Grafton Regis	Brian Dowse
	Edward IV to Elizabeth Grey nee Woodville (Grafton Regis)	Correct Answer
5.	the Queen's Closet at York Place?
	Henry VIII to Jane Seymour	Mary S
6.	the Monasterio de Santa Maria la Real?
	Prince Edward, the future Edward the First To Eleanor of Castile, 1254	Alan Follett
7.	the Cypriot Chapel of St George?
	Richard the Lionheart to Berengaria They were on their way to the crusade at the time
8.	a south coast Naval Base?
	Charles II Married Catherine of Branganza at Portsmouth in 1662.	Gerry Strey
9.	the Palace of Kew?
	William IV to the future Queen Adelaide	Mary S
10.	York Minster?
	Edward III to Philippa of Hainault in October 1327	Martin Watts
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H.	Who or what:
1.	slew Gessler?
	William Tell Herrmann Gessler - oppressive Austrian bailiff	Bill Nyden
2.	would have chosen to be Henry IX?
	William IV (the Sailor King)	Bill Nyden
3.	was originally known as Middle Plantation?
	Williamsburg, VA	Bill Nyden
4.	in a work dedicated 'Absit Oman', discovered the National Debt?
	William Pitt the Younger 1759-1806 Book
	Williamandmary But still Sellars and Yeatman.	Brian Dowse
	Williamanmary (Sellar & Yeatman - 1066 And All That)	Correct Answer
5.	fishery research trawler was renamed and launched to combat whaling?
	"Sir William Hardy" became Green Peace's "Rainbow Warrior"	Bill Nyden
6.	stretch of water received 257,000 barrels of North Slope Crude on Good Friday?
	Prince William Sound Exxon Valdez catastrophe	Bill Nyden
7.	formerly feared that incessant inversion might cause cerebral injury?
	Father William Lewis Carol - Alice, You are old.....	Adam Quinan
8.	what was Miss Lamburn's posthumous publication?
	William the Lawless Published 1970, Richmal Crompton Lamburn d. 1969	Bill Nyden
9.	may have been felled by Walter Tirel?
	William II (Rufus) Hunting accident(?)	Bill Nyden
10.	is Dianthus barbatus?
	Sweet William Garden flower	Bill Nyden
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I.
1.	what is in the affirmative?
	Ben Hope (?)	Bill Nyden
	Yes Tor (on Dartmoor) But what's the poetry connection.......	AGB
	Yes Tor day, all my troubles seemed so far away......	AGB
	Yes Tor (Devon)	Correct Answer
2.	what has a shady glen on its steep steep side?
	Ben Lomond Second verse of "Loch Lomond" song	Tim Elliot
	Ben Lomond As in the song. Are these all Bens?	Kevin Danks
3.	what, far to the eastward, rises in pearl-grey air?
	Snowdon Which it's Benjaman ain't it?	Kevin Danks
4.	where, in summertime, do the bells sound so clear?
	On Bredon Hill Poem by A. E. Housman	Martin Watts
5.	on what summit does the Oratory recall the navigator saint?
	Cnoc Br�anainn a.k.a. Mount Brandon. On the Dingle in County Kerry	Martin Watts
6.	from what shaggy side do three streams in three directions glide?
	High Plynlimmon's Lewis Glyn Cothi, 15th-century Welsh bard, as quoted (in translation) in George Borrow's Wild Wales	Alan Follett
7.	where does a Bristol merchant's folly take it to 1000 feet?
	Clifton? Suspension Bridge	Alan P
	Leith Hill and Hull's Folly The 940' hill has a 60' folly on top. But what's the poem?	AGB
	Leith Hill	Correct Answer
8.	what dread name is derived from church and storms?
	Black Comb (Wordsworth) Well .. his dread name is from "clouds and storms"....	AGB
9.	under what bare head is Drumcliff churchyard?
	Ben Bulben Yeats' burial place	Gerry Strey
10.	where did twelve fair counties see the blaze?
	On Malvern's Lonely Height Macaulay's "The Armada"	Alan Follett
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J.	Who:
1.	did a Mass for JFK?
	Richard Cardinal Cushing Performed the requium mass for JFK at St. Matthew's in Arlington, VA	Larry Finch
	Leonard Bernstein Wrote a Mass for JFK commissioned by Jackie Onassis	Adam Quinan
	Leonard Bernstein	Correct Answer
2.	did nudes for the BMA?
	Jacob Epstein Nude statues on the British Medical Association building	Adam Quinan
3.	introduced waterproof mascara?
	Max Factor	Alan P
	Helena Rubinstein I'm just a fountain of ignorance concerning the history of mascara, but I'm guessing that it was her just from the "...stein" theme.	Alan Follett
	Helena Rubinstein	Correct Answer
4.	related his story to Capt Robert Walton?
	Dr Frankenstein Ceator of the monster	Tim Elliot
5.	took receipt of Devereux's halberd at Eger?
	Wallenstein, Albrecht Wenzel Eusebius von, Herzog von Friedland, Herzog von Mecklenburg, F�rst Von Sagen Imperial general in 30 years war	Martin Watts
6.	developed his early theories in the Patent Office in Berne?
	Albert Einstein His first job was as a patent office clerk in Bern, Switzerland	Pawel Golik
7.	was credited with the best film ever made?
	Orson Welles Citizen Kane	Alan P
	Sergei Eisenstein Perhaps for Battleship Potemkin. I'd go along with Welles and Citizen Kane myself, but the theme of the section seems to be "...stein"	Alan Follett
	Sergei Eisenstein Battleship Potemkin	Correct Answer
8.	established a grand factory in 1856?
	Carl Bechstein Piano factory	Martin Watts
	Steinway	karen swaine
	Steinway's first American Grand was made in 1856 - but the factory had been making uprights in NYC since 1853.
	Karl Bechstein	Correct Answer
9.	had Knewstub as a middle name?
	John Knewstub Maurice Rothenstein 20th Century Brtitish art historian and long-time director of the Tate.	Alan Follett
10.	launched Winter Gale?
	Nikolai Rubinstein Conducted first performance of Tchaikovsky's 1st Symphony	Brian Dowse
	Field Marshal Fritz von Manstein (operation to relieve Stalingrad)	Correct Answer
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K.	Which conflagration:
1.	was depicted in A Rake's Progress?
	Great Fire of London	Alan P
	White\'s Club, 69 St James\'s Street (1733 - Hogarth)	Correct Answer
2.	coincided with the confinement of Olympias?
	Burning of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus	Gerry Strey
3.	has been dubiously attributed to imperial arson?
	Burning of Rome allegedly started by Nero	Andy K
4.	led to the decapitation of Marinus van der Lubbe?
	Burning of the Reichstag (Berlin) in 1933 Nazi's falsely blaimed Dutch communist v.d. Lubbe	Jaap Fabriek
5.	coincided with the performance of an interesting play by Pinero?
	"Matilda, Who told Lies, and was Burned to Death", from Cautionary Tales by Hillaire Belloc The play was "The Second Mrs Tanqueray"	Martin Watts
	Matilda (Hilaire Belloc)	Correct Answer
6.	obliged the proprietor to write to customers that "...in the consequence of the above premises being burnt down, your orders will be delayed in the execution a day or two."
	Burning of Harrods in 1883	Adam Quinan
7.	was followed by Kaiser-assisted rebuilding in Jugendstil?
	A catastrophic fire in �lesund in 1904 reduced the entire town to ashes.	Kerry Webb
	�lesund (Norway) fire of 1904 �lesund really, but I don't think this form does diacritics	Mary S
8.	saw the debut of Braithwaite's steam fire engine?
	Argyle Rooms fire, London 1830? Not sure. Braithwaite's partner, Ericsson, claims to have made this fire engine	Martin Watts
9.	prompted a fatal confession from Robert Hubert?
	The Great Fire of London, 1666 Robert Hubert was the French watchmaker who was executed for starting the fire, after a confession extracted under torture, even though he was later shown not to have arrived in London until two days after the outbreak of the fire.	Alan Follett
10.	began in Patrick O'Leary's cowbarn?
	Chicago fire of 1872 A cow kicked over a lantern, which started the fire that destroyed most of Chicago	Larry Finch
	Chicago Fire of 1871
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L.	Who achieved, superlatively:
1.	18.29 m?
	Pedalled Flight	Alan P
	Jonathan Edwards World Record Triple Jump, 1995	Bill Nyden
	Jonathan Edwards (triple jump world record, Gothenburg, 1995)	Correct Answer
2.	16 min 19 sec?
	Cambridge University Eight Boat Race record in 1998	Adam Quinan
3.	68 - 27 - 90 - 19?
	Jim Laker, Old Trafford Test Match 1956 Over two innings, 68 overs, 27 mdns, 90 runs, 19 wkts	Brian Dowse
4.	66-68-69-64 - 267?
	Greg Norman Lowest 72-hole score in British Open History in 1993 at Royal St. George.	Bill Nyden
5.	38 - 26 - 12 - 0 - 73 - 26 - 90?
	Arsenal FC Premier League table 2003-2004	Brian Dowse
6.	1,315 - 61,237 - 106 - 316* - 50.65?
	Vijay Hazare (??) indian cricketer who died this year ??	Andy K
	CORRECTION - Jack Hobbs The 316 n.o .man!	Andy K
	Jack Hobbs	Correct Answer
7.	1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7 (16-18), 8-6?
	MacEnroe v Connors Wimbledon (?)	Alan P
	Bjorn Borg df. John McEnroe - Wimbledon, 1980	Bill Nyden
	Bjorn Borg	Correct Answer
8.	2 hr 15 min 25 sec?
	Paula Radcliffe Womens Marathon World Record Holder	Andy
9.	3 min 59.4 sec?
	Roger Bannister First to break the 4 minute mile in 1954	Larry Finch
10.	127.68 mph?
	John McGuinness on a 1000cc Yamaha 2004 Isle of Man TT Races (ain't google wonderful!)	Larry Finch
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M.	What on 198:
1.	is also Antifer?
	Sea area Wight French radio calls this Antifer -
	METAREA I - UK Sea Areas
2.	embraces Man?
	Irish Sea Sea area on the shipping forecast on 198Khz	Kevin Danks
3.	is Mendelssohnian?
	belonging to or in the way of Mendelssohn German composer Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)	Jaap Fabriek
	Sea area Hebrides Fingal's Cave is in the Hebrides, which Mendelssohn composed	Kevin Danks
	Sea area Hebrides Fingal's Cave AKA The Hebrides Overture	Bill Nyden
4.	acknowledges 21st October?
	Sea area Trafalgar 21 October - Battle of Trafalgar / shipping forecast	Kevin Danks
	Correct, but this sea area now called Fitzroy After the Admiral meteorologist	Tim Elliot
	OOOps! I had forgot that Trafalgar got split.	Tim Elliot
5.	replaced an exchange for Zanzibar?
	Heligoland Swapped by German & British empires in 1890	Jaap Fabriek
	Heligoland Now called German Bight, the shipping forecast called it Heligoland intil 1956	Kevin Danks
6.	is a two-masted Dutch fishing vessel?
	Haringbuis; herringbuss not 100% sure of correct English spelling	Jaap Fabriek
	Dogger?	Adam Quinan
	Dogger!	Jaap Fabriek
	Dogger	Correct Answer
7.	is a surgical textbook with Love?
	Bailey Sea area Bailey on the Radio 4 shipping forecast. Bailey & Love's textbook "Short Practice of Surgery"	Kevin Danks
8.	recalls Mutt and Jeff?
	Fisher Sea area Fisher - Bud Fisher drew the Mutt and Jeff cartoons	Kevin Danks
9.	is Puffin Island?
	Lundy Lundy means Puffin Island	Andy K
10.	recalls Beagle?
	Fitzroy Captain of HMS Beagle was Robert Fitzroy. Sea area of same name west of Biscay	Kevin Danks
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N.	Who or what:
1.	is Thecla betulae?
	A butterfly	Pawel Golik
	Brown Hairstreak butterfly	Adam Quinan
2.	is topped by Abdon Burf?
	Brown Clee Hill, Shropshire Abdon Burf is an iron-age Hill Fort (Thanks, google!)	Gerry Strey
3.	was the small curé from Cobhole?
	Chesterton's Father Brown I detected it! And there's a theme here. (SA=Brown Shirts)	Mary S
4.	condiment can be parliamentary or paternal?
	Brown sauce Brands include Daddies and HP (Houses of Parliament)	Kevin Danks
5.	was not enamoured of the Dean of Christ Church?
	Tom Brown "I do not love thee, Dr. Fell..." A adaptation of an epigram of Martial, directed to Dr. John Fell, Dean of Christ Church, circa 1680	Alan Follett
6.	was opened by members of Byron's staff in the year of Victoria's accession?
	Brown's Hotel, Mayfair Colour theme kind of gives it away...	Kevin Danks
7.	was hanged at Charlestown after Harper's Ferry?
	John Brown	Pawel Golik
8.	began at Calle Nuño de Cañas in 1919?
	Williams & Humbert Walnut Brown Sherry Second time googling was the charm!	Mary S
9.	was Single-handed in the States?
	Brown on Resolution 1953 film of Forester's book	Martin Watts
10.	were the Sturmabteilung?
	SA of the Nazi's litt. Attack Unit, tugs fighting opponents before Hitler acme to power	Jaap Fabriek
	The Brownshirts nickname for the Sturmabtielung	Andy K
	Brownshirts	Correct Answer
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O.
1.	what is Georgia?
	Georgia is on my mind	Jaap Fabriek
	The Peach State	Bill Nyden
2.	where did the moon stand still for Gene Autrey?
	On Blueberry Hill	Mary S
3.	what part is played by the third party at a lovers' tryst?
	Gooseberry (I seem to recall this a term for an inconvenient third when lovers meet.	Gerry Strey
4.	the eastward deviation of what was decreed by Teburoro Tito?
	The International Date-line It was moved unilaterally to let Kiribati start the Millennium first	Martin Watts
	The International Date Line Which is why TV went to Kiribati for Jan 1, 2000	Mary S
5.	what is the translucent legacy of a Cornish barber with premises in Gerrard Street?
	Bay Rum? Brylcreem?	Alan P
	Pear's Soap Fruit theme; Pear's soap is translucent	Kevin Danks
	Pear\'s Soap	Correct Answer
6.	which President overlapped the premierships of Lisulu, Mundia and Musokotwane?
	Canaan Banana Zambia	Mary S
7.	who rode on the Great Wheel at the Prater with Rollo Martins?
	Harry Lime In G. Greene's "The Third Man"	Pawel Golik
8.	what is a hydraulic crane with a terminal railed platform?
	a Cherry-Picker ?	Andy K
9.	who produced his first number on 17th July 1841?
	Mark Lemon Founder of Punch magazine	Adam Quinan
10.	who managed Jardine's bodyliners?
	Sir Pelham "Plum" Warner & R.C. Palairet They were joint Managers of the 1932-33 England cricket tour to Austrailia	Andy K
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P.	Which first name is shared by these neighbours:
1.	Leer and Rouse?
	Duntisbourne Cotswold villages	Adam Quinan
2.	Abbots and Grey?
	Hemingford Huntingdonshire	Alan Follett
3.	Bohune and Bruce?
	Manningford Wiltshire (there's also a Manningford Abbots in the vicinity)	Alan Follett
4.	Dayrell and Lovell?
	Lillingstone Buckinghamshire	Alan Follett
5.	Bowdler and Carbonel?
	Ashford Shropshire villages	Alan Follett
6.	Beauchamp and Harcourt?
	Kibworth in Leicestershire	Martin Watts
7.	Cheriton and Newton?
	Carew Pembrokeshire	Alan Follett
8.	Bishop and Butler?
	Cropwell Nottinghamshire	Alan Follett
9.	Priors and Hersey?
	Pillerton Warwickwhire	Alan Follett
10.	Abbas and Stoke?
	Itchen Both in the Southampton area	Martin Watts
	Itchen Hampshire	Alan Follett
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Q.
1.	what comes before golf?
	Foxtrot Alpha, Brave, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf...	Kevin Danks
2.	who was Zinneman's Jackal?
	Edward Fox in "Day of the Jackel" played Charles H. Calthrop a.k.a Paul Oliver Duggan a.k.a The Jackal	Larry Finch
3.	who was Colin Roy Campbell of Glenure?
	Rob Roy	Alan P
	As per Alan; Rob Roy was aka "the Red Fox" Kidnapped	Kevin Danks
	Just a clarification
	The Red Fox	Correct Answer
4.	which athlete features in a 33-letter pangram?
	The Fox The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Too many letters?	Kevin Danks
	A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.	Bill Nyden
5.	which of Aesop's fables encourages presaltation inspection?
	The Fox and the Goat Look before you leap	Gerry Strey
6.	what was the subject of a 1785 account by a Birmingham physician?
	Foxglove William Withering; "An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses"	Larry Finch
7.	whose foundation appeared to be an amiable association?
	George Fox Founder of Society of Friends aka Quakers	Tim Elliot
8.	what was Seton's tale of maternal devotion?
	A mother fox poisoned her captive kit Ernest Thompson Seton, nature writer, told this one	Mary S
	Biography of an Arctic Fox
	The Springfield Fox	Correct Answer
9.	who designed an airborne rugby team?
	Joanne K Rowling Created the airborne game of Quiddich	Larry Finch
	Where's the fox?	Mary S
	Uffa Fox Designed the "Flying Fifteen", a sail-boat (and a "Fifteen" is a Rugby Union team)	AGB
	Uffa Fox	Correct Answer
10.	what is Te Morka o Tuawe?
	Hakka NZ Maori chant before a game of rugby	Alan P
	Fox Glacier -Te Moeka o Tuawe In New Zealand...	Mary S
	Fox Glacier	Correct Answer
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R.	In 2004:
1.	who reached Hill's Antwerp summit?
	Kelly Holmes She was the first Briton to win the 800m - 1500 m athletics race double since Albert Hill at Antwerp in 1920
2.	where did 100 x 824 occupy 9 hours 15 minutes?
	Crystal Palace
	A total of 824 people, which included stars from cricket and entertainment, broke the record for a non-stop 100m sprint at Crystal Palace last weekend (of October 16). - Adam Hollioake's charity relay.
3.	what flightless new species recalls Pyrrhocorax in its colouring?
	Calayan Rail (Gallirallus calayanensis) The novel flightless bird species discovered this year.	Pawel Golik
4.	what centurion has continued to advocate knowing where to look?
	King William's College Quiz Translate the latin motto above	Bill Nyden
5.	who, uniquely, included Count, Dave, Jabba, Bomb, Polar Bear and Jughead?
	Welsh Rugby Team Nicknames for players all called Jones	Adam Quinan
	Mike Ruddock (six Joneses in Welsh Rugby XV)	Correct Answer
6.	whose passing recalled defeat for the All Blacks and brought sadness to many former schoolboy all-blacks?
	Aaron Geffin, rugby champ In 1949, scored 32 of 47points for S.Africa in four-nil series sweep.	Bob Nyden
	Geoffrey Rees-Jones Former Welsh Rugby player and headmaster of King William's for 21 years	Adam Quinan
	Geoffrey Rees-Jones	Correct Answer
7.	who, having started on Christmas Day, broke all records in getting to 102?
	Princess Alice Died this year aged 102- born Christmas Day 1901	Brian Tansey
8.	what statistical compendium omitted to include the Principality?
	EU document that omitted Wales on the map on the cover.	Adam Quinan
	Eurostat Yearbook	Correct Answer
9.	what preceded Frances and Ivan on their trip to the Peninsula?
	Hurricane Charley Hurricanes that hit Florida in 2004	Adam Quinan
10.	who was trailed rapturously after Betsy?
	Fred Dibnah's Funeral steam engine Betsy is a steam engine	Placido Sbalchiero