King William's College Annual Quiz

King William's College Annual Quiz - 2014-2015

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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.	In the year 1914:
1.	for whom was Potiorek's invitation disastrous?
	Archduke Franz Ferdinand & the Duchess Sophie of Hohenburg They were assassinated after accepting Governor of Bosnia-Hercegovina Potiorek's invitation to review troops in Sarajevo	Les Kirkham
2.	where did Harry make it six, a record still standing?
	Prestwick Harry Vardon won his 6th Open Championship Golf title	Les Kirkham
3.	in whose composition were they called in from the glen?
	Danny Boy?	Lee Ann
	Keep the Home Fires Burning	Anna Ravano
	Ivor Novello Wrote the tune for "Keep the Home Fires Burning" in 1914. (Lyrics by Lena Gilbert Ford.)	Ozymandias
	Ivor Novello "Keep te Home Fires Burning"	The Quizmaster says
4.	which composition brought some colour to the state of Missouri?
	W.C. Handy "Saint Louis Blues"	Bob Kegel
	The Missouri Waltz Popular 'minstrel show' song, sung by white musicians in blackface	Griffith Kendall
	St Louis Blues	The Quizmaster says
5.	who was brutally attacked as she lay naked in her boudoir eight years after her move from the north-east?
	The Rokeby Venus Damaged by a suffragette	Martin Watts
6.	who (fortuitously) evaded Sydney and led his men from Tikus on an epic journey which would last 195 days?
	Hellmuth von Mücke An officer of the German Light Cruiser SMS Emden, who evaded capture and led his men who evaded capture by HMAS Sydney.	Kerry Webb
7.	where did the commander and officers of the Third Cavalry Brigade threaten "mutiny"?
	The Curragh Refused to take action against Unionist volunteers over Home Rule for Ireland	Martin Watts
8.	what, despite her name, lost her way off the Berwickshire coast?
	Schooner Castor was wrecked Castor and Pollux were believed to guide sailors	Adam Q
	HMS Pathfinder Sunk off St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire, by a locomotive torpedo from U-boat SM U-21	Griffith Kendall
	HMS Pathfinder sunk	The Quizmaster says
9.	who deprived a leading French newspaper of its editor?
	Henriette Caillaux She shot Gaston Calmette, editor of Le Figaro.	Bob Kegel
10.	how did monkey hangers gain an unenviable first?
	On the morning of 16 December 1914, Hartlepool was bombarded by the German Navy during its first attack on the UK's home front during World War One	Poll Skeeping

	First British civilians killed at Hartlepool by German naval bombardment	The Quizmaster says
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B.
1.	What agent eradicated the Candorians?
	The Blue Shadow virus. Star Wars movie: The Clone Wars	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
	The Blue Shadow Virus	Bob Kegel
2.	What tragedy is enacted in Hilljoy Square?
	The Shadow of a Gunman Play by Sean O'Casey	Adam Q
3.	What did Vincent develop from Gunga Din?
	Black Shadow motorcycle The road tester thought the m/c was beyond his capabilities just as the narrator of the poem acknowledges that Gunga Din is 'a better man than I am.'	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
4.	Who was the daughter of Keikobad, king of the spirits?
	The Woman Without a Shadow Opera by Richard Strauss	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
5.	Where did Dan sham death before sending Nora packing with the Tramp?
	County Wicklow "In the Shadow of the Glen" by JM Synge	Bob Kegel
6.	In mourning her lost son, what have the power to shake Margaret as they pass?
	Margaret of Anjou I know this is a reference to one of the Shakespeare plays, but can't find the reference other than that she is always lurking in the shadows	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
	The very shadows of the clouds Have power to shake me as they pass: "The Affliction of Margaret" by William Wordsworth	Phil the Badger
	The very shadows of the clouds (William Wordsworth – The Affliction of Margaret)	The Quizmaster says
7.	What is life, apart from being a strutting and fretting poor player?
	A walking shadow Macbeth's lines in Act v	Anna ravano
8.	What is play'd in a box whose candle is the sun?
	a "Magic Shadow-show" Edward FitzGerald's translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam	B
9.	What includes some echoes from the hills?
	BLUE SHADOWS ON THE TRAIL by Eliot Daniel & Johnny Lange Included in the lyrics of the song made popular by Roy Rogers (& the Sons of the Pioneers)	Les Kirkham
	Shadows on the Grass, by Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen), 1960 Includes a chapter titled 'Echoes from the Hills'	Griffith Kendall
	Shadows on the Grass (Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen)	The Quizmaster says
10.	What was hidden beneath Rite of Man?
	Moonlight Shadow B side of recording by Mike Oldfield	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
	Shadow on the Wall Also on Mike Oldfield record
	Moonlight Shadow (Mike Oldfield 7” single, 1983)	The Quizmaster says
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C.
1.	Who died following mutual insults at Madame Larina's ball?
	Vladimir Lensky Shot in a duel by Eugene Onegin.	Kerry Webb
2.	Who killed a gentleman of the bedchamber to King James near Bergen op Zoom?
	Edward Sackville, 4th Earl of Dorset	Bob Kegel
3.	Who was saved by a large button in a duel following a performance of his opponent's Cleopatra?
	Georg Friederik Handel He got involved in ab argument with fellow composer Johan Mattehson, whose sword allegedly struck a large brass button on Handel's coat	Les Kirkham
4.	Who killed a French baron for calling his king "the arrantest coward in the world" at a dinner party?
	Sir Kenelm Digby	Adam Q
5.	Which duellists fought unknowingly with unloaded pistols, following an accusation of cheating at the Lamb Inn?
	Hornblower and Simpson In Mr Midshipman Hornblower "An Even Chance"	Adam Q
6.	Following victory in a duel in Bengal, which ship's surgeon operated on himself to remove a bullet from his chest?
	Stephen Maturin, of course	Lee Ann
7.	Which future president shot and killed his opponent following a suggestion that his wife was a bigamist?
	Andrew Jackson	Lee Ann
8.	Which antagonists both missed their target when duelling on the golf course beyond Juan les Pins?
	Barban & McKisco In 'Tender is the Night' by F Scott FitzGerald	Les Kirkham
9.	Who fought in the Foret de Saint-Germain following a contretemps in the Cafe Guerbois?
	Edouard Manet and Louis Edmond Duranty after Duranty wrote a review of Manet's work that offended the artist. There were part of a group of bohemians who met at the cafe. The duel was not fatal, and the two resumed their friendship.	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
10.	Which two ladies fought, first with pistols and then with swords, in Hyde Park?
	Lady Almeria Braddock and Mrs. Elphinstone	B
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D.
1.	Which particular ear listens to everything?
	A jealous ear hears everything Wisdom 1 v 10	Adam Q
	God's ear	Peter
	the ear of jealousy (The Wisdom of Solomon 1, 10)	The Quizmaster says
2.	Which books did Luther compare unfavourably to Aesop?
	“the harmful opinions of all the philosophers.”	Adam Q
	Alternatively the Talmud and rabbinical works	Adam Q
	3rd and 4th books of Esdras Finally found apocryphal connection	Adam Q
	or is it 1st and 2nd books of Edras?
	Esdras 3 and 4, now commonly known as Esdras 1 and 2 Luther wrote: "3 and 4 Ezra … have nothing in them which you might not find better in Aesop"; the books called 1 and 2 Esdras/Ezra in versions including the Vulgate are now generally called Ezra and Nehemiah, so that the erstwhile 3 and 4 Esrdas are now 1 and 2 Esdras.	Griffith Kendall
	Esdras	The Quizmaster says
3.	Who eviscerated himself and then shook his intestines at the onlookers?
	Razis 2 Maccabees 14:46	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
4.	Who likened a bird-scarer among gourds to a thorn much-favoured by birds?
	Epistle of Jeremiah vv 70, 71	Adam Q
	Baruch 6:69-70 69 For like a scarecrow in a cucumber patch, providing no protection, are their wooden, gilded, silvered gods. 70 Just like a thornbush in a garden on which perches every kind of bird, or like a corpse hurled into darkness, are their wooden, gilded, silvered gods.	Griffith Kendall
	Baruch (Baruch 6, 70)	The Quizmaster says
5.	Who stabbed the royal pachyderm from below and perished when the dead animal fell on him?
	Eleazar, called Avaran First Maccabees Chapter 6	Adam Q
	Eleazar Avaran 1 Maccabees 6:43-6:46	Bob Kegel
6.	The theft of food set out for which idol was revealed through clerical footsteps in the prepared ashes?
	Bel In the extended apocryphal chapters of Daniel
7.	Which scribe inspired the creation of the Gudger, Ricketts and Woods families?
	Shimon ben Yeshua ben Eliezer ben Sira of Jerusalem. The book 'Let Us Now Praise famous Men' written by James Agee in 1941 took its title from his work. The three families featured in the book, written by James Agee.	Les Kirkham
	Jesus/Joshua ben Sirach (Ecclesiasticus 44, 1 – book by James Agee: Let us now Praise Famous Men)	The Quizmaster says
8.	Which bathing beauty owed her vindication to conflicting descriptions of a tree?
	Susanna Biblical story of Susanna and the Elders	Phil the Badger
	Susanna, The Book of Daniel, Ch. 13 Likely a later addition to the Hebrew-Aramaic original, and thus regarded as non-canonical by many	Griffith Kendall
9.	Whose scimitar required two strokes to divide his cervical vertebrae?
	Holofernes Beheaded by Judith with his own sword	Adam Q
	Holofernes, Book of Judith 13:8 Deuterocanonical, as being of uncertain origin, possibly Greek	Griffith Kendall
10.	Who was blinded by passerine droppings as he slept?
	Tobit A "righteous Israelite of the Tribe of Naphtali"	Alice Gomez
	Tobit, Book of Tobit 2:9-14 Regarded as apocryphal by most Protestant sects	Griffith Kendall
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E.
1.	What game was depicted by Morland?
	Blind Man's Buff Reasonable Guess fro section's subject	Phil the Badger
	Blind Man's Buff by George Morland One of several Morland artists! in the 18th century	Adam Q
2.	Who were the victims of a triple caudectomy?
	Three blind mice	Lee Ann
3.	The restoration of whose sight was depicted by the Greek?
	An anonymous youth "Christ healing the blind man" by El Greco	Phil the Badger
	Bartimaeus	The Quizmaster says
4.	Who wondered whether a matchbox would hold his clothes?
	Tom Thumb WAG	Dennis Thompson
	Ma Rainey (and Carl Perkins, etc.) Old blues lyric	Charles Miller
	Blind Lemon Jefferson Matches Blind theme	Adam Q
	Blind Lemon Jefferson, né Lemon Henry Jefferson Matchbox Blues: "I'm sitting here wondering, will a matchbox hold my clothes"	Griffith Kendall
	‘Blind’ Lemon Jefferson	The Quizmaster says
5.	Which blind man's dictation to his three daughters was depicted by the alleged bastard son of Talleyrand?
	Milton	Lee Ann
	'Milton Dictating to his Daughters' Painting (1826) by Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863), whose relation to Talleyrand is widely though not universally accepted.	Oliver Mundy
6.	Following the escape of the lugger from the Hole, who expressed gladness at having trodden on which blind man's corns?
	Supervisor Dance of Blind Pew Treasure Island	Adam Q
7.	What blind musician's noble title recalls his appreciation of a Palacio Real?
	Joaquin Rodrigo The Alhambra	Martin Watts
	Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez ; Aranjuez is a royal residence. Alhambra isn't In any case, "Recuerdos de la Alhambra" is by Tarrega	David M.
	Rodrigo’s (Marqués de los Jardines de Aranjuez)	The Quizmaster says
8.	How do the visually impaired benefit from a golden duck?
	A boat by that name has been donated to the Royal London Society for the Blind.	Kerry Webb
	Primary Club fundraising	simon clever
	Primary Club charity	The Quizmaster says
9.	Deafer than the blue-eyed cat and thrice as blind as what?
	Any noonday owl Tennyson "The Holy Grail"	Adam Q
10.	Who blinded the cannibal son of Thoosa?
	Odysseus Blinded Polyphemus in "The Odyssey"	Phil the Badger
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F.	What dual enterprise
1.	produced 693?
	May and Baker M & B 693 was a cure for sore throat developed in WW2	David M.
2.	has come to manage without corporal liberation?
	Debenhams (formerly Debenham & Freebody) English department-store chain, founded 1778	Oliver Mundy
	Holland & Barrett Public reaction to issues with 'Workforce'	Tassie Tigers
	Debenham and Freebody	The Quizmaster says
3.	started with the well-heeled clientele of Eastbourne?
	Russell & Bromley shoemakers	Bob Kegel
4.	moved to magnificent premises next to Marylebone Lane?
	ohn Bell & Croyden Moved there in 1912 and the new premises were opened by the Lord Mayor of London.John Bell & Croyden was formed in 1908, being the amalgamation of the well known business of John Bell & Co of 338 Oxford Street and that of Charles Croyden & Co, of 55 Wigmore Street.	Mrs Broad1
	Debenham & Freebody - to 44 Wigmore Street
	Marshall and Snelgrove (334-348 Oxford Street)	The Quizmaster says
5.	combined one of Queen Anne's footmen and a Somerset House porter?
	Fortnum & Mason	Adam Q
6.	began when two pharmacists were inspired by a gourmet's Bengali experience?
	Lea & Perrins Makers of Worcestershire Sauce	Phil the Badger
7.	confusingly operates under the sign of the coffee-grinder?
	Berry Bros and Rudd The Widow’s daughter Elizabeth married a William Pickering (d.1734), and their family continued to run the business. As the Pickerings supplied the newly-fashionable Coffee Houses of St James’s, it is unsurprising that the shop chose an image linked to this prestige commodity as the sign of their business. To this day, Berry Bros. & Rudd still trades under the ‘Sign of the Coffee Mill’, an image that has remained outside the shop for centuries.	Mrs Broad1
8.	after 86 years brought Aquila chrysaetos to the Borders?
	Lyle and Scott Clothing manufacturers with Golden Eagle logo introduced 86 years after founding in Hawick	Adam Q
9.	had its foundation in a Bolognese's pursuit of a diva?
	Justerini & Brooks The firm's founder, Giacomo Justerini, arrived in London from Bologna in 1749 in pursuit of a beautiful opera singer, Margherita Bellino, with whom he had fallen in love.	Kerry Webb
10.	was a favourite West End meeting place?
	The Crown and Anchor	Bob Kegel
	Swan & Edgar, Piccadilly Circus Pursuing the theme of commercial partnerships	Griffith Kendall
	Swan and Edgar	The Quizmaster says
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G.
1.	Who played hide and seek on Crete?
	Xan Fielding Evaded capture on Crete in WW2	Kerry Webb
2.	On what type of craft did Murad Reis lose his head?
	Xebec The answers begin with "X"	Phil the Badger
3.	What strange gas was identified by Ramsay and Travers?
	Xenon	Phil the Badger
4.	Who described the retreat from Mesopotamia to Trebizond?
	Xenophon the anabasis -- and the answers here seem to all begin with 'X'	David Smith
	Xenophon In Anabasis	Anna Ravano
5.	Where was there a place of pleasure associated with a sacred subterranean river?
	Xanadu "In Xanadu did Khubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree" Coleridge	Phil the Badger
	Xibalba, Mayan underworld Approached via sacred cenotes (sinkholes)	Griffith Kendall
	Xanadu	The Quizmaster says
6.	Who won a famous land battle, but was defeated at sea and failed to conquer Greece?
	Xerxes Won Thewrmopylae but lost Salamis	Phil the Badger
7.	What palpebral disfigurement may signify a susceptibility to arteriosclerosis?
	Xanthelasma palpebra Yellowish deposit of fat on or around the eyelids	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
8.	With whom did the son of the late Antonio compare Kate?
	Xanthippe "Petruchio is my name; Antonio's son,"	Bob Kegel
9.	To what pigment does the fall owe much of its beauty?
	Xanthophylls Chemicals in yellow autumn leaves	Adam Q
10.	What represented the fossils in a popular carnival?
	Xylophone Saint-Saens "Carnival of the Animals"	Phil the Badger
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H.
1.	Where did Mac and Gin defy Cruz?
	Kuala Lumpur Petronas Towers Film "Entrapment"	Adam Q
	Pudu train station, Kuala Lumpur `The Entrapment' with Catherine Zeta Jones, Sean Connery and Will Patton	RT
	Petronas Towers, Kuala Lumpur (Entrapment – 1999 film)	The Quizmaster says
2.	Who wrote of the impartiality of the rain forest?
	Spencer Chapman "The Jungle is Neutral"	Phil the Badger
3.	Whose failure to "Mind the gap" sadly cost him his life?
	Adnan bin Saidi? Singaporean hero died efending the approach to Pasir Panjang ridge, known as The Gap in the Battle of Singapore?	MrsBroad1
	Sir Henry Gurney’s (British High Commissioner assassinated at the Gap, 1951)	The Quizmaster says
4.	Which industry developed from the initiative of a Charentais entrepreneur?
	The rubber industry in Malaysia	Martin Watts
	Palm oil Henri Fauconnier obtained seeds fron Adrien Hallet in Sumatra in 1911 and planted them in his Rantau Panjang Estate in Selangor.	Ozymandias
	Oil Palm (Henri Fauconnier, Tennamaram, Selangor, 1917)	The Quizmaster says
5.	Which home-grown war hero was awarded an OBE which was later rescinded?
	Chin Peng Guerilla leader against the Japanese. See Spencer-Chapman op. cit. Rescinded for his role during the Malayan Emergency.	Martin Watts
6.	What mountain retreat was established following an episcopal search for a missing person?
	St Bernard Monastery Guess	Phil the Badger
	Fraser's Hill in Malaysia Hill station set up by the British after a search for missing Fraser organized by the bishop	Adam Q
	Fraser’s Hill (C J Ferguson-Davie, Bishop of Singapore – 1917)	The Quizmaster says
7.	For what did the company agree to an annual rent of 6,000 Spanish dollars?
	Hong Kong Leased to the East India Company (Guess)	Phil the Badger
	Singapore Island	Martin Watts
	Penang Leased to the East India Company in 1790 by Sultan of Kedah	Ozymandias
	Penang , 1791	The Quizmaster says
8.	Which administrator was fatally speared during his riverside ablutions?
	J. W. W. Birch First British Resident in Perak, Malaysia. Killed in 1875.	Bo
9.	What was swapped for a penal settlement in Sumatra?
	Malacca In 1824 Britain & Netherlands swopped Bengkulu on Sumatra with Malacca, giving Britain control of Singapore	Les Kirkham
10.	Who left footprints when he was over 90?
	Sir Frank Swettenham He was the first Resident General of the Malay States and published "Footprints in Malaya" in 1942 when he was 92.	Ozymandias
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I.
1.	Where is French cricket played?
	Chateau de Thoiry Cricket Club	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
	Chȃteau Giscours Known for cricket and Bordeaux wine	Griffith Kendall
	Chateau Giscours (Bordeaux Giscours Cricket Club)	The Quizmaster says
2.	What did Jake find good company at the Marinas?
	Château Margaux In Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises", Book Three, 19	Anna Ravano
	I should have added Kilian Metcalf's name. My apologies, Kilian!!	Anna Ravano
3.	What, confusingly, depicts the premises of a neighbour?
	Chateau Jean Voisin Voisin in French is neighbor	Lois Guesses
	Chȃteau Laniote Not a thoroughly satisfactory solution: the label depicts the Chapel of the Holy Trinity above the hermitage of the monk Emilian (St. Emilion), which stands on land belonging to the family who own the chateau and vineyard	Griffith Kendall
	Chateau Léoville Barton (Label shows Château Langoa Barton)	The Quizmaster says
4.	What was depicted by two dancing clowns made of gold and pearls?
	Château Clerc Milon Label has dancing clowns	Adam Q
5.	What was the cherished bottle that wine-buff Miles drank in solitude?
	Chateau cheval blanc Film Sideways	Simon Cleverclogs
6.	What was considered to have "a good and most particular taste" at the Royall Oak Tavern?
	French wine called Ho Bryon (Chateau Haut Brion) According Saml. Pepys his Diary
7.	For whom did Kandinsky succeed Chagall, who had succeeded Mir?
	Chateau Mouton Rothschild Wine labels designed by famous artists	Adam Q
8.	What did Vesper and James share on the train to Montenegro?
	Château Angélus, Premier Grand Cru Classé Saint-Émilion '82 Vesper Lynd & James Bond in Casino Royale	Adam Q
9.	What did Pettigrew-Robinson try out on his Lordship?
	Chateau Yquem Clouds of Witness by Dorothy Sayers	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
	Chateau Lafite 76 (Dorothy L Sayers – Unnatural Death)	The Quizmaster says
10.	What was presented to Bertrand by Berald?
	Château Pape Clément Vineyard presented to Archbishop Bertrand de Goth later Pope Clement V by his brother Berald	Adam Q
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J.
1.	Who led the great exodus to Persia?
	Władysław Anders	Bob Kegel
2.	Which great patriot was lauded by Keats, Hunt and Coleridge?
	Kosciusko	Martin Watts
3.	Which celebrated concert pianist signed the Treaty of Versailles?
	Paderewski President of Poland	Phil the Badger
4.	Who shot the president at an art exhibition five days after his election?
	Eligiusz Niewiadomski	Bob Kegel
5.	Whose work on pitchblende probably led to death from leukaemia more than 35 years later?
	Marie Curie	David Smith
6.	Who was imprisoned in a Tyrolean castle by the Holy Roman Emperor on her way to join her fiance in Rome?
	Marie Clementina Sobieski Engaged to James Francis Edward Stuart, the Old Pretender	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
7.	Which polymath canon of a northern cathedral challenged the opinion of Ptolemy?
	Copernicus	Phil the Badger
8.	Whose martyrdom was recalled 900 years later at whose promotion?
	Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Karol Wojtyła Martyred in 1079, became Pope in 1978	Martin Watts
		Anna Ravano
9.	Who holidayed on Majorca with Aurore and created a Raindrop?
	Frederick Chopin	Martin Watts
10.	Who is commemorated in the Upper Galleries of the Rock?
	General Władysław Sikorski Killed in a plane crash 04/07/1943	Martin Watts
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K.
1.	Which volcano was explored by Dante?
	Vesuvius Divivne Comedy	Phil the Badger
	Erebus in Antarctica Explored by the Dante robot in 1992	Anna Ravano
	Mount Spurr, Alaska The Erebus exploration failed. This one was two years later and succeeded.	Ozymandias
	Erebus	The Quizmaster says
2.	Which eruption brought the Olympiad to London?
	1906 Mt Vesuvius Italy asked that the 1908 summer games be relocated	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
3.	What was named after the commander of HMS Monarch?
	Mt Rainier After Peter Rainier who commanded Monarch and was a friend of Vancouver	Adam Q
4.	Where did the activities of Queen Mary necessitate a rescue operation by RIL?
	North of the coast of Ireland. A guess, can't find reference to RIL (Royal Interocean Lines) involvement.) Troopship HMS Queen Mary rammed escort HMS Curacoa during WWII	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
	Tristan da Cunha Eruption of Queen Mary's Peak, 1961; evacuation by MV Tjisadane of the Royal Interocean Lines	Griffith Kendall
	Tristand da Cunha	The Quizmaster says
5.	Having entered via Snaefell, where did the professor's party make its explosive exit?
	Stromboli Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth"	Bob Kegel
	Stromboli Jules Verne "Journey to the Centre of the Earth"	Adam Q
6.	Which princess and warrior are joined by a saddle named after a stout conquistador?
	Popocatépetl and Izaccíhuatl. Popocatépetl is the warrior, Izaccíhuatl the princess.	Martin Watts
	...and the conquistador is Cortes	Kate Bunting
7.	Which volcano was depicted in the death of a sexagenarian philosopher by Rosa?
	Vesuvius Pliny the Elder	Martin Watts
	Etna	Peter
	Mount Etna Salvator Rosa, The Death of Empedocles	Griffith Kendall
	Etna	The Quizmaster says
8.	Which explosion is estimated to have generated around 180 decibels?
	Krakatoa?	Lee Ann
9.	Which eruption was probably witnessed by Columbus?
	Mt Teide, Tenerife	Les Kirkham
10.	What volcanic glow was a magnet to Resolution?
	Mount Yasur Seen by James Cook aboard HMS Resolution	Bob Kegel
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L.
1.	What was renamed after Mr Pusey's boss?
	The Maggie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maggie	Poll Skeeping
2.	Who rose to a great height following her marriage?
	Diana Villiers Maturin Went ballooning after her marriage to Stephen	Larry
	St. Margaret of Scotland (c. 1045-1093) Diana is a good thought, but the answers are all Margarets. This Margaret was a Saxon exile who married King Malcolm III of Scotland and became a major figure in the development of Scottish Christianity. Her son David I built a memorial chapel for her on the lofty volcanic rock west of Edinburgh where the Castle now stands.	Oliver Mundy
	Margaret Sinclair Trudeau Bit of a long-shot, but Pierre & Margaret Trudeau spent their honeymoon skiing on Mount Whistler	Griffith Kendall
	Princess Margaret Became Countess of Snowdon	Peter
	Gretchen, the goose girl Another long shot: Gretchen is a diminutive of Margaret; in some versions of the goose girl story, notably Harold McGrath's of 1909, the (supposed) peasant who marries a king is called Gretchen.	Griffith Kendall
	Princess Margaret in that Snowdon is the tallest mountain in Wales	Griffith Kendall
	Princess Margaret Rose	The Quizmaster says
3.	Which Gypsy wore an old red blanket and a chip hat?
	Meg Merrilies	Bob Kegel
4.	Whose death in a Norwegian outpost precipitated a constitutional crisis?
	Margaret, Maid of Norway Disputed Queen of Scotland. Her death left throne with no clear claimant to the Scottish throne.	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
5.	Which widow allegedly poisoned her husband with powdered glass in his coffee?
	Margot Beste-Chetwynde	Tassie Tigers
6.	Who joined in stabbing the heir to the throne, perhaps fictitiously, atop a mole-hill?
	Margaret of Anjou and friends kill Duke of York Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 3	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
7.	Who supported the proclamation of her apparent nephew as King Richard IV?
	Margaret of York Aunt of the Princes in the Tower supported Perkin Warbeck as her real nephew who would have been Richard IV	Adam Q
	Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy (alternative title)	The Quizmaster says
8.	Who looked to Basingstoke for the restoration of sanity?
	Mad Margaret "Ruddigore" by Gilbert and Sullivan	Phil the Badger
9.	Who might be regarded as the last Queen of Mann?
	Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother oif Henry VII Wife of Thomas Stanley 1st Earl of Derby and last titular King of Mann	Adam Q
10.	Who, "in death, was not divided" from her brother?
	Maggie Tulliver in George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss	Anna Ravano
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M.
1.	Who reflected?
	Edmund Burke "Reflections on the Revolution in France"	Martin Watts
2.	Whose murder was intended to save 100,000?
	Jean Paul Marat by Charlotte Corday	Martin Watts
3.	Who unwisely suggested that starving people should eat grass?
	Foulon de Doué Beheaded by French revolutionaries. He head was mounted on a pike, the mouth stuffed with grass.	Bob Kegel
4.	Where were clerics executed en masse in a novel and breathtaking manner?
	Nantes Nov. 1793-Feb. 1794: at least 1800 people, including hundreds of priests, were systematically drowned in seven or more incidents ('Les Noyades') under the direction of J.-B. Carrier.	Oliver Mundy
5.	Whose grand-nephew lent him his cloak, enabling his escape, and was executed in his stead?
	the Marquis de Lantenac "Ninety-Three", by Victor Hugo	Bob Kegel
6.	Where did the Frogs put the portable guillotine to good use while the Lobsters guarded the ford nearby?
	Muzillac "Mr. Midshipman Hornblower" by C.S. Forester	Bob Kegel
	Quiberon	Peter
	Muzillac (C S Forester – Mr Midshipman Hornblower)	The Quizmaster says
7.	Who, disguised as Benjamin Rosenbaum, led his adversary to Pere Blanchard's hut?
	The Scarlet Pimpernel	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
	Sir Percy Blakeney (Baroness Orczy – The Scarlet Pimpernel)	The Quizmaster says
8.	Who were the two deputies flung into the river at Savigne-l'Eveque?
	M. de Montesson and M. de Vasse The two deputies for the aristocracy were thrown into the river by the village people. However, they were rescued by a friendly local.	Anna Ravano
9.	Who succeeded the novice duellist as deputy for Ancenis?
	Andre-Louis Moreau Scaramouche, by Rafael Sabatini	Bob Kegel
10.	Justify deux cent quatre-vingts.
	Marie Antoinette was prisoner no. 280	Anna Ravano
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N.
1.	What is "cut up wi' ready slicht"?
	Haggis "Address to the Haggis" by Robert Burns	Adam Q
2.	What recipe was created at Twomey's?
	Clonakilty Whitepudding	Adam Q
	Clonakilty Ispini (sausage), also White and Black Puddings	Griffith Kendall
	Clonakilty Black Pudding	The Quizmaster says
3.	For what innovation did Roth use a Mirror?
	Literawurst, an artist's 'book' Sausage made from the Daily Mirror in place of the meat.	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
4.	What North African creation includes rice, liver and heart?
	Usban Tunisian sausage	Adam Q
5.	What is described as picante or dulce depending on the paprika?
	Chorizo	Phil the Badger
6.	To what are chitterlings put to good, if malodorous, use in Aube?
	andouillette sausage	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
7.	What sanguineous rye mixture is enjoyed with puolukkahillo?
	mustamakkara a type of Finnish blood sausage traditionally eaten with lingonberry jam (puolukkahillo). Mustamakkara is made by mixing pork, pig blood, crushed rye and flour, after which it is stuffed into the intestines of an animal like most sausages.	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
8.	What beauty is smoked over juniper in tuyes?
	kielbasa jalowcowa	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
	La saucisse de Morteau French mountain sausage smoked in tuyés a local word for a smokehouse, over juniper and pine	Adam Q
	La Belle de Morteau	The Quizmaster says
9.	What can be found at Schutzenstrasse 70?
	The Deutsches Currywurst Museum	Bob Kegel
10.	For what is sage the main additive?
	Sausage and/or turkey stuffing Can't think of any other use for this spice in cooking.	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
	Lincolnshire sausage Traditional British sausage	Martin Watts
	Sage Derby cheese	Les Kirkham
	Lincolnshire sausage	The Quizmaster says
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O.	Where is or was:
1.	a guineafowl worth 1/2?
	A Korean 1/2 chon coin	Les Kirkham
2.	a partridge worth 1?
	Gibraltar Barbary Partridge on the 1 penny coin	Les Kirkham
3.	a magpie robin worth 2?
	Bangladesh 2 Taka note	Adam Q
4.	a heron worth 3?
	Lithuania Grey Heron of 3 Talonu note	Adam Q
5.	a hornbill worth 5?
	Malaysia 5 Ringgit Bank note	Adam Q
6.	a capercaillie worth 10?
	Finland 10 Markkaa coin	Bob Kegel
7.	a bee-eater worth 25
	Gambia Bee-eater on 25 Dalasis note	Adam Q
8.	a woodcock worth 50?
	Republic of Ireland 50 pence coin	Adam Q
9.	a nightingale worth 100?
	Estonia Nightingale on 100 Krooni note	Adam Q
10.	a spectacled owl worth 25,000?
	Suriname The owl appears on the 25000 Gulden bank note.	Kerry Webb
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P.
1.	Who knocked out Jake at the Cafe Suizo?
	Brett's lover Cohn knocked out Jake Barnes at the Cafe Suizo Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises CH 17	k
	Robert Cohn (Ernest Hemingway – The Sun Also Rises)	The Quizmaster says
2.	Whose cuffs were decorated with buttons of dental origin?
	Meyer Wolfsheim Dentist character in The Great Gatsby	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
3.	Who reported the exchange of a treasured turquoise for a monkey?
	Tubal to Shylock In the "merchant of Venice"	Anna Ravano
4.	Whose cadaver was swapped for that of a pauper and dissected at St Luke's?
	Sir Reuben Levy "Whose Body?" by Dorothy L. Sayers	Phil the Badger
5.	Who persuaded Wilfred to fight on behalf of his daughter, who was accused of witchcraft?
	Isaac of York In Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe " Wilfred of ivanhoe fought on behalf of Isaac's daughter Rebecca	AnnaRavano
6.	Who presented his colleague with a contracted Dupuytren hand, preserved in spirit of wine, in Gibraltar?
	Dr. Ramis?	Lee Ann
	Dr Jacob Presented to Dr Maturin in "The Hundred Days"	Adam Q
	Dr Amos Jacob (Patrick O’Brian – The Hundred Days)	The Quizmaster says
7.	Who sent his daughter to a nunnery before feeding all the nuns with poisoned porridge?
	Barnabas, the Jew of Malta Just finished reading Christopher Marlowe's play	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
	Barabas (Christopher Marlowe – The Jew of Malta)	The Quizmaster says
8.	Who sang the Kol Nidre at the expense of the opening night on Broadway?
	Jake Rabinowitz aka Jack Robin in the movie The Jazz Singer In the movie The Jazz Singer, the singer is forced to choose between opening night or singing at Yom Kippur services in his father's place.	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
9.	Who worked at St Mary Axe, then settled with a troglodyte?
	John Wellington Wells? (G&S "The Sorcerer") His premises were at "number 70 Simmery Axe"; not sure abpout the troglodyte.	Kate Bunting
	Mr Riah Our Mutual Friend	Tassie Tigers
	Riah, Our Mutual Friend The 'troglodyte' being 'Jenny Wren' (né Fanny Cleaver); troglodytes, genus of small passerines in the wren family	Griffith Kendall
	Solomon Riah (Charles Dickens – Our Mutual Friend)	The Quizmaster says
10.	Who responded to an SOS from his arachnophobe ex?
	woody allen in Annie Hall	Larry
	Alvy Singer (Woody Allen – Annie Hall - film)	The Quizmaster says
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Q.
1.	Who let Olafsson have the Sudreys?
	Edgar King of Scotland 1097-1107 Gave Southern Hebrides and Mann to Magnus "Barefoot" Olafsson of Norway	Adam Q
2.	Where was Don Nicolas's Galician invasion crushed?
	Battle of Glenshiel (1719) Don Nicolás de Castro Bolaño commanded a Galician regiment for the Jacobite army. They lost.	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
3.	Which monarch was killed by which Mormaer near Elgin?
	Donnchad mac Crinain by Mac Bethad mac Findlaích Or in the Scottish play Duncan and Macbeth.	Martin Watts
4.	By what treaty was independence secured for the next 275 years?
	Treaty of Northampton-Edinburgh (1328) Edward II of England recognised Robert I (Bruce) as King of Scotland. The 275 years are reckoned to the union of crowns under James I/VI in 1603.	Oliver Mundy
5.	Who released the Kirk from English supremacy, placing it under direct Roman jurisdiction?
	Pope Celestine III Papal Bull in 1192	Adam Q
6.	Who aimed to see Scotland seated at the United Nations in her appropriate alphabetical position?
	Idi Amin? "Last King of Scotland"	Bert Dil
	Alex Salmond Even if the Yes vote had won, Scotland would not have got a seat at the UN as there is no room left.	Tassie Tigers
	Winnie Ewing Won a seat for SNP in 1967 and stated she wished to see Scotland seated at the United Nations between Saudi Arabia and Senegal	Peter
	Winnie Ewing	The Quizmaster says
7.	Whose longevity was compared to that of Solomon at his funeral service?
	James I of England / VI of Scotland "Solomon died in peace, when he had lived about 60 years and so you know did King James" From http://www.1timothy4-13.com/files/bible/realstoryking.html	Poll Skeeping
8.	Whence did the general flee from his nest like an ill scar'd bird?
	Prestonpans? "Hey, Johnny Cpoe are ye wakin' yet?"	Phil the Badger
	Preston, Dunbar and Berwick, eventually Sir Johnie Cope (Burns)	Griffith Kendall
	Prestonpans	The Quizmaster says
9.	What regal title was assumed by the Bishop of Frascati?
	Henry IX of England and Ireland and I of Scotland Henry Benedict Stuart, Bishop of Frascatti and heir of deposed James II brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie	Adam Q
10.	Who killed Badenoch in Greyfriars Kirk?
	Robert the Bruce He killed Robert Comyn. Lord of Badenoch in the churchyard..	Les Kirkham
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R.	During 2014:
1.	whatever happened to the lats?
	Latvian currency the lats was replaced by the Euro in January 2014	Adam Q
2.	and whatever happened to Pom Pom?
	A rock formation at Portland Bill; it was destroyed by the high seas http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/10917636.Ancient_rock_stack_on_Portland_Bill_destroyed_by_high_seas/	Poll Skeeping
3.	who has finally capsized, while his cat lives on?
	Hobie Alter Designer of the Hobie Cat, he dies on March 29	Kerry Webb
4.	who have rekindled memories of Holmes and Sutcliffe?
	Joe Root and Jimmy Anderson Put on a record tenth-wicket partnership against India at Trent Bridge.	Kerry Webb
	Adam Lyth and Alex Lees Yorkshire opening pair who won Cricketer of the year and Young Cricketer of the year	Peter
	Adam Lyth and Alex Lees (Yorkshire opening batsmen	The Quizmaster says
5.	how did coughing in Bali leave two German doctors exposed?
	They cheated at bridge by using coded coughs. The tournament was held in Bali.	Bob Kegel
6.	how have we had a final reminder of the labial requirements of whistling?
	Death of Lauren Bacall Famous line from movie To Have and Have Not. Bacall tells Bogart's character "You know you don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything, and you don't have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and... blow."	Kilian Metcalf (She-Kilian)
7.	with what overseas challenge was the IWBKA confronted?
	Asian Hornet Reportedly in France and Isle of Wight may be first stop in Britain (Isle of Wight Bee Keepers Association Newsletter)	Adam Q
	Also two breeding pairs of European Bee-eaters on the Isle of Wight	Griffith Kendall
	successful nesting of a pair of Bee-eaters on the Isle of Wight	The Quizmaster says
8.	what was the singular achievement of Connor Hobson?
	Wirral Cricket Club were three all out in Cheshire League match. Connor Hobson scored one not out; the other two were extras. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/27177518	Poll Skeeping
9.	where did Gorillas and Rhinos go top by 575m?
	Mount Kilimanjaro http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/11124054/Cricket-scales-new-heights-with-record-breaking-game.html though this gives an increase of 565m	Poll Skeeping
10.	which gatekeeper has lost his place?
	Matt Prior England wicketkeeper who lost his test place	Peter
	Sir John Houblon, (£50 bank notes on which he featured, withdrawn on 30 April).	The Quizmaster says