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clarion

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Re: King William's College Quiz
« Reply #50 on: 27 December, 2009, 11:48:30 am »
Not heard of Hallah.  But I've put it in.

It's enlightening, doing this.  You find out who has visited what obscure corners of the world's treasure houses of knowledge, and can share their experience.  :)

It'd be better if some explanation could be put in of the more obscure ones.  Ta :)

EDIT:  Naan too :-\
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Re: King William's College Quiz
« Reply #51 on: 27 December, 2009, 11:52:38 am »
14.2 Lords (and Ladies)

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« Reply #52 on: 27 December, 2009, 11:54:17 am »
6.9 Garlic.

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« Reply #53 on: 27 December, 2009, 11:57:15 am »
9:8

A famous internet search engine reveals that Swedish Nightingale is brewed by Malvern Hills.

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« Reply #54 on: 27 December, 2009, 12:02:09 pm »

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« Reply #55 on: 27 December, 2009, 12:10:18 pm »
9.9

Gannet Mild is from Earl Soham brewery.

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« Reply #56 on: 27 December, 2009, 12:15:05 pm »
18.7

Fort Collins is the home of the 'balloon boy' hoax family.

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« Reply #57 on: 27 December, 2009, 12:17:45 pm »
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5 was thought, through its bite, to cause an extreme impulse to dance? Tarantula/Scrofula

6 was a probable tuberculous infection, so named after a breeding sow?

I think scrofula should be the answer for 6.

Re: King William's College Quiz
« Reply #58 on: 27 December, 2009, 12:56:58 pm »
9.7  Wagtail Brewery produce a Wagtail English Ale
http://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/acatalog/Beers_of_Europe__Wagtail_Brewery_414.html

Should have remembered that

18.6 The Isle of man issued a stamp this year to commemorate the sinking of the 'Ellen Vanin' in 1909

http://www.stampnews.com/stamps/stamps_2009/stamp_1258619314_411854.html

Once or twice a year bits of her wreck uncover at low tide at Crosby
 
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« Reply #59 on: 27 December, 2009, 01:00:13 pm »
Russell's daughter here:

Re. 17, 3.
HP Mitchell is Dame Nelly Melba's given name. Helen Porter Mitchell.

HP Mitchell was also at the V&A is metalwork, but I can't see that he gave his name to anything famous.

Re: King William's College Quiz
« Reply #60 on: 27 December, 2009, 02:01:48 pm »
17.9  C. Cardoni is the Asian Tiger beetle
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« Reply #61 on: 27 December, 2009, 02:04:16 pm »

clarion

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« Reply #62 on: 27 December, 2009, 02:22:47 pm »
17.9  C. Cardoni is the Asian Tiger beetle

I don't understand this one.  How's it eponymous?
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Re: King William's College Quiz
« Reply #63 on: 27 December, 2009, 03:33:16 pm »
6:8 The best thing since sliced bread
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Re: King William's College Quiz
« Reply #64 on: 27 December, 2009, 05:00:38 pm »
17.9  C. Cardoni is the Asian Tiger beetle

I don't understand this one.  How's it eponymous?

 Asian Tiger could be considered as an Eponym for certain categories of Hi Tech Hi value economies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Asian_Tigers

I agree that the name of the beetle is unlikely to be directly connected but it's a suggestion until we can come up with something better.
 
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« Reply #65 on: 27 December, 2009, 05:02:05 pm »
13.6 is probably Ely?

John Alcock is the gallinaceous one - 3 cockerels on his coat of arms - and founded Jesus College, Cambridge. He was bishop of Worcester, Rochester and finally Ely - where he is buried.


Oh, and Rivers of Babylon [11.6] is the 137th Psalm?

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« Reply #66 on: 27 December, 2009, 05:42:42 pm »
11.4  15th July

St Swithun's day if thou dost rain
For forty days it will remain
St Swithun's day if thou be fair
For forty days 'twill rain no more

11.5 Pope Pius X

born Guiseppe Sarto, son of a village postman

Re: King William's College Quiz
« Reply #67 on: 27 December, 2009, 06:07:37 pm »
7. Who or what:
9 had a costly wetting in the Barry Burn?

It's probably a golfer: the Barry Burn is, I think, on the Carnoustie Golf course.  :-\

Yay! I actually know one:

That would be the French golfer Jean Van de Veld who threw away the 1999 Open by insanely trying to play his ball from the Barry Burn. In many ways, he became more famous for that than he would have done if he'd actually won.

So 7.9 is Jean Van de Veld.

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« Reply #68 on: 27 December, 2009, 06:07:54 pm »
11.8

According to Wikipedia, Stephen Wraysford is a character in the novel Birdsong by Sebastian Faulkes who seems to keep a diary about the First World War.

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Re: King William's College Quiz
« Reply #69 on: 27 December, 2009, 06:15:40 pm »
7. Who or what:
9 had a costly wetting in the Barry Burn?

It's probably a golfer: the Barry Burn is, I think, on the Carnoustie Golf course.  :-\

Yay! I actually know one:

That would be the French golfer Jean Van de Veld who threw away the 1999 Open by insanely trying to play his ball from the Barry Burn. In many ways, he became more famous for that than he would have done if he'd actually won.

So 7.9 is Jean Van de Veld.


Sorry bobb, PeteB99 got there on the first page.
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7.9 Eck's golfer is Jean Van der Velde
But maybe you didn't see it?  ;)

BTW Clarion was I right about 11.2: trigeminal?
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Re: King William's College Quiz
« Reply #70 on: 27 December, 2009, 06:19:58 pm »
Oh, I searched through but didn't see it. Still, at least I spelt his name correctly  :P
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« Reply #71 on: 27 December, 2009, 06:22:26 pm »
Oh, I searched through but didn't see it. Still, at least I spelt his name correctly  :P
Point to bobb.  :thumbsup: ;D
It's a bit weird, but actually quite wonderful.

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« Reply #72 on: 27 December, 2009, 06:46:19 pm »
Oh, I searched through but didn't see it. Still, at least I spelt his name correctly  :P
Point to bobb.  :thumbsup: ;D

My keyboard is dislexic  :-[
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Re: King William's College Quiz
« Reply #73 on: 27 December, 2009, 06:54:29 pm »
12.10  Queen Anne (as Mrs Morely) corresponded with Lady Churchill (Mrs Freeman)

3.3 is from the story Master Flea by ETA Hoffmann but at a swift glance the only place mentioned by name is 'the magic land of Famagusta' which last time I looked was in Cyprus not Germany
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Re: King William's College Quiz
« Reply #74 on: 27 December, 2009, 06:58:21 pm »
5.5 Which sexagenarian was chased around the scaffold and needed 11 blows with the axe?
Lady Margaret Pole

5.8 Which trooper's swollen purple throat and stark and staring eyes were mocked?
I'm sure this is from the Ballad of Reading Jail - I haven't got a copy to hand though

12.10 corresponded with Mrs Freeman?
Queen Anne (edit: bah!)