King William's College Annual Quiz

King William's College Annual Quiz - 2009-2010

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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).
— Adam Quinan
"Scire ubi aliquid invenire possis, ea demum maxima pars eruditionis est"
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A.	During 1909:
1.	what hidden addiction was revealed in Munich?
	Heroin	Susan H
	Smoking My word this is an obscure kick-off question! The ref is to the 1909 Munich premiere of the Wolf-Ferrari opera "Susanna's Secret", in which our Susanna's secret is not, as her husband fears, a lover, but the desire for a private smoke....	AGB
	Smoking	The Quizmaster says
2.	what was founded at the southern tip of Kinneret?
	A Zionist settlement	Kerry Webb
	Wasn;t this the very first kibbutz?	A
	Degania A First ever kibbutz founded in Galilee	Adam Q
	First Kibbutz at Degania Aleph	The Quizmaster says
3.	who filed a patent for a hermetically sealed burial casket?
	Howard Hughes A total guess	Alan Pond
	In 1909 - It wasn't Howard Hughes! RTFQ Alan	Alan Pond
	A Frenchman named Pothier	Bob Kegel
	Angelo Raffaele Lerro	The Quizmaster says
4.	which youngsters received numbered anklets by the Aberdeenshire seaside?
	Birds Banded migrating birds, but which?	Lois
	Lapwings Ah-ha! Google on RSPB, 1909 and Ringing, and Bob's your uncle. First ever ringed birds.	AGB
	Lapwings It was the first ringing of birds in the British Isles	Adam Q
5.	who, contrary to generally accepted opinion, may have reached where after Cook?
	Robert Peary, North Pole Frederick Cook claimed to have reached it before him	Adam Q
6.	whose gallinaceous offering was held up by the censors and emerged posthumously?
	Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakoff His opera 'The Golden Cockerel' came under scrutiny for its mockery of kingship and militarism and was not produced until a year after his death.	Oliver Mundy
7.	who was rewarded for lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception?
	Selma Lagerlof Winner of Nobel Prize for Literature	AGB
8.	which Portuguese island colonies lost their Quaker customers?
	Azores
	Sao Tome y Principe Qualer founded firm Cadbury's stopped buying cocoa because of forced labour	Adam Q
	São Tomé and Principe	The Quizmaster says
9.	whose unscheduled dip in La Manche cost him a grand?
	Hubert Latham Ditched in the Channel a little before Beriot didn't (for a 1000 sterling prize)	AGB
10.	which negative logarithm came from Carlsberg?
	The pH Scale	AGB
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B.	Which politician:
1.	was brought down by arachnoid largesse?
	John Belcher in the Atlee government Accepted cash from Sidney Stanley, known as the Spider of Park Lane	Adam Q
2.	was expelled as Speaker following bribery by the Corporation?
	Sir John Trevor Kicked out 1695	AGB
3.	in a constituency renowned for its RHS Show, succumbed to Campanula vestimenta alba
	[Possibly] Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke Dilke was MP for Chelsea until his disgrace in 1888 - but I cannot make sense of the 'Campanula . . . ' reference.	Oliver Mundy
	Neil Hamilton Another crossword clue: Hamilton was MP for Tatton (RHS has two shows: Chelsea and Tatton Park...). The corrupt Hamilton was defeated by the journalist Martin Bell (campanula), who was a "white garbed" anti-curruption campaigner... Ay, ay , ay	AGB
	Neil Hamilton	The Quizmaster says
4.	enriched himself as PMG and provided a suitable surname for one of Disraeli's fictional characters?
	John James Robert Manners, 7th Duke of Rutland He was PMG in Disraeli's Cabinet from 1874-80 and was immortalised as Lord Henry Sidney in "Coningsby".	Kerry Webb
	Richard Rigby	The Quizmaster says
5.	was impeached, but not convicted, for allegedly accepting a bribe of 5000 guineas from the East India Company?
	Warren Hastings	A
	Sir Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby	The Quizmaster says
6.	continued to draw an annual income of £25,000 from moneys which were not his, for 15 years after resigning as PMG?
	Henry Fox, res. 1765 I think.......	AGB
7.	transferred his non-transferable vouchers for his wife to travel from Glamorgan on the Great Western Railway?
	Thomas Mardy-Jones	The Quizmaster says
8.	similarly provided, inappropriately, first class tickets for his mistress to travel to Yorkshire?
	David Blunkett	Adam Q
9.	was impeached on bribery charges shortly after his elevation to a viscountcy?
	Maybe Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville The POB Connection!	AGB
	Francis Bacon	The Quizmaster says
10.	used a Guest List for awarding Orders and other honours?
	{?} David Lloyd George Embroiled in a scandal over the sale of peerages & other honours, including the OBE, 1922.	Oliver Mundy
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C.	In which city:
1.	did Dizzy Mabel get drunk on gin?
	Dublin	jeb
	Cologne I did wonder about Dublin, given the other cities were German. A search on Google books suggested that the answer is Cologne, in "Stamboul Train" by Graham Greene	Poll Skeeping
2.	did George confuse the words for cushion and kiss?
	Dresden Jerome K Jerome - "Three Men on the Bummel"	Martinus Scriblerus
3.	did Peregrinus bring Christmas presents to the poor book binder's family?
	Frankfurt From the story "Meister Floh" (Mister Flea) by E T A Hoffmann	Martinus Scriblerus
4.	did the enormous Olga address her guest, inappropriately, as her little turtle-dove?
	Berlin At least I assume so. It's in Isherwood's "Goodbye to Berlin"	Poll Skeeping
5.	was the Cardinal encouraged to forsake celibacy in favour of a Lutheran union to solve a financial crisis?
	Mainz Mathis der Maler - Paul Hindemith	The Quizmaster says
6.	did the dinner guests of the extended family include poet, physician, broker, wine-merchant, lumber-merchant and pastor?
	Lubeck Buddenbrocks - Thomas Mann	The Quizmaster says
7.	did the disguised head groom cause a fire to reduce 42 houses to rubble and ashes?
	Wittenberg Michael Kohlhaas - Heinrich von Kleist	The Quizmaster says
8.	was the annual subscription for the Blue Diamond 175 (in pre-euro money)?
	Hamburg In LeCarre's "Smiley's People," it's 175 German marks.	Bob Kegel
9.	was the bearer of a pound of Raven mixture expected at 9.34 pm?
	Carruthers Riddle of the Sands, Erskine Childers	Gerry Strey
	Flensburg is where Carruthers was expected	Martinus Scriblerus
10.	did the people proclaim their Mayor a noddy?
	Hamelin To the Town Hall came flocking: "'Tis clear," cried they, "our Mayor's a noddy; And as for our Corporation -- shocking To think we buy gowns lined with ermine For dolts that can't or won't determine What's best to rid us of our vermin!	Martinus Scriblerus
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D.	In the finals of the A E L T & C C's championships:
1.	which runner-up won 29 games?
	Roger Federer v Nadal 2008 - epic final	A
2.	which match was decided after 12 games?
	Dorathea Chambers v Dora Boothby	Tassie devils
3.	who required 40 games for his 3-set victory?
	William Baddeley	Tassie Devils
	Manolo Santana 1966 vs Denis Ralston	The Quizmaster says
4.	which two-set match was decided after 46 games?
	Margaret Court v Billie Jean King	Tassie Devils
5.	which champion is now remembered for his predatory reptile motif?
	Rene Lacoste Wimbledon men's champ and fashion designer	AGB
6.	in which match did the runner-up win as many games and sets as the victor?
	Anthony Wilding v Herbert Barrett Barrett retired after 4 sets	Tassie Devils
7.	which titled finalist was imprisoned by the Gestapo?
	Baron Gottfired von Cramm Imprisoned (though by the Gestapo themsleves???) in 1938 for being gay	AGB
8.	what was the role of Brooke's grandfather?
	Frank Shields G'father of actress Brooke; losing finalist on a injury bye	AGB
9.	who was the only victor to lose a set 0-6?
	Bob Falkenberg In 1948	AGB
10.	who defeated his brother three times?
	William Renshaw back in the 1890s	A
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E.
1.	where did 13 go to the scaffold on Friday 13th?
	??? Hamelin I've been puzzling over this from day one of the quiz. Albert Pierrepoint executed 13 nazi war criminals at Hamelin on 13th December 1945 (which I remembered from his grisly autobiography...). But it was a Thursday..... And that is so easy to check that it's difficult to think that the setter made a mistake.	AGB
	Hameln He did mean Pierrepoint's 13 executions in December 1945	The Quizmaster says
2.	who carried out the last public execution in Britain?
	William Calcraft 1868, Michael Barratt outside Newgate	AGB
	William Marwood Ah-ha - slightly trick question. The previous answer was for the British mainland, but Marwood did a public execution on the island of Jersey in 1875...	AGB
	Marwod, imho, is correct Controversial this - depends on the several definitions of "Britain". But legally Jersey is regarded by London as geographically one ogf the British Islands, even if its political status is arguably not "British".	AGB
	William Calcraft Presumably he meant the island of Great Britain	The Quizmaster says
3.	whose controversial execution by firing squad was alluded to by Voltaire?
	Admiral John Byng Pour encourager les autres	Adam Q
4.	which tailor, under sentence of death, was reprieved and elevated to Headsman?
	Ko-Ko in the Mikado	Poll Skeeping
5.	which sexagenarian was chased around the scaffold and needed eleven blows with the axe?
	Margaret, Countess of Salisbury	Gerry Strey
6.	which teenager was hanged for rape and murder, but revived while being prepared for dissection in Surgeons' Hall?
	William Duell	Poll Skeeping
7.	who was burned alive, without prior garrotting, owing to bungling by the executioner?
	Could this be St Joan?	Msrtinus Scriblerus
	Catherine Hayes at Tyburn in 1726	The Quizmaster says
8.	which trooper's swollen purple throat and stark and staring eyes were mocked?
	Wooldridge "Ballad of Reading Gaol." Wilde	Gerry Strey
9.	how was the poisoner cook from John Fisher's household executed?
	boiled to death Fisher was a bishop, opposed to Henry's divorce. H was trying to kill him, but didn't want it took like it.	David Scheidt
10.	who survived three attempts at hanging at Exeter?
	John "Babbacombe" Lee as per Fairport Convention!	AGB
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F.	Who or what:
1.	are endocrine?
	White Blood Cells White is the theme	AGB
	Sweetbreads - cooked glands! Ah-ha - Bread....	AGB
	Sweetbreads	The Quizmaster says
2.	invested in the Goat?
	Samuel Whitbread in 1742 he invested in the Goat Brewhouse, the foundation of his later financial sucess as a breer/enterpreneur	AGB
3.	is overlooked by Calum's Hill?
	Breadalbane The high country area of Scotland overlooked by Ben Challum	Adam Q
4.	is repetitious (and inspiring) at Cardiff?
	Cwm Rhondda, or Bread of Heaven Welsh rugby hymn	AGB
5.	is neither brightly-coloured nor feathered?
	White bread fishing fly Apparently a fishing fly made to look like bread and used for carp or mullet fishing,	Adam Q
	Pitta Bread I don't understand this one	The Quizmaster says
6.	were placed in 774 pots, 39 tubs and 24 boxes?
	Breadfruit Bligh's breadfruit - so that knocks "White" on the head as a theme,..	AGB
7.	nickname has been applied to the Ukraine?
	White Russia	Susan H
	Belorus is White Russia	Bill Nyden
	Breadbasket of Europe	AGB
8.	emphasizes enthusiasm for a new idea?
	Best Thing Since Sliced Bread	AGB
9.	is flavoured with cloves?
	Bread stuffing?	Susan H
	Bread Sauce which features an onion stuck with cloves	AGB
	Bread Sauce	The Quizmaster says
10.	is palindromic?
	Naan Bread Duh.....	AGB
	I spent the whole afternoon trying to make 'Naan Bread' palindromic :-(	GBB
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G.	Who or what:
1.	was watched at eye level?
	Van der Valk Old TV series, with introductory music called "Eye Leve"	AGB
2.	found room at one end for Victoria?
	Vancouver Island Victoria BC is at the south end of the island	Martinus Scriblerus
3.	is not trusted for the way he parts his hair?
	Donald Trump? I don't trust him	Susan H
	Murgatroyd Van Rust Ogden Nash - Nevertheless	The Quizmaster says
4.	tale was found among the papers of the late Diedrich Knickerbocker?
	Rip Van Winkle "A Posthumous Writing of Diedrich Knickerbocker By Washington Irving"	Bill Nyden
5.	painted an ecclesiastical decoration for a Flanders-based Florentine banker?
	Jan (and Hubert) van Eyck the Ghent Altarpiece painted for Jodocus Vijdts and his wife Elisabeth Borluut.	Bill Nyden
	What's the Florentine connection though?
	Hugo Van der Goes The Portinari Altarpiece	The Quizmaster says
6.	under a changed name, was allegedly instructed to include all facial blemishes?
	Pieter van der Faes better known as Peter Lely Portrait painter asked by Oliver Cromwell to paint him "Warts and all"	Adam Q
7.	turned to architecture following a relapse and provocation of the wife?
	Sir John Vanburgh Architect, Soldier, Author - those are refs to 2 of his plays	AGB
8.	took his name from the city of Sint-Janskathedraal?
	Heironymus Bosch, aka Jeroen van Aken The catherdral is in 'Den Bosch	AGB
9.	had a costly wetting in the Barry Burn?
	Jean Van Der Velde Famous water shot at Carnoustie in ??2000	AGB
	Jean Van Develde lost 1999 Open Championship with a misguide shot from the Barry Burn at Carnoustie	David Smith
10.	revealed lives by invitation?
	Henrik van Loon Wrote a "what if I'd had famous people from history to dinner" book...	AGB
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H.	Who or what:
1.	is tragelaphine?
	One of a genus of antelopes, e.g.: Bongo Tragelaph: legendary half-goat/half-stag	Bill Nyden
2.	is also a humming bird?
	Mango	Bill Nyden
3.	was considered better than best?
	Ringo Starr, a better brummer than Pete best....	AGB
4.	has a contrary reaction to that of litmus?
	Congo Red Indicates a high pH by turning from blue to red, whereas litmus does the opposite.	Oliver Mundy
5.	reverted to its former name following caprine slaughter?
	Congo Which used to Zaire - but what's the "goat" connection?	AGB
	Santo Domingo reverted from Ciudad Trujillo	The Quizmaster says
6.	retained his virtuosity despite accidental conversion to syndactyly?
	Django Reinhardt Jazz guitarist, with fused fingers after a fire injury	AGB
7.	had a facial expression likened to a fireside utensil?
	Poker face? Wondering if poker face really refers to the card game	Gerry Strey
	Bingo Little? Bingo is a P.G.Wodehouse character, the clue sounds like a paraphrase of one of Wodehouse's similes, and '-ngo' is the common factor.	Oliver Mundy
	Yellow Dog Dingo Kipling Just So Stories Old Man Kangaroo, "always hungry, grinning like a coal-scuttle"	Adam Q
8.	is garnished with eggs and crustaceans?
	Chicken Marengo	AGB
9.	is black and fork-tailed?
	Drongo breeds of bird	GBB
	Drongo http://www.birdwatchersdigest.com/slideshow/gallery.php?Show_ID=12&Slide_ID=11	Robin Welch
10.	stepped out from BA?
	Tango from Buenos Aires	AGB
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I.	Where does the brewer:
1.	recall 4468?
	Mallard Brewery Mallard is locomotive 4468	GBB
	Horsham W J King's Mallard Ale	The Quizmaster says
2.	produce a preserved gamebird?
	Slovakia Golden Pheasant lager	Adam Q
	Blandford St Mary Badger's Pickled Partridge Ale	The Quizmaster says
3.	start his product with a silent 'P'?
	Alva, Scotland (Harviestoun Brewery) Ptarmigan Premium Ale	GBB
4.	provide a label for a hirsute cage bird?
	Diss, Suffolk Old Chimneys Brewery produces Hairy Canary beer	Adam Q
5.	remember the birthplace of 007's adventures?
	Jamaica/ Red Stripe? Ian Fleming lived in Jamaica	Robin Welch
	The Black Isle Brewery, Old Allangrange, Munlochy, Ross-shire, Goldeneye pale ale - though I suspect it is named after the duck and not Fleming's house in Jamaica	Martinus Scriblerus
	Old Allangrange Goldeneye	The Quizmaster says
6.	remind us of a battle with a heptacephalic rodent?
	Boulevard Brewing Co, Kansas City, MO, USA Nutcracker Ale, the seven-headed mouse king	Don Seltzer
	Wiveliscombe Cotleigh Brewery's Nutcracker	The Quizmaster says
7.	produce evidence of canine appreciation?
	at home in Cork Drishane Brewery's Wagging Tail Ale.A very industrious home brewer.	David Smith
	Graet Oakley, Corby Great Oakley's Wagtail	The Quizmaster says
8.	commemorate Joanna Maria Lind?
	Jenny Lind, in more places than Elvis, even Pubs named after her, and furniture, and a locomotive	Charles Munoz
	Malvern Hills Brewery Swedish Nightingale Real Ale	Don Seltzer
	A melon An heirloom melon called the Jenny Lind	Gerry Strey
	Malvern	The Quizmaster says
9.	appear to condone avian greed?
	Dublin Guinness are associated with a toucan in their advertising: "If he can say as you can/ Guinness is good for you/ How grand to be a Toucan/ Just think what Toucan do"	Martinus Scriblerus
	Earl Soham Gannet mild	The Quizmaster says
10.	recognise a recurved bill?
	Dublin Maybe the curved toucan bill and the Guiness ads are a better clue here...	AGB
	Exeter Exeter Brewery Ltd - Avocet Ale	Martinus Scriblerus
	Exminster Avocet Ale	The Quizmaster says
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J.
1.	who did Paul much evil?
	In the Bible: Alexander, according to Timothy Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works:	Charles Munoz
2.	who extended his realm into the Irish Sea?
	King Alexander III of Scotland King Haakon of Norway ceded the Isle of Man to him	Martinus Scriblerus
3.	who attributed the cold winter wind to the Almighty?
	Cecil Frances Alexander The hymn 'All Things Bright & Beautiful' the alternate title is Maker of Heaven & Earth	GBB
	Cecil Frances Alexander Poet All things Bright and Beautiful;	Lois
4.	who confused rubrum and notatum when making his epic discovery?
	Alexander Fleming didn;t he throw away the wrong sample, and then saw "penicillen" the next day...	AGB
5.	who shot himself following annihilation of the Second Army by the Eighth?
	Alexander Samsonov WW! 1914 commanded Russia's Second Army, destroyed by German's Eigth Army	Lois
6.	who, following his death, may have re-emerged as a hermit, living for a further 39 years?
	Alexander I of Russia Mentioned in passing by POB, I believe	AGB
7.	which monarch was shot, together with the French Foreign Minister?
	Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico?	Gerry Strey
	Alexander I of Yugoslavia	AGB
8.	who perceived his life as a protracted period of infirmity?
	Alexander Pope "This long disease, my life" was Pott's disease	Charles Munoz
9.	who was challenged by Gray over his patent?
	Alexander Graham Bell Both filed the same day for telephone patent. Gray founded Western Electric, where I worked	Charles Munoz
10.	who was mistaken for a match?
	Alexander the beetle Alan Alexander (A. A.) Milne's poem Forgiven	GBB
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K.	Which ordinal:
1.	is metronomic?
	8th Beethoven's 8th Symphony	Martinus Scriblerus
	101st Haydn't Clock Symphony	The Quizmaster says
2.	is liable to neuralgia?
	5th 5th cranial nerve - trigeminal neuralgia	Robin Welch
3.	was secured by MacArthur?
	38th The Korean War?	Martinus Scriblerus
4.	may forecast persistent precipitation?
	15th (of July) St Swithin's day:	Martinus Scriblerus
5.	was applied to Sarto, the village postman's son?
	10th Pope Pius the 10th	Martinus Scriblerus
	10th Pope Pius X	Poll Skeeping
6.	recalls tearful memories of the Tigris and Euphrates?
	137th "By the rivers of Babylon"	Martinus Scriblerus
7.	is associated with an annual brainteaser?
	4th See the top of the page	Martinus Scriblerus
8.	was used by Wraysford in his Diary?
	Hmmm..... Well, Simon Wraysford kept a diary in Sebastian Faulk's "Birdsong" - but what's the ordinal?	AGB
	6th Diary of a Sixth Form Mouse - Fifth Form at St Dominic's -Talbot Baines Reed	The Quizmaster says
9.	signalled a peaceful trio?
	6th, Beethoven's 'Pastoral' symphony? His Opus 68. Wild guess so far. Still tracking down the 'trio' relevance.	GWS
	11th WW1 Armistice came into effect at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month	Adam Q
	11th 11:00 on 11/11	The Quizmaster says
10.	was applied to Lime?
	3rd Harry Lime, the 3rd man	Martinus Scriblerus
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L.	Which Queen of England or Great Britain:
1.	battled for Lancaster?
	Margaret of Anjou Henry VI's wife, one of the leaders of the Lancastrian faction in the Wars of the Roses	Kat S.H.
2.	was the first to be kissed by Pepys?
	Katherine of Valois Henry V's Queen. Pepys kissed her exposed body in 1669	Adam Q
3.	was the consort of two Kings of England?
	Emma of Normandy Married to Aethelred the Unready and Canute	Poll Skeeping
4.	made a posthumous journey to London leaving her viscera at Lincoln?
	Eleanor of Castile Queen of Edward I, Eleanor Crosses (including Charing Cross, were erected to mark her body's resting places on the journey	Adam Q
5.	numbered two archbishops and one bishop among her maternal uncles?
	Eleanor of Provence Henry III	The Quizmaster says
6.	on first meeting her future spouse had prompted him to order a glass of brandy?
	Caroline of Brunswick Prinny: "Harris, I am not well, fetch me a brandy"	Poll Skeeping
	Charlotte, wife of George IV He found her appearance repulsive	Gerry Strey
	Caroline of Brunswick	The Quizmaster says
7.	escaped in a hurry from a Cambridge Hall, before it was burned down?
	Mary Tudor Was Sawston Hall, Cambs	Poll Skeeping
8.	died following surgery for an umbilical hernia?
	Caroline of Anspach, wife of George II	Gerry Strey
	Caroline of Ansbach, wife of George II In "Royal operations: a contrast to modern surgery" Harold Ellis, DM, MCh, FRCS	Poll Skeeping
9.	regretted the jettisoning of this for that?
	Mary of Teck Edward VIII's Abdication	The Quizmaster says
10.	corresponded with Mrs Freeman?
	Queen Anne Corresponded with Lady Churchill (Mrs Freeman) as Mrs Morley	Adam Q
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M.	Which English cathedral:
1.	is built on the highest ground?
	Lincoln but that seems a bit too obvious	AGB
	Durham? Lincoln's now taken	AGB
	?? Birmingham The only luck I'm having here is laboriously collating hight of spire above sea level, minus height of spire...... So far Birmingham is coming out on top - lowish spire, but on highish ground right in the middle of the country. But there are some Cathedral's whose hight above sea level is utterly obscure to me!	AGB
	St Alban's	The Quizmaster says
2.	has both a Bishop and a Dean with a glass eye?
	Lincoln ref to named stained glass windows	AGB
3.	contains a mediaeval lectern representing a large water bird?
	Norwich Cathedral The lectern is shaped like a pelican	Gerry Strey
4.	has accommodated a pilgrim and his family annually since 2002?
	Chichester Peregrine Falcons nest	The Quizmaster says
5.	achieved its current lofty status through meteorological intervention in 1584?
	Salisbury cathedral is the highest but became so in 1561 when Old St Paul's lost its spire in a storm	Adam Q
	[Perhaps] Salisbury The spire is now Britain's tallest. That of St Paul's in London (not the current Cathedral) was taller but was destroyed by lightning; unfortunately the date is given as 1561.	Oliver Mundy
	Sorry, Adam - your answer was not yet showing when I started mine!	Oliver Mundy
	Salisbury Quizmaster nodded methinks	The Quizmaster says
6.	has a gallinaceous motif commemorating the founder of a Cambridge College?
	Ely The cock on the globe represents Hugh de Balsham, Sub-prior of the abbey. Founder of St. Peter's College, Cambridge.	Kerry Webb
7.	possesses a plurality of plumbous receptacles for baptismal water?
	? Leaden fonts	Gerry Strey
	Gloucester which has a big lead font....	AGB
	But why a "plurality"? So far as I can tell, the lead font in Gloucester is one of only 30 in England, and the only one in a Cathedral (to which it was moved from a parish church in 1940....).	AGB
8.	houses the tomb of the founder, in 1264, of an Oxford College
	Rochester Walter de Merton, Bp of Rochester	AGB
9.	has a pulpit accessed by an intramural staircase?
	Hmmm.. Well Westminster Abbey has one, as I recall - but it's not a cathedral	AGB
	Chester in refectory	Bob Kegel
10.	houses the only equestrian statue?
	St Paul's There's a relatively modern horse statue, by John Tweed, near the tomp of Wellington	AGB
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N.	Name the venue and the activity:
1.	Royal flood-plain
	Henley upon Thames Henley regatta - rowing	Martinus Scriblerus
	Kingsholm - Rugby Gloucester RFC	The Quizmaster says
2.	A half of cuckoo pint
	Lords - Cricket "Lords and Ladies" is a name for the Cuckoo Pint plant	A
3.	The headsman's victim
	Boleyn Ground football (soccer) West Ham, aka Upton Park	The Quizmaster says
4.	Simmonite, lacking a vowel.
	Billown circuit on the Isle of Man Bill OwEn played Compo Simmonite in "The Last of the Summer Wine"	Adam Q
5.	A glorious shire relocated by the sea.
	Devonshire Park, Eastbourne - Tennis Home of the ladies pre-Wimbledon tournament	Martinus Scriblerus
6.	A shortened and outdated underground carriage
	Altcar hare-coursing	The Quizmaster says
7.	The chiropteran hang-out of the eccentric
	The Belfry "Bats in the Belfry"; applied to eccentri behaviour	Philip Johnson
	The Belfry - golf A course that has been used for the Ryder Cup.	Martinus Scriblerus
8.	Milne's joey by the river.
	Hundred Acre Woods, swimming Roo, in Winnie the Pooh	Astrid Bear
	The Roodee horse racing Chester (on the river Dee)	The Quizmaster says
9.	Calverley's alternative
	The Crucible, snooker A pipkin or crucible - Patience by WS Gilbert	The Quizmaster says
10.	An ox cart perhaps.
	Cowdray Pary - polo grounds Cow- dray. Many more "crossword puzzle" type clues this year than previously... eg "perhaps" means that you're looking for a word that only sort-of fits the definition: a cow is only perhaps an ox...	A
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O.	Who or what:
1.	is perifoveal?
	Macula The Macular area of the eye is perifoveal (Ocular, a more general -ula word)	Lois
2.	is bridged by a memorial to Pepi?
	River Vistula Memorial bridge to Prince Poniatowski (Pepi to his friends)	Lois
3.	was a notoriously cruel Wallachian prince?
	Dracula (Vlad the Impaler) Actually from Wallachia not Transylvania	Adam Q
4.	overlooks the burial ground of Anne, Catherine and Jane?
	Chapel Royal of Saint Peter ad Vincula At the Tower of London - Henry VIII's wives....	AGB
	Tower of London? Anne Boleyn, Catherine	Gerry Strey
	Tower of London Three of Henry VIII's wives	Gerry Strey
5.	was thought, through its bite, to cause an extreme impulse to dance?
	The tarantula	Poll Skeeping
	Tarantula after which the Tarantella was named	Kerry Webb
	Tarantula So we are looking for -ula answers	AGB
6.	was a probable tuberculous infection, so named after a breeding sow?
	Scrofula--tb of the lymph nodes of the neck Latin for a breeding sow	Gerry Strey
7.	is an abnormal passage connecting two epithelial surfaces?
	A fistula	Poll Skeeping
8.	broken bone is associated with an unspoken wish?
	Furcula the wishbone of a bird	Kat S.H.
	The forcula Turkey wishbone	AGB
	Furcula the wishbone of a bird	Kat S.H.
9.	was Linné's name for the sea parrot?
	Fratercula arctica The puffin (Linnaeus, 1758)	Poll Skeeping
	Fratercula Arctica -ula	AGB
10.	is the Hill of the Fords?
	Benbecula Translation of Gaelic name
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P.	Having got into the red, complete:
1.	B-dul Carol ______________ B-dul Eroiler
	B-dul Mihai Kogalniceanu Bucharest Romania	Adam Q
2.	Holmens Kanal ______________ Torvgade
	Bøsgade Copenhagen (Danish) Monopoly	Adam Q
3.	Robinson Road . Shenton Way ______________
	Collyer Quay Singapore	Adam Q
4.	Sancová ulica . Vajnorská ulica ______________
	Palisády Bratislava, Slovak monopoly	Pawel Golik
5.	Strandväen . Kungsträgådsgatan ______________
	Hamngatan Stockholm	Adam Q
6.	______________ Boulevard Malesherbes . Avenue Henri-Martin
	Ave. Matignon in Paris The Red Streets in various international sets of Monopoly!	AGB
7.	Plaza Urquinaona ______________ Ronda San Pedro
	Calle Fontanella Barcelona	Adam Q
8.	______________ Tartu maantee . Pänu manatee
	Narva maantee Tallinn Estonian Monopoly	Adam Q
9.	______________ Capel Street . Henry Street
	Abbey Street, Dublin	AGB
10.	Lönrotinkatu ______________ Simonkatu
	Annankatu Finland (Helsinki) edition	Martinus Scriblerus
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Q.	What eponymous word owes its origin to:
1.	F René?
	Cartesian Rene Descartes	a
	Chauteaubriand (steak) My Cartesian was wrong.....	AGB
	Cartesian is appealing, Gary. The Cartesian coordinate system, like all others, has a distinguished point: the origin.	GWS
2.	J D Scotus?
	Dunce From the theologian and scholar Johannes Duns Scotus	Adam Q
3.	H P Mitchell?
	Melba Dame Nellie Melba's real name - I guess Melba Toast, Peach Melba	AGB
	Melba (as AGB says) She was originally Helen Porter Mitchell.
4.	Gerhard Kremer?
	Mercator map also known as Gerardus Mercator	Don Seltzer
5.	Charles de Rohan?
	sauce Soubise Prince of Soubise	Don Seltzer
6.	R V Shepherd and H J Turpin?
	Sten gun R. V. Shepherd, English army officer + H. J. Turpin, civil servant + ENfield	Don Seltzer
	The sten gun From its designers' surnames, plus the Enfield Royal Small Arms Factory	Poll Skeeping
7.	John Montague?
	Sandwich Famous story about eating while playing cards.	Bill Nyden
8.	Haile Selassie?
	Rastafarian Selassie's title: Ras Tafar	Bill Nyden
9.	C Cardoni?
	Caesar salad Is usually attributed to restaurateur Caesar Cardini - a typo?	Poll Skeeping
10.	M Tracy?
	Bacitracin This took some finding! An antibiotic cultured from one "Tracy", a patient. Don;t quite get the "M" though....	AGB
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R.	During 2009:
1.	who mischievously rocked the boat?
	Caroline Movie about Radio Caroline - in The US the Pitare that Rocked	GBB
	Hazel Blaers MP Just found this in another news quiz - all to do with a badge she wore when she was sacked.	AGB
	Hazel Blears	The Quizmaster says
2.	whose victory in Bavaria has recalled I Samuel XVII?
	It's a reference to David defeating Goliath, if that helps - I can't come up with an answer, though.	Lee Ann
	David Haye def. Nikolai Valuev for WBA HW Champ., Nuremberg Compared to David v Goliath (I Sam 17).	Bill Nyden
	David Haye beat Nikolai Valuev for WBA World heavyweight title in Nuremburg 1 Samuel XVII is the story of David and Goliath, Valuev is huge	Adam Q
3.	which Hat-maker has become the first female to be so honoured?
	Ms Susan Wood Thanks to a year-end picture review in the Times - she the first ever female Master of the Worshipful Company of Feltmakers, a City of London Livery Company.	AGB
	Carol Ann Duffy as Poet Laureate	The Quizmaster says
4.	what left Lavender Hill intact but sustained a rupture at Langhorn Drive?
	A bag of fake blood In researhing the sports grounds section, I was reminded that 'Quins play at Langhorn Park, and this year scurrilously cheated at rugby. Not sure of the Lavender Hill connection...	AGB
5.	who, in disgrace, became Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead?
	Ian Gibson Labour MP who "took the Chiltern Hundreds"	AGB
	Michael Martin Speaker who took the position of Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead the alternative office to the Chiltern Hundreds
	Michael Martin	The Quizmaster says
6.	which vessel's sinking with the loss of all 36 lives has been recognised philatelically
	The Mary Rose	AGB
	Hmmmmm Every ref I've got says 35 died.... but there was a MR stamp set in 2009	AGB
	Ellan Vannin Sunk in the Mersey estuary in 1909 and the IOM Post Office issued a stamp for the centenary	Adam Q
	Ellan Vannin	The Quizmaster says
7.	what non-event at Fort Collins recalled a fictional disaster in the Chilterns?
	The balloon boy, who turned out not to have been in the balloon	Martinus Scriblerus
8.	who has provided extremely interesting reading matter for rail travel?
	Gyles Brandreth The title of his book "Something Sensational to Read in the Train: The Diary of A Lifetime" refers to the quotation from "The Importance of Being Earnest"	Poll Skeeping
9.	who will never stir again, however much he is shaken
	James Bond	Charles Munoz
	James Bond shaken, not stirred	Charles Munoz
	Joseph Wiseman, original Dr No Google bond movies obituary 2009........	AGB
	Keith Floyd Ah-ha! An end-of-year obit. review reveales that the celeb. chef's AutoBiog was called "Skaken but Not Stirred"..	AGB
	Keith Floyd	The Quizmaster says
10.	what, according to Unesco, has risen from the dead?
	The Manx Language	AGB