King William's College Annual Quiz

King William's College Annual Quiz - 2020-2021

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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 1920 :
1.	who depicted five ladies plane-spotting?
	Picasso Bathers watching a plane (5.bathers) 1920	GP
2.	what, tragically, foundered on the reef of Roche Bonne?
	SS Afrique Liner ran aground and foundered with large loss of life	Adam Q
3.	which Boston financier's eponymous scheme was shown to be fraudulent?
	Ponzy A pyramid scheme	Gus Spier
	Ponzi Spelling
	Charles Ponzi This is the spelling used in Wikipedia	pete serres
	Charles Ponzi	The Quizmaster says...
4.	where did the Gay highwayman embark on a marathon of over 1400 appearances?
	Lyric Theatre The Beggar's Opera by John Gay performed long run	Adam Q
5.	in what did Capt. Hastings recall his sick leave in Essex at John Cavendish's invitation?
	The Mysterious Affair at Styles Agatha Christie's first murder mystery with Hercule Poirot
6.	who was buried among the kings because he had done good toward God and toward His house?
	The Unknown Warrior. Part of the epitaph	Pete
7.	whose advocacy of a return to normalcy secured a move to Hoban's famous creation?
	President Warren G Harding Hoban was the designer of the White House	Don Seltzer
	Woodrow Wilson Wilson was President in 1920. Also downplay d the epidemic.	Fionx
	Harding "Return to Normalcy" was his slogan. He was elected in 1920.	ChristianFig
	Warren G. Harding	The Quizmaster says...
8.	what sobriquet arose from the provision of khaki trousers to go with green tunics?
	Pinks and Greens US Army uniform	Gus Spier
	The Black and Tans - Irish police auxiliarys Colours of uniform. British army khaki trousers and dark green Irish police jackets
	Black & Tans, Ireland They also factor in Question 11.4	ChristianFig
	Black & Tans, Ireland They also factor in Question 11.4	ChristianFig
	Black and Tans	The Quizmaster says...
9.	who was sent off on his first marketing trip for honey, fruit and eggs?
	Rupert the Bear in the debut of the comic strip in the Daily Express Rupert was sent to the shops by his mother for honey fruit and eggs	Mary Fisher
10.	who introduced our Gallic neighbours to Fred Peloux?
	Colette Novel Cheri	Don Seltzer
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B.	And one hundred years earlier
1.	what became the 24th?
	Missouri Missouri compromise in March 2020 admitted as the 14th state of the USA
	Missori Became 24th state admitted in August 1821 bur Missori Compromise which allowed this was in 1820
2.	what was bestowed on the Laird of Abbotsford?
	A baronetcy (a kind of hereditary knighthood, conferring the prefix 'Sir'). The recipient was Mr., henceforward Sir, Walter Scott.	Oliver Mundy
3.	what happy event took place in the Villa Colombaia?
	Birth of Florence Nightingale	Don Seltzer
4.	who revealed the flight of Porphyro and his lover on 20th January?
	John Keats The Eve of St Agnes poem	Don Seltzer
5.	which presumed sufferer from Porphyria finally lost his battle with dementia?
	George III	Philip Johnson
	King George III He died. Porphyria is widely, though not universally, regarded as the cause behind his episodes of mental aberration from 1788 onwards.	Oliver Mundy
6.	which vessel's Antarctic adventure would be recalled 141 years later in an infinitely more rarefied atmosphere?
	Vostok sloop Lead ship in first Russian Antarctic Expedition, first manned spacecraft	Don Seltzer
7.	where did a discovery in W2 lead five to the scaffold at Newgate?
	Cato St Cato St conspirators for treason
8.	for what felony did Louvel receive attention from the guillotine?
	Assasination Killed Duke of Berry	Don Seltzer
9.	how did a new bridge strengthen international unity?
	Union Chain Bridge joining England and Scotland River Tweed
10.	what ancient relic was discovered in Trypiti?
	Venus de Milo discovered by accident on island of Milos	Don Seltzer
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C.	The name of which capital:
1.	sounds monastic?
	Des Moines, Iowa Named for the river which in turn was named from the French "of the monks"	GBB
2.	started as a district in Calvados?
	Boise, ID There is a now defunct district, boisée in Calvados but I can't find a driest connection between the two.	GBB
	Montgomery Alabama St Germain de Montgommery	Dreadnought
	Montgomery	The Quizmaster says...
3.	uniquely honours a foreign statesman?
	Bismarck, ND named for Otto von Bismarck	Don Seltzer
4.	appears to place yellow bellies in Lancaster?
	Lincoln Nebraska Lincoln is in Lancaster County, NE, and persons from Lincolnshire UK are yellowbellies	Don Seltzer
5.	is derived from a Fort built by a St Louis fur-trader?
	Pierre, SD Fort Pierre Chouteau built by John Jacob Astor	Don Seltzer
6.	features in a hymn translated by the Warden of Sackville College in Sussex?
	Salem OR Light's Abode Celestial Salem trans. J,M Neale the Warden	Adam Q
7.	commemorates one of two successful gold miners?
	Juneau, Alaska Named for Joe Juneau	Dave Vaklyes
8.	was reminiscent of a view of the Thames?
	Richmond, VA Richmond on Thames?	GBB
	Richmond Hill offers a famous view of the Thames.	Kate Bunting
9.	seems to be misplaced in Suffolk?
	Boston, MA in Suffolk County, MA (not in Lincolnshire)	Don Seltzer
10.	symbolises rebirth?
	Phoenix, Arizona Bird in greek mythology	D
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D.
1.	who was the last of the Domnitori?
	Carol 1 Last ruler of Romania (who were known as Domnitor)	GBB
2.	who began with the story of Jack Easy?
	Carol Reed Mr Midshipman Easy was the first film he directed	Adam Q
	Hughie green ( Hugh Hughes Green) Played Jack Easy in the midshipman easy - his first credited film role	Gp
	Not carol reed It was his second film	GP
	Back to carol reed It is his second film but Carol fits the carol(ine) theme of this section	GO
	Carol Reed It was his first film where he was the sole director	Michele Edwin
	Carol Reed	The Quizmaster says...
3.	after whom was a small crater on the Mare Imbrium named?
	Caroline Herschel	Adam Q
4.	which grandly multiparous consort succumbed to an umbilical hernia?
	Caroline of Ansbach Wife of Gearge II died of hernia in 1737 after 8 children	Adam Q
5.	who made disparaging remarks to Eliza about George Wickham and his treatment of his late father's employer?
	Caroline Bingley Pride & Prejudice
6.	which medical school was established for the training of military surgeons by the thirteenth monarch of that name?
	Karolinska Institutet Founded by Karl XIII	Poll Skeeping
7.	whose appearance prompted her intended to ask for Cognac following their first meeting?
	Princess Caroline of Brunswick The unloved bride of the Prince of Wales, afterwards King George IV.	Oliver Mundy
8.	who was known, with general disapproval, as La Reine du Congo?
	Caroline Lacroix A prostitute who became Leopold II of Belgium's mistress.	GBB
9.	in which tale does a ghost warn of the visits of three spirits?
	'A Christmas Carol' (Dickens) Jacob Marley is the ghost. (It looks as if 'Carol . . . ' is the common theme in this section.)	Oliver Mundy
10.	whose ill-fated affair inspired Enquist?
	Caroline Matilda Queen of Sweden whose affair with her doctor was in a book P.O.Enquist	Adam Q
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E.	What:
1.	often made Miss Barker feel quite tipsy?
	Damson Tart Cranford, by Elizabeth Gaskell	Gerry Strey
2.	sliced fruit did the newly-weds eat prior to their moonlit dance?
	Quince Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussycat"	Philip Johnson
3.	were recommended as 'really delicious' in the absence of bananas?
	Raspberries from the song Yes we have no bananas	Don Seltzer
4.	was held by Mrs Morris in a famous depiction of Ceres's daughter?
	Pomegranate Morris was the model for Rosetti's painting of Persphone	Don Seltzer
5.	prepared fruit was used to produce mass narcosis among game birds?
	Raisins To.lure quail in Ronald Dahl’s “Danny, Champion of the Word” ( as a poacher)	Larry Finch
	Raisins But pheasants not quail	Dreadnought
6.	nibbled fruit was depicted following Timmy's accidental urban excursion?
	Strawberry In the last picture in Beatrix Potter's 'Tale of Johnny Town Mouse' (Timmy is the country mouse).	Kate Bunting
7.	huge fruits were raised by the broad-shouldered, genial Englishman?
	Melons Tennyson	PeteWells
8.	perceived as an olfactory panacea, was purchased in Samarkand?
	Apple Arabian nights	Dreadnought
9.	fruit was darkly stained with the blood of suicidal lovers?
	Mulberry As in the story of Pyramus and Thisbe	Helen
10.	did Dr Grant regard as an insipid fruit at best?
	Apricot In Mansfield Park	Adam Q
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F.	Where:
1.	was Arthur's sword allegedly forged?
	Isle of Avalon	Adam Q
	Avalon / Glastonbury Tor Theme seems to be Somerset, and keeping with it, Glastonbury Tor was associated with the location of Avalon	ChristianFig
	Avalon / Glastonbury Tor Theme seems to be Somerset, and keeping with it, Glastonbury Tor was associated with the location of Avalon	ChristianFig
	Avalon	The Quizmaster says...
2.	was Osburga's son guilty of negligent baking?
	Isle of Athelney Alfred burned the cakes
	Athelney Marshes	The Quizmaster says...
3.	was Blood in practice when unfairly arrested for treason?
	Bridgwater Captain Blood by Sabatini
4.	did Sir Ensor's grand-daughter receive a non-fatal bullet wound?
	Oare, Somerset Lorna Doone shot at her wedding	Adam Q
	Church of St Mary, Oare At her wedding	Michele Edwin
	St Mary's Church, Oare	The Quizmaster says...
5.	did Pepys dine very well with his wife and Deb, while travelling between Salisbury and Bath?
	Philips-Norton in the Fleur de Lys From Pepys' diary.	GBB
6.	according to a railway handbook, do myrtles flourish in an attractive place for valetudinarians?
	Clevedon Note in Bradshaw	Adam Q
7.	was there a multitude of ugly women, and men who were infinitely worse?
	Bath Sir Walter Elliot's opinion in Persuasion	Adam Q
8.	did Churchill earn promotion from Colonel to Major General?
	Sedgemoor Monmouth's last battle. All answers refer to Somerset	Adam Q
	Sedgemoor In this battle of the Monmouth Rebellion, John Churchill, later Duke of Marlborough, distinguished himself and was so promoted.	Peter Cotton
9.	did Mrs Pigott reside with her horse-friendly cat?
	Maiden Eggesford P.G. Wodehouse "Aunts aren't Gentlemen"	Adam Q
10.	are scissors represented architecturally?
	Wells Unusual Scissor arch in the cthedral	Adam Q
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G.
1.	who had a farm in Africa at the foot of the Ngong Hills?
	Karen Blixen Out of Africa	Adam Q
2.	which giant silver 'fish' was caught by Leon with a Butterfly net?
	the airship "Assegai" in book of same name by Wilbur Smith caught by Leon Courtney using nets and described as a giant silver fish in a vision	Mary Fisher
3.	who, on greeting the Orkoiyot, shot him to crush his people's resistance?
	Richard Meinertzhagen Suppressed Nandi Resistance in Kenya by shooting the leader at a truce meeting	Adam Q
4.	beside which endorheic basin was Tessa found together with the headless Noah?
	Lake Magadi A scene from 'The Constant Gardner'	GBB
	The Turkana Basin The constant Gardener	Fionx
	Lake Turkana	The Quizmaster says...
5.	where did Sir Henry and his colleagues disembark prior to their search for a white race beyond Mt Kenya?
	Zanzibar She by Rider Haggard	Adam Q
	Durban King Solomon’s Mines. They were looking for Sir Henry’s brother	Michele Edwin
	Lamu In Allan Quatermain, sequel to King Solomon's Mines	Bob
	Luma	The Quizmaster says...
6.	where was construction of a railway bridge halted for three weeks owing to the activities of two man-eating lions?
	Tsavo River in Kenya	Adam Q
7.	what holiday retreat did the Earl and Countess of Merioneth receive as a wedding present?
	Sagana Fishing lodge in Kenya given to Prince Philip (subsidiary title Earl of Merioneth) and Princess Elizabeth on their wedding	Adam Q
8.	where did Mrs Grant endure failed breeding projects for rodents and nematodes?
	Thika The Flame Trees of Thika
	Njoro	The Quizmaster says...
9.	where did da Gama pick up a pilot for his onward passage to Kerala?
	Malindi, Kenya First voyage round Cape of Good Hope to India	Adam Q
10.	which decadent set was disturbed by Josslyn's unsolved murder?
	Happy Valley Set Decadent British aristocrats settled in Kenya, Josslyn Hay, 22nd Earl of Erroll murdered	Adam Q
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H.	In the course of several Eastern Mediterranean cruises:
1.	where did they stay with the Thyatiran seller of purple?
	Philippi Lydia of Thyatira. who invited Paul and his companions to stay with her. Acts 16.	Gerry Strey
2.	in a letter carried by Phebe, the writer expressed a wish to stop where en route to Spain?
	Rome St Pauls letter to the Romans carried by Phebe "I shall go on by way of you to Spain"	Mary Fisher
3.	what named tempest prevented them reaching western Crete, where they had hoped to winter?
	Euroclydon Acts 27:14 St Paul	Mary Fisher
4.	where was there an uproar as craftsmen, supplying the Temple of Artemis, objected to the erosion of their business?
	Ephesus The local version of Artemis was a many-breasted fertility goddess. English-speaking Bible readers will know her better as Diana. (This section is about a tent-maker from Tarsus.)	Oliver Mundy
5.	where was a congenital cripple cured, resulting in complimentary, but inappropriate, comparison with Jupiter and Mercurius?
	Lystra St Paul after healing the cripple was compared to Hermes and Barnabas to Zeus	Mary Fisher
6.	following a disagreement, from where did the Levite sail with Mark for his home country, while his erstwhile companion travelled through Syria and Cilicia with Silvanus?
	Antioch St Barnabus sailed to Cyprus with John Mark - St Paul sailed with Silvanus	Mary Fisher
7.	in what town did a sorcerer and false prophet fail in his attempt to obstruct the missionaries' meeting with the Proconsul?
	Paphos Acts 13:6 St Paul St Barnabas met Proconsul Sergius Paulus despite the false prophet Bar-Jesus	Mary Fisher
8.	where did a snakebite prove to be innocuous, persuading the barbarians that the victim was a god?
	Melita (Malta) St Pauk survived a shipwreck and a viper bite	Adam Q
9.	where was the lodger, staying with one of the seven deacons, urged not to go up to Jerusalem?
	Caeserea Maritima St Paul stayed with Philip the Evangelist one of the Seven Deacons before going to Jerusalem	Mary Fisher
	Tyre St Paul stayed there and was warned against going to Jerusalem	Michele Edwin
	Caesarea	ChristianFig
	Caesarea	The Quizmaster says...
10.	where was the first destination of the ship named after the Dioscuri?
	Syracuse St Pauls journey from Malta to Rome Acts 28	Mary Fisher
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I.	Down Under, which:
1.	archipelago was named in honour of Exmouth?
	The [Sir Edward] Pellew Islands, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Pellew became Lord Exmouth in 1816.	Oliver Mundy
2.	desert was named after himself by a Harrovian explorer?
	Strzelecki Desert It was named by old Harovian Charles Sturt, but obviously not after himself.....	GBB
	Sturt Stony Desert in the north-east of South Australia, far south western border area of Queensland and the far west of New South Wales	Adam Q
	Sturt Stony Desert	The Quizmaster says...
3.	island is named after the son of a Lincolnshire surgeon and man-midwife?
	Flinders Island Mathew Flinders father (also Mathew) was a man midwife	GBB
4.	mountain was so named because of its apparent similarity to a Cracovian mound?
	Mount Kosciuszko Need by Strzelecki to honor the freedom fighter. Aus's highest mountain.	GBB
5.	town, famed for its Musa, was so named by the shipbuilder son of an émigré Hackney haberdasher?
	Coff's Harbour, NSW Originally Korff's Harbour after shipbuilder John Korff, centre of banana growing	Adam Q
6.	island was discovered by the skipper of Eendracht, who left a pewter plate recording the event?
	Dirk Hartog Island In a voyage of 1616	Peter Cotton
7.	town, and the river which it straddles, are named after the wife of a celebrated meteorologist?
	Alice Springs on the Todd River named after Alice, Lady Todd, wife of Charles Todd, meteorologist (among other things)	annie stg
8.	town shared its name for 157 years with that of a West African trading post?
	Bathurst, New South Wales .Bathurst, The Gambia, was a West African trading post. Now called Banjul	annie stg
9.	mountain bears the name of an eminent Darmstadt chemist?
	Mount Liebig in Norther Territory after chemist Justus von Liebig of Darmstadt	Adam Q
10.	large bay was named after the future King of Naples?
	Port Phillip Bay? Phillip I, II, and III of Spain were all Kings of Naples.	Gerry Strey
	?Joseph Bonaparte Gulf Body of water between Western Australia and the Northern Territory	annie stg
	Murat Bay After Joachim Murat, King of Naples from 1808-1815	Carol H
	Murat Bay (by a whisker) Nicolas Baudin named bothe Bonaparte Gulf and Murat Bay after men who would later become King of Naples	ChristianFig
	Joseph Buonaparte	The Quizmaster says...
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J.	Where:
1.	does it cost 60p to drive into Berkshire?
	Whitchurch Toll Bridge?	Helen
2.	did an Italian master use a single arch to frame a view of the city?
	Westminster Bridge Canaletto	Mary Fisher
3.	do sculptures of Isis and Tamesis decorate keystones of the central arch?
	Henley Bridge Henley-on-Thames	Mary Fisher
4.	is a Brunel relic the World's oldest wrought iron railway bridge still in use?
	Windsor Railway Bridge	Adam Q
5.	did an earlier bridge bear similarities to a mathematical creation over the Cam?
	Old Walton Bridge Walton-on-Thames designed by William Etheridge same as the "Mathematical" Bridge in Cambridge but later replaced	Mary Fisher
6.	was the eleventh pier occupied by a chapel associated with a penitent monarch?
	Old London Bridge Built 1176-1209, demolished 1831. The monarch was King Henry II who had instigated the murder of Archbishop Thomas à Becket.	Oliver Mundy
7.	did a sometime Margate resident depict the bridge together with wading cattle?
	Caversham JMW Turner studied in Margate - painted Caversham Bridge with Cattle in the Water	GBB
8.	was part of the old wooden bridge depicted at dusk by a New Englander?
	Battersea Old Battersea Bridge, on the Thames, appears in Whistler's 'Nocturne: Blue and Gold'. Whistler was born in Lowell, Massachusetts.	Oliver Mundy
9.	when tolls finally ceased, was the charge 10d for twenty sheep?
	Maidenhead Bridge Maidenhead	Mary Fisher
10.	is a two part crossing facilitated by a hospitable island?
	Isle of Skye The Skye Bridge?	Helen
	Teddington Lock	Chris
	San Francisco Bay Bridge Bridge passes through Yerba Buena Island, site of quarantine in 1918 influenza epidemic.	Steve
	Forth Bridge The island is Inchgarvie	Michele Edwin
	Folly Bridge, Oxford Uses an island and is on the Thames	Pete Wells
	Abingdon Bridge 2 part bridge with island in the middle called Nag's Head Island	Mike Bath
	Abingdon - definitely This bridge is in two parts. Nag's Head once housed both an in and later a hospital (hospitable).	ChristianFig
	Abingdon (Nag's Head)	The Quizmaster says...
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K.
1.	which bridge appears harp-like?
	Samuel Beckett Bridge Modern bridge on the Liffey	GBB
2.	where did a conflagration destroy H B M Embassy?
	Dublin The British embassy in Dublin was destroyed by a crowd of demonstrators following Bloody Sunday.	Peter Cotton
	Merrion Square All answers are Dublin City. The embassy was petrol bombed, 3/2/72	ChristianFig
	Merrion Square	The Quizmaster says...
3.	from what murder scene did Skin the Goat provide an escape route?
	Phoenix Park, Dublin. Assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Burke, 6 May 1882. 'Skin-the-Goat', properly James Fitzharris, drove the cart in which the murderers fled.	Oliver Mundy
4.	where does a stand commemorating a Tipperary player recall a massacre?
	Croke Park Hogan Stand commemorates Bloody Sunday massacre	Dreadnought
5.	where did fire destroy the venue following an exhortation to "Keep the home fires burning"?
	The Abbey Theatre O caseys play " The Ploughing and the Stars" was playing. It features tthwt song.	Fionx
	That should read " The ploughing	Fionx.
	Abbey spelling: O'Casey's Play is "The Plough and the Stars"	ChristianFig
6.	where is the 'auto-epitaph' urging "Abi Viator Et imitare, si poteris, Strenuum pro virili Libertatis vindicatorem"?
	St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin Jonathan Swift's epitaph	Adam Q
7.	where was Mrs Emily Sinico knocked down and killed by the slow train from Kingstown?
	Sydney Parade Station Dublin James Joyce story "A Painful Case"	Mary Fisher
8.	where has the Trafalgar connection given way to a 120m high needle?
	O'Connell St in Dublin Nelson monument was blown up and replaced by the Needle
9.	where did we trip lightly along the ledge of the deep ravine?
	Grafton St, Dublin a line from Patrick Kavanagh's poem	Helen
	Raglan Road The words appear in this song	Michele Edwin
		Michele Edwin
	Grafton Street	The Quizmaster says...
10.	how was the New Lying-In Hospital later known?
	The Rotunda hospital
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L.
1.	who escaped by dropping onto Randal's circus elephant?
	Jaikie Galt In John Buchan's "The House of the Four Winds"	Adam Q
2.	which trio escaped from the Temple aided by Duhamel and D'Anglars?
	Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin and Gedymin Jagiello	Poll Skeeping
	Aubrey, Maturin, and Jagiello Surgeon’s Mate	Don Seltzer
3.	who donned a white cloak to escape through the snow and over the frozen Isis?
	Matilda, widow of Emperor Henry V and claimant to the throne of England. Captured by her cousin and rival King Stephen, she used camouflage to aid her escape from Oxford Castle (Dec. 1142).	Oliver Mundy
4.	who, after exchanging clothes, was anaesthetised by the jackal and removed unconscious from prison?
	Charles Darnay In 'A Tale of Two Cities'. Sydney Carton, who takes Darnay's place, served as 'jackal' or factotum to the barrister Stryver.	Oliver Mundy
5.	who substituted himself for the shrouded corpse of his friend, and after removal from the castle was thrown into the sea?
	Edmond Dantes Count of Monte Cristo	Don Seltzer
6.	who was bade "Farewell, Harry" by Sir Thomas as he made his departure from the city, disguised as his friend Jack's servant?
	King Charles I After defeat in the Civil War he left Oxford disguised as Jack Ashburnham's servant. Sir Thomas Glemham, governor of Oxford, saw them off.	Kate Bunting
7.	which priest escaped from the Cradle using a rope to cross the moat, before joining two of the gunpowder plotters?
	John Gerard Jesuit priest imprisoned in the Tower of London	Gerry Strey
8.	whose escape in a basket of linen was contrived by Dupont with help from Mme Simon?
	Louis XVII (the Dauphin) escape during the French Revolution alleged by the Simons
	Louis xvii as child Fictional from ElDorado by Baroness D’orczy
	Capet's	The Quizmaster says...
9.	where were Tom and Dick discarded, but Harry facilitated the escape of 76?
	Stalag Luft III Names of the three tunnels in the Great Escape
10.	which famous libertine escaped over the roof of the Doge's Palace?
	Giacomo Casanova Broke out of prison and went over the roof	GBB
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M.	Who:
1.	was the object of Arkwright's perpetual lust?
	Nurse Galdys Emmanuel The object shopkeeper's lust in Open All Hours	GBB
2.	was appreciated by Yossarian for her supple, callipygous feature?
	Nurse Ducket Yossarian's lover in Catch 22	GBB
3.	had a glowing testimonial from Kevin Teevan and became Stephen's loblolly girl?
	Poll Skeeping Couldn't resist this one!	Poll Skeeping
4.	masqueraded as Muriel Forrest and murdered Great Aunt Agatha and two otherwomen?
	Mary Whitaker Nurse in Dorothy L Sayers "Unnatural Death"	Adam Q
5.	did Mrs West perceive through her lenses as a snake with twisting neck and pointed barbed tongue?
	Nurse Ansel Daphne du Maurier story "The Breaking Point"	Mary Fisher
6.	rescued 007 from the excesses of The Rack and after intravenous Nikethamide provided soothing effleurage?
	Patricia Fearing Nurse in Thunderball	Adam Q
7.	despite repeated rejection in the UK, established a form of convalescent retreat near Balaclava?
	Nurse Florence Nightingale Nursed soldiers in the Crimena War, close to Balaclava	GBB
	Mary Seacole Jamaican-British nurse; set up a "convalescent Hotel"	Philip Johnson
	Mary Seacole	The Quizmaster says...
8.	on the recommendation of Mr Mould, attended to the mortal remains of old Anthony?
	Mrs. Gamp In Dickens's 'Martin Chuzzlewit'.	Oliver Mundy
9.	was viciously attacked by McMurphy, who was then subjected to lobotomy?
	Nurse Ratchett "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", by Ken Kesey	Gus Spier
	Nurse Ratched Spelling	Dreadnought
	Nurse Ratched	The Quizmaster says...
10.	developed a lasting association with Robert Jones?
	Agnes Hunt Worked with Jones in orthopedic care	Gerry Strey
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N.	In which thrilling story:
1.	was there a sinful waste of a Jeroboam?
	Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh the Jeroboam is the murder weapon	Mary Fisher
2.	were narcotics concealed within an artist's materials?
	Artists in Crime
	Last Ditch Artists in Crime is answer to 14.7	ChristianFig
	Last Ditch	The Quizmaster says...
3.	did the throwing of a wayward dart signal a fatal train of events?
	Death at the Bar
4.	was the Ambassador mistakenly impaled by the passed-over Colonel?
	Black as he’s painted
5.	did a fashionable West End physician post his lordship's cloak to an address in China?
	Death in a White Tie	Carol H
6.	did plagiarism and an incestuous relationship result in blackmail and the well-deserved despatch of the blackmailer?
	When in Rome	Carol H
7.	did the long-haired amoral sculptor succumb to the oral administration of HNO₃?
	Artists in Crime	Carol H
8.	did Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C sharp minor trigger a fatal shot?
	Overture to Death by Ngaio Marsh	Mary Fisher
9.	does the title recall terminal regal gluttony in Normandy?
	A Surfeit of Lampreys, novel by Ngaio Marsh Henry I of England died from overeating lampreys	Gerry Strey
10.	were a Jampot and an Egg broadly involved?
	Clutch of Constables by Ngaio Marsh Jampot is nickname of a jewel thief and egg is a Faberge egg.	Adam Q
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O.
1.	what lends Julia her eyes?
	The glow-worm In Herrick's 'The Night Piece to Julia'.	Kate Bunting
2.	what found out the bed of the sick rose?
	worm William Blake	Charles Miller
	invisible worm
	Invisible worm	The Quizmaster says...
3.	what, despite its serpentine appearance, is in reality anguid?
	A slow worm? A limbless lizard	Gerry Strey
	The Hammerhead worm Is often mistaken for a snake.	Fionx
	Slow worm	The Quizmaster says...
4.	who sent fake news from Cuba and was rewarded with an OBE?
	James Wormold "Our Man in Havana" by Graham Greene	Adam Q
5.	what did the Elkoshite predict would spoil and fly away following the fall of Ninevah?
	Cankerworm Nahum Ch. 3 v.16	Adam Q
6.	where, in a letter to Frederick, did the excommunicate consider that there were as many devils as tiles on the roof?
	Worms Martin Luther wrote the words on his way to the Diet of Worms	Adam Q
7.	seemingly worth slightly more than £1, what is hosted for a while by Cyclops?
	The guinea worm (Dracunculus medinensis) A sublethal skin infection. The worm breeds in copepods (water-fleas) of the genus Cyclops. Numismatically, a guinea was one pound one shilling (£1.05).	Oliver Mundy
8.	what great burning star fell in response to the third trumpeter?
	Wormwood Cardena Beatus codex	Mary Fisher
9.	what is accessed from Strucklahnungshörn?
	Pellworm Island ferry goes from Strucklahnungshörn	Adam Q
10.	what is Gower's detached appendage?
	Worm's Head on the Gower Peninsula? Headland at the tip of Gower peninsula	Gerry Strey
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P.
1.	what came in through Melcombe?
	Black Death Port of entry to England Disease questions	Adam Q
2.	what was launched by a keelman on the Quay at Sunderland?
	Cholera outbreak 1831 came in to the Quay on a ship from the Baltic states	Mary Fisher
3.	which exanthema prompted the declaration of a State of Emergency in Apia?
	Measles Outbreak in Samoa, Apia is capital	Adam Q
4.	what unexpected and final episode led to an eminent microbiologist's suicide?
	Smallpox A lab release of smallpox virus at Birmingham University in 1978 caused one death. The head of the department later committed suicide.	Adam Q
	Escape of anthrax Bruce Ivan’s killed himself when found negligent	Michele Edwin
	David Kelly We think "episode" alludes to Radio 4's "Today" which reported on Iraqi biological weapons	ChristianFig
	David Kelly We think "episode" alludes to Radio 4's "Today" which reported on Iraqi biological weapons	ChristianFig
	Smallpox	The Quizmaster says...
5.	to what did Sir Robert Bell and many court officials succumb, while the felons were spared?
	Jail fever (typhus) Outbreak at Oxford in 1577	Gerry Strey
6.	what was later shown to have been passed from free-flying troglodytes via Paguma as a dietary intermediary?
	SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrom) Passed from bats to civet cats to humans	Adam Q
	Coronavirus Found in civet cats and bats	Michele Edwin
	SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrom)	The Quizmaster says...
7.	for what were hop-workers considered partly responsible in the Medway valley?
	Cholera outbreak in 1849	Mary Fisher
	Typhoid Both typhoid and cholera were blamed on hop workers	Michele Edwin
	Typhoid	The Quizmaster says...
8.	what started in Guinea and spread principally to Liberia and then Sierra Leone?
	Ebola 2014 west African outbreak	Don Seltzer
9.	what eponym was applied to the World's most deadly pandemic?
	Spanish Flu The worldwide epidemic of 1918	Gerry Strey
	Yersina pestis The Black Death was the most deadly plague. Alexander Yersin identified the cause	Michele Edwin
	Plague of Justinian 549 CE Considered the first "Old World" plague and while the total deaths were unknown, some historians estimate it killed 25% of the Eastern Mediterranean population.	ChristianFig
	Spanish Flu	The Quizmaster says...
10.	what proved to be Bucky's nemesis?
	Polio Ohilip Roth novel Nemesis	Adam Q
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Q.
1.	which battle rendered Jacob Armitage's 'family' fatherless?
	Naseby In The Chikdren of the New Forest, royalist orphan children are adopted by a gamekeeper
2.	where did the Queen stay when Parliament sat in The House?
	Merton College, Oxford Oxford was the Royalist capital during the Civil War. A rival Parliament sat at Christ Church College, sometimes called The House.	Kate Bunting
	Christ Church without the College please	Houseman
3.	what often quoted sentence is misleading through lack of punctuation?
	??eighth army shove bottles out Rommel
	Bottles up!
	Charles the First walked and talked half an hour after his head was cut off.	Sue Taylor
	Charles the First walked and talked half an hour after his head was cut off	The Quizmaster says...
4.	where was the commander beaten to death with his own prosthesis following his surrender?
	Drogheda Sir Arthur Aston beaten to death with his wooden leg	Adam Q
5.	who prayed before battle "O Lord, Thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget Thee, do not forget me"?
	Lord Astley Lord Astley was a Royalist commander and reportedly made this prayer at the Battle of Edgehill	Peter Cotton
6.	whose fund-raising expedition began with the formal viewing of the couple's jewellery at the New Palace in Staedt Straat?
	Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I She was attemptenfg to raise money for the Royalist cause. Her ownership of many of the jewels was disputed.	Gerry Strey
7.	who masqueraded as a servant named Will Jackson, having stained his skin with boiled walnut juice?
	King Charles II In his attempts to escape the Parliamentary forces following the Battle of Worcester, the King was forced to resort to various hiding places and subterfuges.	Peter Cotton
8.	following which battle did, arguably, the most honourable of the Five Members lose his life?
	Chalgrove Field, 1643 John Hampden	Gerry Strey
9.	which poignant reminder can be studied in William Brown Street?
	Hillsborough Massacre Monument	Lee Ann R
	Wellington’s Column Memorial of Battle of Waterloo	Carol H
	Walker Art Gallery Liverpool Royalist boy being questioned by Roundheads about his fathe	E Collings
	"When Did You Last See Your father" Painting by Yeames in Walker Art Gallery on William Brown St. in Leverpool	Adam Q
	"When Did You Last See Your father"	The Quizmaster says...
10.	which town witnessed the execution of Yn Stanlagh Mooar?
	Bolton Earl of Derby, Lord of Mann, "The Great Stanley" was executed in Bolton by Parliamentarians	Adam Q
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R.	In 2020:
1.	how is a smoking bishop worth 62p?
	Isle of Man Post Office 62p stamp issue Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol Scrooge and Bob Cratchit enjoyed a mug of Stinking Bishop together at the end	Mary Fisher
	"smoking bishop"
2.	who capitalised on his earlier Irish Village success?
	Colm McLaughlin He started the Irish Village pub in Dubai and is now becoming involved with football teams	Michele Edwin
	Serpentine Winner of the Epsom Derby after winning at The Curragh	The Quizmaster says...
3.	what oddity recalled the 31st New Year's Day of Æthelred's reign?
	2nd February 2020 palindromic date 1st January 1010 the 31st of his reign similarly palindromic	Mary Fisher
4.	which two Crown dependencies established a unique and enviable 'bridge'?
	Isle of Man and Guernsey Air bridge set up during COVID to link two places free of infection	Adam Q
5.	whose acetylcholinesterase was severely compromised following a visit to the Xander Hotel?
	Aleksei Navalny Poisoned there by Novichok, an ACE inhibitor	Charles Miller
6.	following earlier nasal disfigurement, whose feet were amputated in an act of Nordic vandalism?
	Statue of footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic Statue in Malmo	Adam Q
7.	whose final dismissal brought sadness to Bacup (and perhaps, nominally, to Goodison Park)?
	Everton Weekes West Indian cricketer played for Bacup	Patrick
	Everton Weekes Professional cricketer for Bacup, died this year
8.	how has apparent negligence brought shame on the Paznaun valley?
	Covid quarantine Area is a source of many cases of the disease thanks to "party atmosphere"	Gerry Strey
9.	which Korean Parasite proved impossible to suppress?
	Parasite Winner of Oscar for Best Picture the first foreign language film to do so (Korean)	Mary Fisher
10.	which middle-aged man has taken to moaning?
	John Bishop Wrote How to grow old: a middle aged man moaning