King William's College Annual Quiz

King William's College Annual Quiz - 2010-2011

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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"
You are invited to supply the answers. Check the checkboxes next to the question(s) you wish to answer, and click on the "Answer" button at the bottom of each section. Fill in the appropriate fields and click on "Submit". A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R
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A.	In the year 1910:
1.	who was the victim of al-Wardani?
	Boutros Ghali Egyptian PM	Adam Q
2.	who began with Helen's letters to her sister?
	Howards End by EM Forster	Lawrence Edwards
3.	what activity, where, was banned as a potential cause of delays?
	Goodbye kisses on the platforms of French railway stations	AGB
4.	which vessels were involved in a collision in la Manche costing 27 lives?
	French passenger liner "Ville-de-Calais" & French submarine "Pluviôse" Ville-de-Calais, just departing Calais, accidentally rammed Pluviôse, killing 27 of the submarine's crew and sinking the sub.	Jeffrey Charles
5.	who ordered a large quantity of a muscarine antagonist from a shop at 2 Bucknall Street?
	Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen Scopolamine, the drug used in the Crippen case, is an antidote to muscarine (death-cap mushroom) poisoning. (A doubt remains as I cannot find any connection between Crippen and a Bucknall Street address.)	Oliver Mundy
6.	whose death in the stationmaster's house led to the station taking his name some years later?
	Tolstoi He left home for reasons I forget	Charlezzzzz
	Leo Tolstoy	Larry & Wanda
7.	who, having ruled which principality for 50 years, declared himself King?
	Nikola of Montenegro	Tassie Tigers
8.	whose memorial was placed behind the National Portrait Gallery?
	'Behind' the NPG (London) is the National Gallery and the Trafalgar Square but I have been unable to find any additions in that area in 1910	Rick Ansell
	Sir Henry Irving, Actor-Manager He was the leading actor of his day and the first Theatrical Knight. http://www.theirvingsociety.org.uk/memorial.htm	Rick Ansell
9.	which two unaccountable freaks went out together?
	Chang and Eng Who else cd it be?	Charlezzzzz
	Mark Twain and Halley's Comet 20 and 21 April – Twain had "come in" two weeks after the comet's 1835 appearance	Official Answer
10.	what was set alight on the Parisian stage?
	The Firebird Stravinsky's ballet premiered at the Paris Opera in June 1910	Lee Ann
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B.	Who or what:
1.	blew hot and cool?
	Dexter Gordon (Jazz Musician) Dexter Blows Hot and Cool - a 1955 album	Rick Ansell
2.	was Mad Jack's spouse?
	Catherine Gordon Mad Jack Byron's third wife	Adam Q
3.	was the stuff that Smith was made of?
	Hezekiah Leroy Gordon "Stuff" Smith Noted jazz violinist	Kerry Webb
4.	is an expression of surprise or indignation?
	Gordon Bennett It's a sort of euphemism	Kerry Webb
5.	did the Emperor reward with the Yellow Jacket?
	"Chinese" Gordon (later of Khartoum) Awarded honour by Emperor of China	Adam Q
6.	started as the 100th, but became the 92nd and was later joined by the 75th?
	The Gordon Highlanders The regiment was formed on 1 July 1881 by the amalgamation of the 75th Stirlingshire Regiment - which became the 1st battalion of the new regiment - and the 92nd Gordon Highlanders, which became the 2nd	Kerry Webb
	The Gordon Highlanders The 92nd were raised as the 100th Highlanders by the Duke of Gordon in 1794 being renumbered 92nd in 1798.	Kerry Webb
7.	is marked by the rarest dish in all the land?
	Gordon's Gin Trademark is a Boar's Head (from the Boar's Head carol)	Adam Q
8.	did a wartime treble on a solar vehicle?
	Gordon Richards Riding Sun Chariot, Richards won the 1942 Fillies Triple Crown.	Jeffrey Charles
9.	was Raymond's creation?
	Flash Gordon Comic strip devised by Alex Raymond, 1934	Oliver Mundy
10.	merged with Osborne?
	Duff Gordon sherry	Official Answer
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C.	Going out, what (numerically), where, suggests:
1.	a clutch of curlew's eggs?
	8th at Gleneagles Whaup's Nest	Official Answer
2.	a beverage "Faithful to the original"?
	Hole 4, Old Course, Royal and Ancient. 'Ginger Beer'	Rick Ansell
3.	an encounter on 13 September 1882?
	Hole 7, Royal Troon, Old Course: Tel-el-Kebir	Rick Ansell
4.	an annual event initiated by James Stanley?
	7th at Castletown Race Course – site of earlier Derby races	Official Answer
5.	an earlier connection with the Morning Post?
	5th at Royal Liverpool, Hoylake Telegraph	Official Answer
	And coming in:
6.	is there a geographical misplacement from South Uist?
	15th at Royal Dornoch Stulaig – island north of Lochboisdale	Official Answer
7.	sounds like a resident of Puddleby-on-the Marsh?
	Two Too-Too the owl, from Dr. Dootlitle	Astrid Bear
	12th at Manor House Doolittle – Hugh Lofting creation	Official Answer
8.	is an apparent refuge for the bald?
	12th at Forest of Arden Coots Island	Official Answer
9.	follows Calamity?
	Jane Movie	Kieran Ryan
	Purgatory 15th Hole at the Royal Portrush Golf Course. 14 is 'Calamity Corner'. 'Going out' and 'Coming in' hint at Golf to this non-golfer	Rick Ansell
	15th at Royal Portrush Purgatory	Official Answer
10.	finishes on time?
	18th at Prestwick Clock	Official Answer
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D.
1.	Who demonstrated phonetic pronunciation?
	Victor Borge A Dane	Kerry Webb
2.	Whose notes were worth one hundred crowns?
	Carl Neilsen CN was on the 1997 Series 100 Krone Note. The 2000 Series has no person and the 1972 Series has an Artist which doesn't fit the clue well.	Rick Ansell
3.	Who footed it in Italy, Spain, Japan and Holland?
	Michael Laudrup Lazio, Juventus, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Vissel Kobe and Ajax	Official Answer
4.	Who sold Estonia and took a Baltic Island instead?
	King Valdemar IV Transaction with the Teutonic Order, 1346	Oliver Mundy
5.	Who was first to cross the North-West Passage by dog-sled?
	Knud Rasmussen Not the first to cross the NWP but first by dogsled according to Wikipedia	Adam Q
6.	Who died during the wedding celebrations of Tove and Gythe?
	Hardacnut However he spelled his name, he is said to have died at the wedding feast of Tove (or Tovi) and Gyhte (or Gyde) in 1042.	Kerry Webb
7.	Who was decorated for valour following the Amiens push?
	Thomas Dinesen VC He was a Dane serving with the Canadians after attempting to enlist with the British, US and French armies. His VC was for a solo attack which put several enemy guns out of actions	Rick Ansell
8.	Whose tale about a sixth daughter inspired Eriksen?
	Sigmund Freud (guess) Erik Erikson, Psychologist, began his involvement with that field after being analysed by Anna Freud, Sigmunds Sixth Daughter. Exactly who told the 'tale' I have not traced.	Rick Ansell
	HC Andersen's The Little Mermaid – sculpture	Official Answer
9.	Who is especially associated with a supernova?
	Tycho Brahe Stella Nova of 1572 (Theme may be Great Danes)	Adam Q
10.	Who was cuckolded by the Royal physician?
	King Christian VII of Denmark Johann Friedrich Struensee had an affair with Queen Caroline Mathilde	Bill Nyden
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E.	Which independent school:
1.	started in the Depot?
	Llandovery	Official Answer
2.	favours Malvolian hosiery?
	Colston's School in Bristol Uniform used to include yellow stockings	Adam Q
	Christ's Hospital uniform is yellow socks for boys and junior girls	Lawrence Edwards
	Christ's Hospital	Official Answer
3.	is approached by the Hundred?
	King William's	Official Answer
4.	sold the site to Merchant Taylors'?
	Charterhouse http://www.victorianlondon.org/education/merchanttaylorsschool.htm	Lawrence Edwards
5.	possesses a relic of an epic crossing of the Scotia Sea?
	Dulwich College Houses James Caird, Shackleton's boat	Adam Q
6.	had in its statutes a cryptic acknowledgement of the final chapter of St John's Gospel?
	St Paul's School, London Originally had 153 scholars number of fish caught in final chapter of St John's gospel	Adam Q
7.	owes its foundation to Salmonella typhi?
	Fettes	Official Answer
8.	has a boomer in the chapel tower?
	Rugby boomer is school slang for the chapel bell	Lawrence Edwards
9.	was pictured by a little canal?
	Eton Painted by Canaletto	Adam Q
10.	replaced a lofty hermitage?
	Highgate	Official Answer
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F.
1.	What was updated by HG Wells?
	Utopia H G Wells wrote "A Modern Utopia" in 1905	Adam Q
2.	What might be perceived as an apiary?
	Napoleon's Court and the State of Utah	Wanda
	Utah "Beehive State"	Adam Q
3.	Which island is doubly recognised on 198?
	Ushant This is scarcely more than a guess; the 'double recognition' may be related to either the two separate naval Battles of Ushant fought during the war of American independence or the fact that the English name 'Ushant' is used alongside the French 'Ouessant', but I can make nothing of '198'.	Oliver Mundy
	Utsire North and South in shipping forecast	Official Answer
4.	Who left great designs in the Gulf and New South Wales?
	Jørn Utzon Architect of the Sydney Opera House and Kuwait National Assembly	Adam Q
5.	Who, aided by wizardry, cuckolded his rival by impersonating him?
	Uther Pendragon Aided by Merlin	Bill Nyden
6.	Who, being the son of Suzanne, changed his name through the benevolence of her friend Miguel?
	Maurice Utrillo Utrillo was the son of the artist Suzanne Valadon (source Wikipedia)	Lawrence Edwards
7.	What did hateful and rough weeds lose apart from beauty?
	Utility	Tassie Tigers
	Utility Shakespeare – King Henry V 5,2, 53-4	Official Answer
8.	What was the native city of a unique pontiff?
	Utrecht Birthplace of Pope Adrian or Hadrian VI, the only Dutch pope	Oliver Mundy
9.	What can be used instead of mahogany?
	Rosewood	Wanda
	Umber Both are pigments	Kerry Webb
	Utile	Official Answer
10.	Who recruited Hare for Dad's Army?
	Alison Uttley Wrote a book called Hare joins the Home Guard	Adam Q
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G.
1.	Who began with 7-43?
	Dominic Cork Following a fine season in 1995, he was called up by England to face the West Indies at Lord's. Cork took 7/43 in the second innings, the best debut figures by an Englishman, to help England level the series. (from Wikipedia)	Kerry Webb
2.	What excluded Hall in 1856?
	Clare Clare Hall, Cambridge, was renamed 'Clare College' in 1856.	Oliver Mundy
3.	What did Virginia adopt instead of Jones?
	Mayo Virginia Mayo	Martinus Scriblerus
4.	Who gained valuable experience from Gillespie?
	Kildare That's the oldest TV sig tune I remember.	Martinus Scriblerus
5.	Who knocked out Jackie to become undisputed flyweight champion?
	Monaghan Rinty Monaghan knocked out Jackie Paterson in 1948	Adam Q
6.	Who looked into the disappearance of his West African GP's daughter?
	Inspector Wexford In 'Simisola' by Ruth Rendell	Rick Ansell
7.	What was judged to be a considerable distance from the Strand?
	Tipperary Its a long way to Tipperary	Adam Q
8.	Which minstrel finished with Danny Boy?
	Elvis Presley The song 'Danny Boy' was apparently played at his funeral	Oliver Mundy
	Galway {Ignore previous entry, which is entirely irrelevant.] Some connection with the flautist James Galway?	Oliver Mundy
	James Galway CD – The Celtic Minstrel	Official Answer
9.	Where is St James the highest of all?
	Louth St James Louth in Lincolnshire has highest spire in England but Louth is also an Irish county	Adam Q
10.	What is a funny five-liner?
	limerick	M. Kei
	Limerick Irish counties	Adam Q
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H.
1.	Who benefited from projectile vomiting?
	Jonah	Don Seltzer
2.	Who likened the messenger to fullers' soap?
	Malachi He is like a refiner's fire and like fuller's soap	Adam Q
3.	Who was a fruiterer specialising in Ficus sycomorus?
	Amos Amos 7.14 Theme is prophets	Adam Q
4.	Who placed the caterpillar at the end of the food chain?
	Joel Joel 1:3-5	Adam Q
5.	Whose wife, a lady of ill-repute, bore him two sons and a daughter?
	Hosea His wife Gomer gave birth to Jezreel, Lo-ruhamah, and Lo-ammi	Lee Ann
6.	Whose narratives both start during the second year of the monarch's reign?
	Haggai's and Zechariah's 1:1	Official Answer
7.	Who dreamed of a bear-like beast with three ribs between its teeth?
	Daniel 2nd of the four great beasts	Adam Q
8.	Whose broken yoke was replaced by one made of iron?
	Jeremiah Shortly after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: "Go and tell Hananiah, 'This is what the Lord says: You have broken a wooden yoke, but in its place you will get a yoke of iron. – Jeremiah 28:12-15 (NIV)	Kerry Webb
9.	Who alluded twice to Leo becoming a vegetarian?
	Isaiah Lion lies down with the lamb	Adam Q
10.	Who found himself in an open-air ossuary?
	Ezekiel The footbone is connected to the leg bone	Adam Q
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I.	Who or what:
1.	is Hazel's cousin?
	Filbert type of nut	Don Seltzer
2.	was crowned in Dublin Cathedral?
	Lambert Simnel Defeated at the battle of Stoke in 1487; part of the War of the Roses	M. Kei
3.	eponymous water bird has long been bedded down?
	Eider (duck) a luxurious stuffing for mattresses	Bill Nyden
	Cuddy's or St Cuthbert's Ducks There's a colony of Eider Ducks on the Farne Islands in Northumberland.	Kerry Webb
4.	gained the GC for heroism on the Ely-Newmarket line?
	Benjamin Gimbert Saved Soham by uncoupling a burning ammunition wagon in 1944.	Kerry Webb
5.	died in legal captivity of coronary thrombosis on 16 November, 1952?
	Humbert Humbert From Nabakov's "Lolita".	Jeffrey Charles
6.	wrote a risqué novel, which saw him tried but acquitted for irreligion and immorality?
	Gustave Flaubert author of Madame Bovary	M. Kei
7.	carried on with George, regardless of Caroline, and later Frances?
	Mrs Fitzherbert Mistress/wife of George IV is BERT the connection?	Adam Q
8.	put his name to a Top Secret Management Handbook?
	Dogbert by Scott Adams	Martinus Scriblerus
9.	tragically completed his fourth, but not his eighth?
	Schubert Symphonically	Martinus Scriblerus
10.	created William and Maudie?
	Osbert Lancaster British cartoonist	Martinus Scriblerus
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J.	Which musician might have been:
1.	in SW3?
	Eric Coates Knighstbridge March?	graham bird
	Chelsea Quealey	Official Answer
2.	a mongrel?
	Mutt Carey	Official Answer
3.	an ottoman?
	Daniel Gottlob Türk Never heard of him but Wikipedia calls him a notable composer, organist, and music professor	Stuart Burnfield
	Turk Murphy	Official Answer
4.	a hurried exit?
	Bunk Johnson	Official Answer
5.	a plumbous abdomen?
	Lead Belly	Adam Q
	Huddy Ledbetter Lead Belly	Official Answer
6.	more specifically, Atropos?
	Fate Marable	Official Answer
7.	emulsified by bile?
	Fats (Domino) Bile emulsifies fats in the digestive system	Adam Q
	Fats Waller or Fats Sardi	Official Answer
8.	a fit of pique?
	Petula Clark Another long shot. This singer is sometimes referred to as 'Pet', and a 'pet' (short for 'petulance', perhaps) is an old term for an ebullition of bad temper.	Oliver Mundy
	Miff Mole	Official Answer
9.	coniferous?
	Courtney Pine	Martinus Scriblerus
	Pinetop Smith or Pinetop Perkins	Official Answer
10.	lignified?
	Woody Guthrie lignified = woody	Astrid Bear
	Woody Herman	Official Answer
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K.
1.	What was izzard?
	Z Archaic, from Scots "ezed"	Bill Nyden
2.	When did Neptune begin?
	D Operation Neptune, the D-day landings.
3.	What gave way to 18 in 83?
	X BBFC film certificates	Martinus Scriblerus
4.	What is a feature of aerial punctuation?
	A white C comma butterfly	Official Answer
5.	Which food substance can adversely affect the embryo?
	A Vitamin A in high doses can cause birth defects	Adam Q
6.	What convinced Benedict of the suitability of the Florentine master?
	O According to Vasari, the painter Giotto secured a papal commission by drawing a perfect circle freehand	Oliver Mundy
7.	Where did Jane lodge for two guineas a week?
	An 'L'-shaped attic room in W2 In the film 'The L Shaped Room'	Rick Ansell
8.	What, symbolically, melts at 3410°C?
	W Tungsten	Bill Nyden
9.	Who is a sharp know-all?
	F [Tentative} 'While F is F sharp / And will cry with a carp / That he' s known your best joke from his cradle' (W. S. Gilbert, from 'The Yeomen of the Guard')	Oliver Mundy
10.	What is a zoonotic?
	A disease that can be transmitted between different animals.	Bill Nyden
	Q fever theme is the alphabet	Don Seltzer
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L.
1.	What is perhaps the equal of roly-poly?
	Nothing The Thirteen Gun Salute: 'You may say what you please,' said Jack, 'but I have eaten roly-poly within the Arctic Circle, damned nearly within the Antarctic, and now under the equator, and I am of opinion that it has not its equal.'	Bill Nyden
	Spotted Dog The above conversation continues, ''Except, perhaps, for spotted dog.' 'Ah, you have a point there, Stephen.'	Don Seltzer
2.	What epidemic was survived by Sarah and Emily?
	Smallpox brought to Sweeting's Island by a whaler. The Nutmeg of Consolation	Bill Nyden
3.	What is made from hog's lard, mutton suet and quicksilver?
	Blue ointment Recipe found in "The Hundred Days"	Bill Nyden
4.	Upon whom had the captain's steward poured boiling jam juice?
	Captain Peter Heywood Desolation Island	Bill Nyden
5.	Which ancient bibulous Dane with pale red-rimmed eyes, was presented with a case of Priorato?
	Captain Ole Bugge of the 'Danish prig Clomer' Master and Commander	Bill Nyden
6.	Where, more than once, was a dead orphan child brought back for dissection and kept in a cupboard?
	The Grapes in the Liberies of Savoy Maturin's home from home	Adam Q
	The Grapes within the liberties of the Savoy. The Surgeon's Mate (et al)	Bill Nyden
7.	Where did the small apothecary display the skeleton of an aardvark in his window?
	Stockholm The Letter of Marque	Bill Nyden
8.	Translate 'Les bouts-dehors des bonnettes du petit perroquet'.
	Foretopgallant studdingsail booms The Wine-Dark Sea (Chapter 5)	Bill Nyden
9.	What was the ultimate fate of the Armenian polyglot?
	Eaten by sharks Hairabedian in Treason's Harbour	Bill Nyden
10.	Who found a Frenchman's ring finger in his bowl?
	Mr West The Truelove (Clarissa Oakes)	Bill Nyden
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M.
1.	Who rescued John Galt?
	Tarrant and the strikers Lots of Google for this one. From 'Atlas Shrugged' - and the Elephant link is that JG's long speach mentions E trampeling their torturers and T etc. do the trampeling of JGs torturers for him	Rick Ansell
	Aurunculeia John Buchan – The House of the Four Winds	Official Answer
2.	Who was No 1, of No 1 Company of the XIVth Army?
	Bandoola Elephant Bill's lead elephant in Burma	Adam Q
3.	What entitles Mrs Magnusson to add R af E after her name?
	Princess Christina - Ridder af Elefantordenen Knight of the Order of the Elephant - Highest Danish order of chivalry	Bill Nyden
4.	Who chased Ran Bagha and caused a bridge of boats over the Jumna to collapse?
	Hawai "The Emperor and the Elephant Hawai" - Chitra Padmanabhan	Bill Nyden
5.	Whose son had served the Indian government in every way for 47 years?
	Radha Pyari,–Radha the darling Mother of Kala Nag. Kipling, "Toomai of the elephants"	Martinus Scriblerus
6.	Who was the favourite, and the only one of the 37, to survive the conflict with Scipio?
	Surus Hannibal's favourite elephant	Adam Q
7.	Who, being the gift of a Mesopotamian ruler, was to perish on Lüneburger Heide?
	Abul-Abbas Elephant given to Charlemagne by Haroun el Rashid in 798	Adam Q
8.	Who was presented to a Habsburg Prince by the King of Portugal?
	Solomon Given to ArchDuke Maximilian of Austria in 1551 by King Joao	Adam Q
9.	Who was presented to a Pope by the King of Portugal?
	Hanno Presented by Emmanuel I to Pope Leo X	Adam Q
10.	Who set off for their honeymoon in a yellow balloon?
	Babar and Celeste	Kerry Webb
	Babar and Celeste King and queen of the elephants	Bill Nyden
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N.	Which elevated conduit:
1.	rotates for tall vessels?
	The Falkirk Wheel	Martinus Scriblerus
	Gateshead Millennium bridge http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7nXXy1NhpM	Lawrence Edwards
	Barton Swing Aqueduct The only Swing Aqueduct in the world takes the Bridgewater Canal over the Manchester Ship Canal	Rick Ansell
	Barton swing aqueduct Bridgewater canal	Official Answer
2.	might suggest marzipan?
	Almond Aqueduct Takes the Union Canal over the River Almond near Ratho	Rick Ansell
3.	is suspended from two open-web ribs?
	Stanley Ferry Aqueduct Takes the Aire and Calder Canal over the River Calder. It is an early Through Arch Bridge and the largest aqueduct ever built using Cast Iron	Rick Ansell
4.	is well seen 20 minutes after leaving Piccadilly?
	The New River Takes water from _wells_ and other sources into the centre of London. Visible 20 minutes from Piccadilly Circus on the Underground in Alexandra Park. The North Circual Aqueduct is at 30 minutes in the other direction.	Rick Ansell
	Marple aqueduct Peak Forest Canal	Official Answer
5.	features at the V&A museum, without its taller and younger companion?
	Chirk Aqueduct Carries the Llangollen Canal across the Ceiriog Valley. The V&A has a waterclour by Cotman that shows it without the closely parallel and slightly higher Railway Viaduct.	Rick Ansell
6.	although a few weeks younger than Holmes, proved greatly more durable?
	Lake Vyrnwy Aqueduct Carries water from Lake Vyrnwy to Liverpool. Finished in 1888, 'AStudy in Scarlet' first appeared in Beetons Chistmas Annual for 1887 - a few weeks later it was 1888	Rick Ansell
	Longdon on Tern aqueduct Shrewsbury canal	Official Answer
7.	took its name from the Honourable Member for Berkshire?
	Dundas Aqueduct On the Kennet and Avon Canal, named for its first Chairman Charles Dundas, MP for Berkshire.	Rick Ansell
8.	bears the inscription "To Public Prosperity"?
	Lune Aqueduct	M. Kei
9.	provides an outlet for Trevor?
	Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Connects Froncysyllte and Trevor across the deep valley of the Dee. Longest and Highest Canal Aqueduct in the UK.	Rick Ansell
10.	straddles Watling Street?
	London Bridge	Lawrence Edwards
	Stretton Aqueduct Carries the Shropshire Union Canal. Built by Telford in Cast Iron over his improved Watling Street.	Rick Ansell
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O.	Where:
1.	does one come off the rails?
	Bungalow The ONE story building that has a Tram Stop - where you can 'leave the rails' to watch the IOM TT Races.	Rick Ansell
2.	might there be a quarryman's shelter?
	Stonebreaker's Hut Landmark on the TT course	Adam Q
3.	does the hairpin recall Loch and his successors?
	Governor's Bridge Corner on the IOM TT course close to government House (Loch was a Lt. Governor)	Adam Q
4.	must one look in vain for Noble's Peel and Derby?
	Signpost Corner TT Racecourse Location. Peel, Derby Fort and Nobel's Hospital are all places on the IOM you might expect to see signposted from the corner. There never has been a signpost - just a racing Signal Station that has now been moved.	Rick Ansell
	Parliament Square Statues in Westminster's Parliament Square	Official Answer
5.	does a dwelling at barely 30m seem seriously misplaced?
	The White House It's at the end of the Mulsanne straight at Le Mans	Alan Pond
	Alpine Cottage On the TT course but only 30 metres above sea level not on an Alp	Adam Q
6.	might one be excused for wrongly supposing a link with Camilla's great grandmother?
	Keppel Gate TT Course Location. Alice Keppel was the Duchess of Corwalls GGM - noted for her affair with an earlier Prince of Wales, later Edward VII	Rick Ansell
7.	is there a possible source for the winner's garland?
	Laurel Bank TT course corners	Adam Q
8.	did a party from Grange Hill cause a disturbance?
	Gingerhall Anagram, thought it might be School House because Grange Hill was a TV show about a school
9.	is there a suggestion of a subterranean spirit?
	Brandywell Brandy-Well is a location close to Bungalow on the IOM TT Course	Rick Ansell
10.	is there a fraction over the glass?
	Quarterbridge Bridge on TT course over the river Glass	Adam Q
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P.	Where:
1.	did Robinson settle for the elder sister?
	Bologna Cimarosa's Il Matrimonio Segreto (The Secret Marriage)	Bill Nyden
2.	was the master tailor interrupted in his reading of The Divine Comedy?
	Bergamo Arlecchino by Ferruccio Busoni	Bill Nyden
3.	did apparent Benedictine hatred change, with assistance from friends, to love?
	Béatrice et Bénédict by Berlioz I think this is operatic rather than the original "Much Ado About Nothing"	Martinus Scriblerus
	Messina Locale for Béatrice et Bénédict	Bill Nyden
4.	did the seemingly simple sister of the Hungarian Captain end up marrying his landlord?
	Cremona La Finta Semplice (The Pretended Simpleton) by Mozart	Bill Nyden
5.	did the beloved offspring of opposing feuding families commit suicidefollowing the Friar's ruse?
	Yes Romeo and Juliette - the friar gave Juliet poison to fake her death	M. Kei
	Verona: In the Capulet family tomb. (the question is "Where...")	Bill Nyden
6.	did a Sicilian knight defeat the Duke in a duel and learn from the Saracen that his loved one was innocent?
	Syracuse (Sicily) Setting of Rossini's 'Tancredi' (libretto by G. Rossi and L. Lechi after Voltaire). The characters indicated are respectively Tancredi, Orbazzano, Solamir and Amenaide.	Oliver Mundy
7.	did the rejected hunchback reveal the identity of his wife's real lover to the troupe leader?
	[Cathedral of] Notre Dame Opera by Franz Schmidt, so titled, after Victor Hugo	Oliver Mundy
	A village near Montalto, Calabria, Italy [Second thoughts!] This is the setting of Leoncavallo's opera 'Pagliacci'. The troupe leader is Canio, his wife Nedda, the lover Silvio and the hunchback Tonio.	Oliver Mundy
8.	did the dragoon gain the innkeeper's daughter in spite of a diabolical intrusion?
	An inn at Terracina, Italy 'Fra Diavolo' (1830 opera by D. F. E. Auber, libretto by Eugène Scribe)	Oliver Mundy
9.	did the accursed jester unexpectedly find that his daughter had been bagged?
	Rigoletto	Joanne V.
	Mantua In Rigoletto
10.	did the General's wife stab herself after being ravished by the Prince?
	At home, in Rome The Rape of Lucretia, by Benjamin Britten.	Jeffrey Charles
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Q.	Which author concluded what with these words?
1.	"Assist."
	Shakespeare Coriolanus	Official Answer
2.	"All the papers on the subject are there in my safe."
	John Buchan The Thirty-nine Steps	Official Answer
3.	"As soon as they had strength they arose, joined hands again, and went on."
	Thomas Hardy - Tess of the d'Urbervilles	Bill Nyden
4.	"At any moment, it seemed, there could be surprises, huge upsets, even the end of small lizard worlds."
	Nicholas Monsarrat Richer Than All His Tribe	Official Answer
5.	"The sun dipped down from the great tower on to the upturned face, and his eyes were glistening through their tears."
	Hall Caine - The Manxman	Bill Nyden
6.	"He remembered how Marie had said he was a man whom women loved easily, and he felt uncomfortable at being reminded of her."
	C.S. Forester - Flying Colours	Bill Nyden
7.	"I can't reconcile my mind to their taking up with kanakas, and I'd like to know where I'm to find them whites."
	R.L. Stevenson - The Beach of Falesa	Bill Nyden
8.	"And I began to curse and swear under my breath, because I'd left my shoes in the Mayni Tunnel"
	John Masters - Bhowani Junction	Bill Nyden
9.	"Very lightly she slipped up into bed, and very soon she was asleep."
	Max Beerbohm - Zuleika Dobson	Bill Nyden
10.	"'Steer north,' said he."
	The Rescue by Joseph Conrad except the version I found says "he said" not "said he"	Adam Q
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R.	During 2010:
1.	where did Joy uncover Fletch?
	Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire Joy Barker unveiled a statue of her late husband Ronnie Barker. RB was a comedian and played 'Fletch' in the prison comedy 'Porridge'	Rick Ansell
2.	which city honoured a 1945 hero with its Grosse Siegel?
	Kiel Major Tony Hibbert liberated Kiel in 1945, preventing the Russians from moving in. See: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10356336	Martinus Scriblerus
3.	which Wizard Rose wilted towards the end of summer?
	Eileen Mary "Didi" Nearne MBE Was the Radio Operator, Codename 'Rose', of the 'Wizard' network in WWII France. Died in Sept 2010, her wartime role was unknown to most people who kenw her and was discovered in a search of her flat.	Rick Ansell
4.	who finally achieved a victory by 417 days over Sinclair?
	Seventh Marquess of Townshend longest known holder of a peerage	Official Answer
5.	who was finally ousted by a Scottish philosopher and economist on 30 June?
	Edward Elgar Replaced by Adam Smith on the £20 note.	Martinus Scriblerus
6.	which joint, showing a philatelic fracture, required a proper replacement before release?
	Hip joint (Replacement) - commemorating Sir John Charmley on 60p stamp	Official Answer
7.	where did Schadow's figure receive a multicoloured multiplication?
	Der Marktplatz Wittenberg Ottmar Hörl made 800 colorful plastic copies of Schadow's statue of Martin Luther.	Bill Nyden
8.	which leo-aquiline promoter missed out on afternoon tea?
	Nick Griffin The leader of the British National Party was refused entry to a Royal Garden Party he had originally been invited to because of his political use of the fact of the invitation to _promotr_ his party. A Griffin is a mythical Lion-Eagle hybrid.	Rick Ansell
9.	who found that three coppers did not fool two coppers?
	J P R Williams JPR is a Surgeon and Welsh Rugby Legend. He was banned from driving after an incident where he was stopped by the police and attempted to suck three penny coins to fool a breath test, something that doesn't work.	Rick Ansell
10.	where did the tallest last the longest?
	Wimbledon 6ft 9in John Isner's marathon match with Nicolas Mahut	Official Answer