King William's College Annual Quiz

King William's College Annual Quiz - 2017-2018

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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 1917:
1.	who provided details of life at Sherborne?
	Alec Waugh (elder brother of Evelyn) In his novel 'The Loom of Youth', partly based on his life at Sherborne College, a somewhat progressive public school in Dorset.	Oliver Mundy
2.	how was the legacy of Frederick Augustus discarded?
	The House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha changed its name to Windsor	Bob Kegel
3.	where did the British military adviser accidentally shoot his camel?
	Aqaba Lawrence of Arabia shot his own camel	Adam Q
4.	what city was devastated as a result of a Franco/Norwegian combination?
	Halifax, Nova Scotia Collision between French ship, Mont Blanc and a Norwegian ship, SS Imo	Prterhw
5.	whose apparently treasonable declaration was attributed to shellshock, thus sparing him court martial?
	Siegfried Sassoon	Adam Q
6.	and whose declaration was penned for transmission to the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland?
	Arthur Balfour Balfour Declaration for home for Jews in Palestine	Adam Q
7.	by what vehicle was Mexico offered the reconquest of the 28th state and two others?
	Zimmerman Telegram Promised Mexico Texas, Arizona and New Mexico	Adam Q
8.	who described a memorable wildfowl experience in County Galway?
	W B Yeats The wild swans at Coole	dreadnought
9.	who was H-21, who faced 12 riflemen in Vincennes?
	Mata Hari German spy shot by the French	Adam Q
10.	how did the Isle of Man provide Turkish Delight?
	? HMS Ben-my-Chree was sunk by Turkish shells Ben-my-Chree was originally owned by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company	Poll Skeeping
	Ben-my-Chree sunk Don't doubt yourself	The Quiznaster says
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B.
1.	Whence the minty bivalves?
	Berwick-upon-Tweed The Berwick cockle is a mint-flavored candy.	Bob Kegel
2.	Where does Lough's hero from Trafalgar gaze out to sea?
	Tynemouth, Northumberland Statue of Collingwood by Lough	Adam Q
3.	Which lofty resident was beheaded during inclement weather in September 1941?
	Statue of Earl Grey Hit by a lightning bolt losing his head. Monument is in Newcastle	Peterhw
	That was in July, not September...	Fiona B
4.	Where were echinoderm fossils collected for rosaries and named after a former bishop?
	Lindisfarne St Cuthbert’s Beads	Bob Kegel
5.	Where is "the junction of streams by the hill", a name, confusingly, unconnected with the railway?
	Haltwhistle, Northumberland	Bob Kegel
6.	Where was the famed wood-engraver obliged to complete his taurine portrait from the safety of a tree?
	Chillingham Thomas Bewick was the engraver	phg
7.	From where did the grandson of Old Rowley leave home prior to his capture at Preston?
	Dilston Hall, Northumberland Old Rowley was Charles II	Adam Q
8.	Which building, "huge and square", owes its origin to Oswald's great-grandfather?
	Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland supposedly built by King Ida of Bernicia. "King Ida’s castle, huge and square" is a line from Walter Scott's "Marmion"	Anna Ravano
9.	Where does Hotspur straddle between Within and Without?
	Alnwick Bondgate, Within and Without	phg
10.	Where does Wor Jackie stand in Station Road?
	Ashington, Northumberland Newcastle United football hero Jackie Milburn	Adam Q
	outside Ashington Leisure Centre.	Michael T
	Ashington Bad question? Actually, the statue has been moved from Station road to what looks like anew shopping centre	Kenneth Williams
	Outside Ashington Leisure Centre. Station road, cleared and redveloped, statue stored and refurbished, then replaced near its original site.	Angus Grant.
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C.
1.	Who wrote to his secretary on sheets of Tibby's disgraceful notepaper?
	Thomas Carlyle Craw From Castle Gay by John Buchan	Peterhw
2.	Who received a letter reviling the Cretians as liars, evil beasts and slow bellies?
	Titus Titus 1v12 : "One of their own prophets has said so".	Arete L.
3.	Who received a letter from the publican of the Cockchafer demanding £10 following the Derby?
	Loman "The Fifth Form at St. Dominic's" by Talbot Baines Reed	Bob Kegel
4.	Whose depiction of the reading of a letter includes a map of Holland and West Friesland by van Berckenrode?
	Vermeer "Woman in Blue Reading a Letter"	Philip Johnson
5.	Who, in her letters to her psychiatrist, addressed him as Mon Capitaine and challenged the doctor-patient relationship?
	Nicole Diver in Scott Fitzgerald's "Tender is the Night", writing to her psychiastrist and later husband, Dick Diver	Anna Ravano
	Nicole Warren Letter was written before she married	The Quiznaster says
6.	Whose letter described his marriage to the recipient's cousin and their subsequent honeymoon in Naples, before returning to Florence?
	Ambrose from My Cousin Rachel, Daphne du Maurier	Don S
7.	Whose letter from his prison cell implored his brother-in-law to repossess his lodgings in the Rue de la Croix Blanche?
	Sir Percy Blakeney The Scarlet Pimpernel	Don S
8.	Which letter of dubious provenance appeared in the national press and was followed by a Tory landslide?
	The so-called Zinoviev letter (1924) A document purporting to be instructions to British Communists written by the head of Comintern International. Published by the 'Daily Mail', it reinforced anti-Left anxieties in Britain and helped to cause a major Conservative victory in the general election a few days later.	Oliver Mundy
9.	Who wrote to Ellen enquiring as to whether her new husband was mad or the devil?
	Isabella Linton? She married Heathcliff in "Wuthering Heights"	Kate Bunting
	Isabella Heathcliff Letter was written after she married	The Quiznaster says
10.	Who wrote to Harriet about her impending trip to Gretna Green with George?
	Lydia Bennet Pride & Prejudice, Harriet Forster and George Wickham	Adam Q
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D.
1.	Who doubled for Notts?
	Sir Richard Hadlee took his 200th test wicket in the final test at Nottinghamshire 1983	Lesley
	Sir Richard Hadlee Helped Nottinghamshire cricket team to the double in 1987	Peterhw
	Sir Richard Hadlee Completed the double of 100 wickets and 1000 runs in 1984	PhilH
2.	Whose 10th title recalled Beauclerc?
	Ngaio Marsh Henry I was known as Beauclerc. Marsh's 10th Roderick Alleyn book was titled "Surfeit of Lampreys", said to be Henry's cause of death.	Poll Skeeping
3.	Which sailor had an enduring association with red socks?
	Peter Blake Famous America’s Cup sailor from New Zealand	Jeff B
	Sir Peter Blake Every time he wore the socks his boat won the race	Lesley
4.	Who failed on Cho Oyu, but reached his peak the following year?
	Edmund Hillary Climbed Everest the following year Section theme Famous New Zealanders	Adam Q
5.	Who suggested that all science was either physics or stamp collecting?
	Ernest Rutherford	Adam Q
6.	Whose CV included Olympic bronze medallist, Sergeant Surgeon to Her Majesty and Baron of Wanganui?
	Arthur Espi ePorritt, Baron Porritt of Wanganui	Adam Q
7.	Who famously rendered Let the Bright Seraphim at the Royal Wedding?
	Dame Kiri te Kanawa, soprano (born 1944) Sang the Handel aria at the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer (1981)	Oliver Mundy
8.	Which combatant was uniquely twice awarded for valour?
	Charles Upham Only combat soldier to recieve the Victoria Cross twice	Ekartha S.
	Charles Upham Only New Zealand double recipient of the Victoria Cross (that I know of), for Crete and Africa.	Charles Miller
9.	Who is remembered as a serial flagstaff vandal?
	Hōne Heke Māori leader who instigated the Flagstaff War by cutting down a flagstaff multiple times	Ekartha S.
10.	Who shares $50 with the kokao?
	Sir Āpirana Ngata Maori politican, served in the NZ parliament	Astrid Bear
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E.
1.	What was bitten by B and cut by C?
	A was an Apple Pie Alphabet children's book	Adam Q
2.	What act is apologetic and accepts humiliation?
	Eating humble pie Pie seems to be the theme	Adam Q
3.	What toothsome dish was unwittingly enjoyed by Duchess?
	Mouse and bacon pie The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan by Beatrix Potter	Adam Q
	Mouse pie But the book says 'tender mouse minced up with bacon'	The Quiznaster says
4.	Where were Bull and Pinkerton engaged in a murder investigation?
	Eel Pie island in the Thames The Eel Pie Murders by David Frome	Don S
5.	With what, in addition to good wine, did Le Prudent claim to have banished the English?
	pâté and venison Louis XI of France negotiated the Treaty of Picquigny with England, presumably over dinner.	Bob Kegel
	Venison pasties
	Venison pies Pasties are a type of pie	The Quiznaster says
6.	What delicacy did the honourable member for the University of Cambridge desire when confronted by his maker?
	'One of Bellamy's meat pies' Said to have been the last request of William Pitt the Younger	Kate Bunting
7.	What projectile should preferably be directed at a bishop rather than a curate?
	A custard pie 'It would be better fun to throw a custard pie at a bishop than at a curate' (George Orwell, 'Funny but Not Vulgar' [1945 essay])
	A custard pie See above (submitted anonymously in error)	Oliver Mundy
8.	What features in a Mounts Bay festival prior to Christmas Eve?
	Stargazy Pie Tom Bawcock's eve dish	Adam Q
9.	What revealed the activities of gourmet sleuth Crabbe?
	Pie in the Sky TV show and restaurant run by Crabbe	Adam Q
10.	In what is convexity the key to PGI status?
	Melton Mowbray pie Must have bowed sides	Adam Q
	Cornish Pasty "The pasty must be crimped into a D shape, with the crimp towards one side." http://www.cornishpastyassociation.co.uk/about-the-pasty/what-is-pgi/	Tom F
	Cornish Pasty "The pasty must be crimped into a D shape, with the crimp towards one side." http://www.cornishpastyassociation.co.uk/about-the-pasty/what-is-pgi/	Tom F
	Melton Mowbray pie	The Quiznaster says
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F.
1.	Who, in particular, should equal be?
	'The aristocrat who banks with Coutts, / The aristocrat who cleans the boots'. From W. S. Gilbert's libretto for 'The Gondoliers': 'Wherever they go, they all shall equal be!' The linking motif is 'names of banks'.	Oliver Mundy
2.	Whose itinerant Penny does the business?
	Isle of Man Bank Penny is their mobile branch	dreadnought
3.	Where did Holmes intend to deposit the Duke of Holdernesse's check?
	Capital and Counties Bank, Oxford Street branch The Adventure of the Priory School	Adam Q
4.	Which goldsmith's foundation had an enduring orthopterous association?
	Martins Bank The bank was known as "The Grasshopper."	Bob Kegel
5.	Where did Robinson's poor aim spare the Secretary, who later became a renowned author?
	The Bank of England Kenneth Grahame was Secretary of the bank in 1903 when he was shot at by mentally-ill George Robinson.	Bob Kegel
6.	Where did the death of John Pull lead to a meeting with Albert Pierrepoint at Wandsworth six months later?
	Lloyds Bank in Durrington, Sussex Amateur archaeologist and security guard shot in a bank robbery.	Adam Q
7.	Which House by Temple Bar wanted no elbow-room, light or embellishment?
	Tellson's Bank in A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens	Ekartha S.
8.	A draft on which establishment would be to Heneage like Ajax's shield?
	Hoare's POB connection The Commodore	Adam Q
9.	From which heist was Maple the one that got away?
	Bank of America in Mayfair, London 1975 Mastermind Frank Maple, was never caught and was last heard of in Morocco.	Bob Kegel
10.	Who were Mr Rankeillor's bankers?
	The British Linen Company (Edinburgh). In R. L. Stevenson's 'Kidnapped'. The business ran down its textile connections as early as 1760 and remained independent as a bank until 1969.	Oliver Mundy
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G.
1.	Where did Hercules decorate the face?
	Tignes Dam Fresco painted for the 1992 Winter Olympics	Don S
	Tignes/Chevril Dam	The Quiznaster says
2.	What brought disaster to the Côte d'Azur?
	Malpasset Dam, Frejus Dam burst in 1959 killing 423 people	Lesley
3.	Which two relics of Roman Iberia are still in use?
	Cornalvo Dam and Proserpina Dam Spanish dams	Adam Q
4.	Where did Maltby and Young succeed heroically with Upkeep?
	The Möhne Dam Maltby and Young were pilots on the Dambuster raid	Cotton Minor
5.	Where did a landslide during initial filling cause massive overflow with tragic consequences?
	Vajont Dam in Italy	Adam Q
6.	What, following an apparent Mediterranean translocation, stages world championship events?
	Malta/Maltański Reservoir (Poznan - rowing and canoeing) The one we didn't answer	The Quiznaster says
7.	Where did winged fishermen finally succeed 154 years after failure at Monksilver?
	Rutland Water The last breeding pair of ospreys in England were killed at Monksilver in 1847. In 2001 an osprey chick was hatched at Rutland Water, a reservoir created by a dam.	Bob Kegel
8.	Which fruity construction collapsed tragically in the West Riding?
	Bilberry reservoir dam	dreadnought
9.	What was breached in Wallis's experiment?
	Dams The proactive runs for the Dambusters were at various Yorkshire dams.	graham
	Nant-y-Gro dam in Wales Successful test whether bomb could breach a dam during development of bomb	Adam Q
	Nant y Gro Dam	The Quiznaster says
10.	Where was the Sleeping Beauty tested?
	Trinity site, near Socorro, New Mexico A nuclear bomb tested at this site did not explode--hence Sleeping Beauty	Gerry Strey
	Queen Mary Reservoir WWII testing of a Royal Navy submersible in a dammed reservoir	Don S
	Queen Mary Reservoir	The Quiznaster says
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H.	Unravel the towns in:
1.	There are busy rails between Waterloo and St David's.
	Salisbury Anagram and is a station on the Waterloo to Exeter St David's main line	Adam Q
2.	In the Westonbirt lacrosse match Helen scored twice for us.
	Cheltenham Anagram of match Helen Westonbirt is near there	Adam Q
3.	During his D of E, bird watching provided an estuarine diversion.
	Bideford Anagram of "D of E bird". On the estuary of the Torridge.	Poll Skeeping
4.	Kent CCC needed the scorer to travel to the St Lawrence Ground.
	Rochester Anagram the scorer, hasStLawrence Ground	Kenneth Williams
5.	From the Shooting Times – "Midland man got spaniel to train as gun dog".
	Leamington Spa Anagram of man got spaniel	Peterhw
6.	Although the brewery no longer dominates, the pachydermal weather vane survives.
	Fremlins Brewery, Maidstone Kent	Gerry Strey
	Maidstone Anagram of dominates	Adam Q
7.	O'Neill must have prayed for King James, but surely God heard him not.
	Drogheda Anagram of God heard but not sure why King James and O'Neill	Adam Q
	Drogheda (as above) The link: 8th Baron Mountjoy took Hugh O’Neill to present himself to King James during the Treaty of Mellifont. Mellifont Abbey being in Drogheda.	Anon
8.	Anglers on the Great Ouse were making chub the catch of the day.
	Buckingham Anagram of "making chub"	Poll Skeeping
9.	A notice in Galgate stated "Room to rent. Crab salad for supper."
	Barnard Castle Anagram of "rent crab salad". Galgate is an area of the town.	Poll Skeeping
	Barnard's Castle Anagram of "rent Crab salad" Galgate is the main street	Adam Q
	Barnard Castle	Adam Q
10.	Kenney played this drum, as a guest, after the first chukka.
	Midhurst Anagram This Drum, home of Polo	Kenneth Williams
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I.
1.	How is HM toasted in the Palatinate?
	The Queen, Duke of Lancaster	Poll Skeeping
2.	Who was the grossly obese grandson of King Edward II?
	Reginald III of Guelders Known as the Fat was "too large to escape imprisonment even if the door was left open"	Adam Q
	Edmund of Langley died at Agincourt, some say he was too fat	kenneth Williams
	Reginald III, Duke of Guelders	The Quiznaster says
3.	Who died in a duel arising from the disputed Gerard inheritance?
	James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton Died in a duel with Lord Charles Mohun, over the estate of Fitton Gerard, third Earl of Macclesfield, in 1712.	Bob Kegel
4.	Who proudly preserved his blood by protracted wartime concealment?
	Duke of Plaza-Toro The Gondoliers by Gilbert and Sullivan	Adam Q
5.	Who would open with a recommendation for the subway line to Harlem?
	Duke Ellington "Take the A Train"	Les Kirkham
6.	Which ferrous hero is represented in a cupro-stannous mix on Round Hill?
	Duke of Wellington (Iron Duke) Statue in Aldershot made from bronze cannons	Adam Q
7.	Who mortally wounded his superior officer in a duel after Bayou Meto?
	John Marmaduke Marmaduke disagreed with Lucius Walker's behavior at the Battle of Bayou Meto.	Gerry Strey
8.	Who leaped to his death, despite being spared ophthalmic ablation?
	Duke of Gloucester King Lear	Kenneth Williams
	Arthur Duke of Britanny As Described in Shakespears Life and Death of King John	Robin Coles
	Arthur, Duke of Brittany	The Quiznaster says
9.	Which Butcher is remembered as both Dianthus and Jacobaea?
	Prince William, Duke of Cumberland Remembered both as 'Sweet William' (dianthus) and 'Stinking Willie' (after the jacobaea that reputedly grew where his armies marched in Scotland).	Les Kirkham
	Duke of Cumberland Sweet William and Stinking Willie named after him	Adam Q
10.	Who led his army on an apparently sisyphean march?
	The Grand Old Duke of York Nursery rhyme	Philip Johnson
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J.
1.	Who claimed to be Larger than Life after a change of heart?
	Eddie Large Heart transplant in 2002	Lesley
2.	Which Apple cultivar benefited from hepatic replacement for 2½ years?
	Steve Jobs	Adam Q
3.	Who famously moved Bino's heart in a Rush but it lasted only 90 minutes?
	Dr James Hardy Used a chimpanzee's heart on Boyd Rush as no human heart was available. The patient died after 90 minutes	Peterhw
	1964	Peterhw
4.	What was Ronald's most famous Christmas present to his twin brother Richard?
	Kidney First long term successful human organ transplant	Adam Q
5.	Which test cricketer's accidental death enabled 10 people to benefit from organ donation?
	David Hookes Australian cricketer died 2004	Lesley
6.	Which knight was helped to cut his way to a Chair by the canines Lollipop and TweedleDee?
	Sir Roy Yorke Calne Pioneered transplant surgery. Developed techniques at Harvard, doing transplants on dogs, including two named Lollipop and TweedleDee.	Bob Kegel
7.	Which footballer travelled from Catalonia to Piraeus via Monte Carlo after a Greffe du Foie?
	Éric Sylvain Abidal retired footballer had a Liver transplant	Lesley
	Eric Abidel Spelling difference	The Quiznaster says
8.	What can be salvaged in the course of cardiac surgery to provide vital T-cells?
	The thymus gland It rests on the pericardium	phg
9.	Whose pioneering surgery partly corrected Ca(OH)2 damage in Olomouc?
	J Gallo Orthopaedic surgeon Palacky University Olomouc	Peterhw
	Dr Edward Zirm First corneal graft on a patient whose corneas had been damaged by his work in the lime slaking industry. Ca(OH)2 is slaked lime.	Mike Sevitt
	Eduard Zirm	The Quiznaster says
10.	which antirejection drug takes its name from the land of the Moai?
	Rapamune also known as rapamycin or sirolimus Named for Rapa Nui or Easter Island statues called moai	Adam Q
	Rapamycin	The Quiznaster says
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K.
1.	Whose dream inspired Dykes?
	'[The Dream of] Gerontius' (poem by John Henry Newman) John Bacchus Dykes (1823–76) made a musical setting of an extract, 'Praise to the Holiest in the Height', as a hymn.	Oliver Mundy
2.	Who beheld the faces of man, lion, ox and eagle?
	John Revelation Chapter 4	Adam Q
	Ezekiel Unlikely to have St. John as the answer to two questions.	dreadnought
	Ezekiel	The Quiznaster says
3.	Who saw seven golden candlesticks from his home on a Dodecanese island?
	St John, in Revelations, 1:20 John wrote the Revelations on the island of Patmos, where he had been banished by the Roman authorities	Anna Ravano
4.	What vision of Breton women was depicted following a sermon at Pont Aven?
	"Les Bretonnes et le pardon de Pont Aven" by van Gogh	Anna Ravano
	Vision of the Sermon (Jacob Wrestling With the Angel) Painting by Paul Gaugin depicts Breton women seeing this vision after a church service.	John
	Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (Paul Gaugin)	The Quiznaster says
5.	Which Sephardic Jew had a vision of Christ inviting him to follow him as a 16-year-old Rugby pupil?
	Brigham Young ????	Kenneth Williams
	Hugh William Montefiore Whilst at Rugby School had a vision of Christ which resulted in his immediate conversion	Peterhw
6.	Where did Jacinta and two other juvenile shepherds have a vision of a lady in white, holding a rosary?
	Fatima Appearance of Virgin Mary	Adam Q
7.	Who suffered three days of blindness following an illuminating vision, while journeying in Syria?
	St Paul Vision of Christ in the road to Damascus blinded him	Adam Q
	Saul He changed his name to Paul later	The Quiznaster says
8.	Whose visions involved instructions from Michael, Catherine and Margaret?
	Joan of Arc	Anna Ravano
9.	In what did the poet have a vision of commercially-laden heavens?
	Locksley Hall by Tennyson Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails,.	Gerry Strey
10.	Whose vision was sculpted by Bernini?
	St. Theresa's "The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa" in the Cornaro Chapel, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome	Anna Ravano
	The Vision of Constantine Statue by Berninin in St Peter's Square, Rome. Constatine had a vision of the cross before a battle: 'In Hoc Signo Vinces'. St Teresa's statue is an ecstacy, not a vision.	Ross
	St Teresa of Avila	The Quiznaster says
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L.
1.	Which Hungarians masquerade as sheep?
	Komondor dogs They resemble the sheep they herd	Gerry Strey
	Mangalica Breed of pigs which grow a sheep like fleece	Adam Q
	Mangalicas	The Quiznaster says
2.	What might represent Denmark at cross-country?
	Landrace Pig The most popular commercial breed	Philip Johnson
	Danish Protest Pig breed of pig developed by ethnic Danes living in Prussia.	Christian Golden
	Landrace	The Quizmaster says
3.	Who partook of muffins and crumpets in the cook's cabin?
	Little Pig Robinson Beatrix Potter story	Adam Q
4.	Who frightened Mustard in the bathroom of the Garden Suite?
	Empress of Blandings	Adam Q
5.	Which intended prey brought Simba and Nala together after the chase?
	Pumba Warthog in The Lion King	Adam Q
	Pumbaa Spelling	The Quiznaster says
6.	Who appeared in a black coat, ratcatcher breeches and leather leggings?
	Napoleon (Pig not Emperor) Orwell's Animal Farm	Adam Q
7.	What Savage view was slightly marred by seven huge skyscrapers?
	The Hogs Back in Surrey Brave New World. The savage might see more skyscrapers now.	Martin Watts
	View of Hog's Back from lighthouse tower From Aldous Huxley' Brave New World	Peterhe
8.	Who was saved from slaughter by John and adopted by Fern?
	Wilbur the pig from the book Charlotte's Web	Astrid Bear
9.	Who escaped, to the consternation of air traffic control?
	DB Cooper Hijacker who bailed out over wilderness	Douglas Hall
	Pink Floyd inflatable pig	dreadnought
	Algie Name given to Pink Floyd's pig	The Quiznaster says
10.	who was given to Dennis on 5 May 1979?
	Rasher Pet pig of Dennis the Menace (UK version) in Beano comic
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M.	Which personality?
1.	6.76, Tokyo.
	Mary Rand 1964 women's long jump record	Don S
2.	13:51.6, London.
	Chris Chataway 1954 5000m world record	Don S
3.	18.29, Gothenburg.
	Jonathan Edwards 1995 world record triple jump	Don S
4.	50, 45, 73, 92, 39, 66.
	David Steele Cricket, 1975 Ashes
5.	7½ – 4½, South Yorkshire.
	British Ryders Cup team 1957 tournament	Don S
	Dai Rees Captained the Great Britain Ryder Cup team to victory at Lindrick Golf club 71/2 - 41/2 4th- 5th October 1957	Peterhw
6.	4:31.3, 18:05.8, 2:21.9, Budapest.
	Ian Black 1958 European swimming championships won 400m freestyle, 1500 m freestyle and 200m butterfly	Peterhw
7.	5:40.27, Copenhagen.
	Mark Cavendish 2011 CyclingWorld Race championship	Don S
8.	48.12, Mexico City.
	David Hemery Wins Olympic gold in 400 m hurdles in 48.12 secs	Peterhw
9.	2:17.18, Chicago.
	Paula Radcliffe Women's world record in marathon	Don S
10.	20-17, Sydney.
	Jonny Wilkinson Winning goal in 2003 Rugby World Cup	Don S
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N.	In which hostelry:
1.	do we always get bacon each day of the year?
	Broomhill Inn The quotation is from Burns who was a regular. John Bacon was the landlord.	dreadnought
	Brownhill Inn At Brownhill we always get dainty good cheer, And plenty of bacon each day in the year	Christian
	Brownhill Inn	The Quiznaster says
2.	did the Anti-muffs feast off goose, followed by Goliahs?
	The Jolly Herring "Eric: or, Little by little : a tale of Roslyn School" by Frederic W. Farrar	Bob Kegel
3.	would the well-favoured sexagenarian Abigail serve purl and other beverages?
	The Six Jolly Fellowship Porters In Dickens' 'Our Mutual Friend'. Miss Abbey Potterson was the landlady.	Kate Bunting
4.	did the Professor of Logic and Rhetoric spend the night after disembarking at Leith pier?
	Ramages Anthony Lammas in The Free Fishers by John Buchan
	The Tappit Hen (John Buchan, The Free Fishers)	The Quiznaster says
5.	did Charles and Emma dine on their first evening with the obnoxious, velvet-capped, pharmacist?
	Le Lion d'or in Flaubert's "Madame Bovary"	Anna Ravano
6.	did Joseph stop for a mug of ale when carrying the childbirth casualty, Fanny, in the new spring wagon to the church?
	Buck's Head Inn in Thomas Hardy's "Far from the Madding Crowd"	Anna Ravano
7.	did two former residents of Beaulieu Abbey join the veteran bowman from Crooksbury?
	The Pied Merlin The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Philip Johnson
	The	Christian Golden
	The Pied Merlin appears in “Sir Nigel”, by AC Doyle	Christian Golden
8.	did the boastful redheaded landscape painter throw whisky in the Englishman's face?
	McLellan Arms Five Red Herrings Dorothy L Sayers Campbell landscape painter and Waters	Peterhw
9.	was the billiard table already occupied by three overnight guests?
	The Stag "Three Men in a Boat," Jerome K. Jerome. "Very sorry, sir. Three gentlemen sleeping on the billiard-table already, and two in the coffee-room. Can't possibly take you in to-night."	Bob Kegel
	"The Stag" at Datchet "Three Men in a Boat"	Philip Johnson
10.	did the whopper weigh in at thirty pound and a half?
	The Roaring Donkey Pub in The Big Six, whopper was a pike	Adam Q
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O.
1.	Which Lindsey engine shed was vanelline?
	Pyewipe junction Engine shed in Lincolnshire	Peterhw
	Pyewipe is a bird of the van Ellis genus	Peterhw
2.	What is overlooked by the former Havanah House?
	Junction Pool Salmon fishing pool at junction of Tweed and Teviot rivers	Adam Q
3.	Where should one alight to witness Istabraq and Concorde?
	Tipperary They are horse races held there.	Les Kirkham
	Limerick junction Next to the racecourse	dreadnought
	Limerick Junction It's the railway station next to Tipperary racecourse	Les Kirkham
	Limerick Junction	The Quiznaster says
4.	Where did Roger receive a pigeon in a wicker basket from the porter?
	At the railway junction on the way to the lake. In "Pigeon Post."	Gerry Strey
	Strickland Junction Pigeon Post by Arthur Ransome	Adam Q
5.	Where was the Engine-Burgler handed over to the guard of a returning train?
	Stacklepoole Junction The Railway Children	phg
6.	What brings together highways linking Catthorpe and Gretna, and Bodmin and Mansfield?
	Spaghetti Junction The Gravelly Hill Interchange, known as Spaghetti Junction, connects the M6 and A38 highways. The M6 motorway runs from the Catthorpe Interchange to the Gretna junction. The A38 connects Bodmin in Cornwall to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire.	Bob Kegel
7.	Where, in north London, was there one gaslight in the Booking Hall?
	Junction Road Station Six on the upside! six on the down side! One gaslight in the Booking Hall And a thousand sins on this lonely station - What shall I do with them all?	Bob Kegel
8.	What nominally recalls a confrontation with Medina Sidonia?
	Spanish Armada ?? 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia was commander in chief of the Spanish Armada	Peterhw
	The Junction pub, Plymouth	Peterhw
	The Armada at spaghetti junction ???	Peterhw
	Effingham junction Lord Howard of Effingham was commander of the English fleet against the Armada.	dreadnought
	Effingham Junction	The Quiznaster says
9.	Where is transmission compromised by Naja's bite?
	Neuromuscular junction Cobra (genus Nama) venom is a neurotoxin	Mike Smith
	Neuromuscular junction Cobra (genus Naja) venom is a neurotoxin	Mike Smith
10.	Which burial ground featured on the big screen?
	Cemetery Junction Movie released in 2010	Bob Kegel
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P.	Who:
1.	urged serpentine reconnection?
	Benjamin Franklin "Join, or Die" is a political cartoon depicting Britain's North American colonies as a snake cut into pieces.	Bob Kegel
2.	represented the Corsican as an arachnid?
	Thomas Rowlandson Cartoon, The Corsican Spider in His Web, 1808.	Gerry Strey
3.	created a series, warning against eavesdroppers?
	Fougasse (Kenneth Bird) Careless Talk costs Lives campaign in WW2	Adam Q
4.	depicted a skeletal fisherman greeting his retreating countrymen?
	David Low Cartoon about German retreat from Russia	Adam Q
5.	sketched a bubbly Leader of the Opposition (but without the bar of soap)?
	James Gillray His cartoon was of Charles James Fox, Leader of the Opposition, blowing bubbles within which appeared the heads of various Foxite politicians.	Les Kirkham
	Vicky Drew a cartoon of WSC as bubbles whilst leader of opposition	PhilH
	Vicky	The Quiznaster says
6.	showed the monarch watching the great ferrous politician leaving the ship?
	Sir John Tenniel, illustrator and caricaturist 'Dropping the Pilot' (cartoon in 'Punch', circa 1890) represented Prince Bismarck (lately dismissed from office) disembarking as Kaiser Wilhem II looks on from the deck.	Oliver Mundy
	John Tenniel Cartoon showing Bismarck, the Iron Duke, observed by Kaiser Wilhelm II	Gerry Strey
7.	imagined the prince wishing for prior decommissioning of weapons?
	Jonathan Powell In "The New Machiavelli"	phg
	John Leech I guess the quizmaster would not omit the most prolific Punch caricaturist. I also guess that the Prince is Prince Albert but the only cartoon I can find shows Albert polishing a military hat he had invented.	dreadnought
	Cummings (Diana and Charles, 1995)	The Quiznaster says
8.	brought together premier and emperor at the global table?
	James Gillray "The Plumb pudding in danger" Pitt and Napoleon	Adam Q
9.	represented the enquiring physician as an ass?
	Goya Engraving of c 1797 depicting Galinsoya (Queen’s physician) as a donkey	Lopsock
10.	depicted three variations on a Gent?
	Francis Bacon Three Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer, Bacon called him 'Sir George'	Lesley
	George Cruikshank Gent, No-Gent, Re-Gent, his triptych of Prince Regent	Christian Golden
	George Cruikshank (‘Gent, No Gent & Re-gent’, 1816)	The Quiznaster says
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Q.	According to The Ploughman:
1.	what rins wimpling clear?
	Doon Robert Burns the Ploughman Poet	Adam Q
2.	what is repeatedly crystal and winding?
	Devon Fairest Maid On Devon Banks	Lesley
3.	what is foaming down its ain green narrow strath?
	River Clyde Burns poem "Yon Wild Mossy Mountains"
	Ilk Stream " Ilk stream foaming down its ain green, narrow strath"	Christian Golden
	Ilk Stream " Ilk stream foaming down its ain green, narrow strath"	Christian Golden
	Clyde	The Quizmaster says
4.	by what winding stream do bounding hawthorns gaily bloom?
	The Banks of Nith	Gerry Strey
	Robert Burns : The Banks Of Nith	Lesley
5.	by whose bonie banks did Stewart and Murray muster a' their powers?
	Robert Burns Ballads on Mr. Heron's Election, 1795	Lesley
	Dee	Lesley
	Dee	The Quiznaster says
6.	which struggling river toils thro' the gap, to a horrid boiling caldron below?
	The roaring Fyers Lines On The Fall Of Fyers Near Loch-Ness	Lesley
7.	by what Water, tho' I hae nae meikle tocher, will we tent our flocks?
	Galla Water Braw Lads O' Galla Water	Lesley
8.	along whose flowery banks should we all our vows renew?
	Cree The Flowery Banks Of Cree	Lesley
9.	by what does Autumn erect his aged head?
	The River Tweed	Gerry Strey
10.	what pours with gurgling sound?
	Cessnock	Lesley
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R.	During 2017:
1.	whose lasting legacy will be J9?
	Joust van der Westhuizen SA rugby player died from motor neurons disease set up J9 Foundation	Peterhw
2.	who has travelled to southern Mexico in search of moles?
	Rick Stein Made a TV series on Mexican cookery. Mole is a Mexican sauce.	Kate Bunting
3.	what meteorological event recalled a favourite worst nightmare?
	Ophelia Storm	Kenneth Williams
	Arctic weather in December? Favourite Worst Nightmare is an album by Arctic Monkeys
	Arctic storm Caroline See explanation above	Peterhw
	Storm Brian (22 Oct 2017) "Favourite Worst Nightmare" is an album by the Arctic Monkeys, the first track of which is entitled "Brianstorm"	John H
	Storm Brian	The Quizmaster says
4.	what proved to be massively more than a wash pot for the troglodytes?
	MOAB MOAB, the Mother Of All Bombs (alternatively Massive Ordnance Air Blast), was used to attack ISIS guerillas lurking in the Afghan mountains. Moab was a biblical state, inimical to Israel, which was so completely subdued that it was likened to a bowl for washing travellers' feet.	Cotton Minor
5.	which global record-breaker achieved his goal at the Arc de Triomphe, rather than in Pall Mall?
	British cyclist Mark Beaumont He cycled around the world in 79 days, beating the 80 days of the book where Phineas Fogg returned to his London club to complete his challenge.	Cotton Minor
6.	whose revelation of the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world has been nobly rewarded?
	Kazuo Ishiguro Winner of Nobel Prize for Literature	Adam Q
7.	where has inflation seen a significant increase from tuppence per person per trip?
	Runcorn Ferry Stanley Monoluge	Philip Johnson
	Mersey Gateway Bridge Opened last year, with tolls significantly higher than that of the old Runcorn Ferry	Christian Golden
	Mersey Gateway	The Quiznaster says
8.	what unique occurrence featured in a home win by 15-8 in Helsinki?
	Alhambra Nieves - first female to referee a competitive men's international in Europe
9.	which uniquely successful Son of the Wind has ceased to blow?
	Sir Peter Blake Killed by armed pirates whilst moored off remote Brazilian city	Peterhw
	Peter Blake did not die in 2017
	John Surtees John Surtees was the only man to have won a grand prix world championship on two and four wheels. He was nicknamed "figlio del vento", "son of the wind". He died in 2017.	Poll Skeeping
	John Surtees	The Quiznaster says
10.	which sometime gasman is sadly no longer At Large?
	Glen Campbell
	Richard Gordon (1921–2017) Sometime anaesthetist, later author of the humorous series of novels chronicling the progress of Dr. Simon Sparrow and including 'Doctor at Large' (1955)	Oliver Mundy
	Richard Gordon	The Quiznaster says