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3 | 1 During 1919: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 1 which Giant was mauled by the Kid? | Jess Willard 'the Pottawatomie Giant', defeated by Jack Dempsey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2 which keyboard virtuoso achieved premier status? | Ignacy Jan Paderewski (pianist who became Polish Prime Minister) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 3 whose first edition of what was inspired by Paul Gauguin? | Somerset Maugham (The Moon and Sixpence) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 4 whose Divine intervention caused raised eyebrows in SW19? | Suzanne Lenglen, known as "La Divine", won her first ladies singles title at Wimbledon, saving a set with a volley off the frame of her racquet. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 5 who received the Daily Mail Prize from the Secretary of State for War and Air? | Alcock and Brown (the first non-stop transatlantic flight) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 6 just 2½ hours into the New Year, which aquiline vessel fell tragically foul of Holm Bastin? | Iolaire (sank after hitting the 'Beasts of Holm' rocks) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 7 which tabloid, aimed at the men and women of tomorrow, was launched? | The Children's Newspaper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 8 how did epilepsy bring great sadness to George and Mary? | Prince John, son of George V and Mary of Teck, died from epilepsy in 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 9 despite soft speech, whose big stick would go no further? | Teddy Roosevelt ("speak softly and carry a big stick"; died in 1919) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 10 who kept it in the family by the Tamar? | Nancy Astor (became MP for Plymouth, succeeding her husband Waldorf Astor). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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15 | 2 (Patricks) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 1 which Aberdonian became a general in the Tsar’s army? | Patrick Gordon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 2 what is the traditional site of pilgrimage in the last Sunday in July? | Croagh Patrick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 3 whose father practised inoculation until it was made criminal in eighteen-forty? | Sir Patrick Cullen, in G.B.Shaw's "The Doctor's Dilemma" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 4 which very dry concoction came from the eponymous warehouse in the Calle Divina Pastora? | San Patricio (fino sherry - after Bodega San Patricio in Cadiz) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 5 who received a command from Dunfermline to make a potentially dangerous North Sea crossing? | Sir Patrick Spens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 6 who created an enduring friendship between the naval lieutenant and the man in the rusty black coat during a Locatelli recital? | Patrick O'Brian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | 7 which reviled factor was cleared of gross inhumanity following a fatal croft fire in Strathnaver? | Patrick Sellar (during the Highland Clearances) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 8 who wrote of his travels through the Transvaal with his Staffordshire Bull Terrier? | Sir James Percy FitzPatrick (in Jock of the Bushveld) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | 9 who established a bilingual school in Ranelagh, later moving to Rathfarnham? | Pádraic (patrick) Pearse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | 10 who likened potato-gatherers to mechanised scarecrows? | Patrick Kavanagh (poet) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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28 | 1 who suggested a profile of the Dorset Street murderer? | Thomas Bond (Mary Jane Kelly) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | 2 to whom was a Perry Mason story involving dual identity dedicated? | Frances Glessner Lee, aka "Mother of Forensics" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Glessner_Lee) | Francis Camps (the Case of the Duplicate Daughter) | Joseph A. Jachimczyk? | There's a PM episode called "The Case of the Dead Ringer" where Raymond Burr plays two roles, but that's all I got... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | 3 which Professor used photographic superimposition to identify remains found near the A701? | John Glaister (jr) - The Buck Ruxton murders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | 4 who concluded that the dead man found hanged below Blackfriars Bridge was the victim of foul play? . | Jeff Katz | David Bowen | this is probably Robert Calvi as the victim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | 5 whose development of genetic fingerprinting exonerated a kitchen porter and led to a life sentence for a bakery worker? | Alec Jeffreys | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | 6 whose ground-breaking test, distinguishing human blood from wood stain and sheep's blood, led to an execution at Greifswald? | Paul Uhlenhuth (test on blood types led to the execution of Ludwig Tessnow) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | 7 which Manxman provided the first contemporary account of what is now known as Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy ? | Donald Teare | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | 8 whose astute discovery of a gall stone disproved the murderer’s boast that there was no body? | Keith Simpson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | 9 whose pioneering use of DNA confirmed the identification of Little Miss Nobody? | Richard Neave | Bernard Knight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | 10 who advised on a suitable body in the planning of Mincemeat? | Sir Bernard Spilsbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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39 | 4 (Counts) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | 1 who was Ashie, the leader of Juventus? | Count Paul Jovian, character in House of the Four Winds by John Buchan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | 2 which Veronese nobleman was rejected by a tallow-faced baggage? | Count Paris (Romeo and Juliet) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | 3 which regicide was represented as Samuel in a Boston operatic setting? | Count Ribbing | Reference is to Verdi's Un Ballo de Maschera, plot is regicide of Sweden's King Gustav III, moved to Boston because of censors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | 4 which diplomat received an eleven gun salute on disembarking Nonsuch near Rügen? | Count Joseph Dumoulin (in C.S. Forester's 'The Commodore') | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | 5 who arrived from the Continent with a cockatoo, a pair of canaries and a family of white rodents? | Count Fosco (in The Woman in White) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | 6 who experienced love at first sight on seeing Stiva’s married sister, when meeting his mother at the railway station? | Count Vronsky (in Anna Karenina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | 7 who travelled as an abbé following his escape from prison and purchased an island, and with it a title? | Count of Monte Cristo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | 8 who was the messenger for the Reichsführer’s clandestine peace proposal? | Count Bernadotte | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | 9 who was depicted at his interment attended by Stephen and Augustine? | Count of Orgaz (picture by El Greco) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | 10 who mimicked Hines and Ellington in adopting a noble title? | Count Basie | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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51 | 5 (Chocolate) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | 1 what was Best and Goes Farthest? | Van Houten's Cocoa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | 2 which product held the fifth Golden Ticket? | Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight | Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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55 | 3 what did Vianne open in Lansquenet-sous-Tannes? | A chocolaterie - 'La Céleste Praline' (in 'Chocolat' by Joanne Harris) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | 4 which Gammel Strand grøntsager put marzipan to good use? | Anthon Berg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | 5 Desperation, Pacification, Expectation, Acclamation and finally Realization – what was it? | "It's Fry's!" (Fry's Chocolate) | five boys | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | 6 with which producer of baby foods did the Vevey candlemaker combine to produce milk chocolate? | Nestlé | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | 7 for which manufacturer’s ‘effect’ was Liotard’s waitress the initial inspiration? | Droste (the Droste effect) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | 8 how did Raina affectionately address Capt Bluntschli? | "my chocolate-cream soldier" (Arms and the Man, George Bernard Shaw) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | 9 who advertised Chocolate Heaven since 1911? | Thorntons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | 10 what was described as Quality in a square? | Ritter Sport chocolate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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64 | 6 (Gardens) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | 1 in whose garden can we both gather nosegays? | The King's, from Pilgrim's Progress | Lord Jesus (column E got it right) | Lord Jesus Hath a Garden ("you and I can gather…") | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | 2 where was the lofty location of Aritomo’s garden? | Cameron Highlands | Is this a reference to The Garden of Evening Mists? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | 3 who is invited into the garden to share the musk of the rose? | Maud (in the poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | 4 which Garden was developed on the site of the Bishop of Ely’s town house? | Hatton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | 5 which town’s development was based on plans inspired by Howard and holds his grave? | Letchworth Garden City (Ebenezer Howard, founder of the movement) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | 6 in whose garden did the trespasser help himself to lettuces, French beans and radishes and, despite nausea, search for parsley? | Mr McGregor's (Peter Rabbit) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | 7 where in Yorkshire did the robin assist in locating the key to the secret garden? | Misselthwaite Manor (The Secret Garden) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | 8 which Irishman disputed the disappearance of the Garden of Eden? | John Scotus Eriugena ??? | Percy French, BallyJamesDuff | St Brendan (sailed off to find it) | Bishop Usher? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | 9 who described rose plot and fern’d grot in his garden? | Thomas Edward Brown, "My Garden" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | 10 in whose garden had the bear nothing to wear? | Johnny Crow's | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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76 | 7 Where: | (Gloucestershire) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | 1 were we 76 for 7? | Cheltenham (John Betjeman) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | 2 did the Donkey kick off northward? | Dursley - railway line known as Dursley Donkey | Ernie Hunt ("Donkey Kick" goal) died in a Gloucestershire nursing home | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | 3 did Gurney reward Lightborn by stabbing him? | Berkeley Castle (Marlowe's 'Edward II') | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | 4 does Monti’s Father Thames overlook the first lock? | Lechlade (St. John's Lock) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | 5 did Simpkin confiscate the twist of cherry-coloured silk? | Gloucester (Beatrix Potter, The Tailor of Gloucester) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | 6 did William Harrison return some time after the Perrys had been hanged for his murder? | Chipping Campden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | 7 did the son-in-law of Jacquetta gain a decisive victory? | Tewkesbury, site of a 1471 battle won by King Edward IV whose queen, Elizabeth Woodville, was daughter to Jacquetta of Luxembourg. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | 8 did Miss Burdock drink cider beneath a haywagon? | Slad, Gloucestershire (from Laurie Lee's 'Cider with Rosie') | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | 9 are Flower’s unrivalled 28 coloured windows? | St. Mary's Church, Fairford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | 10 do the winds blow cold? | Stow-on-the-Wold | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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88 | 8 | (Spaniards?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | 1 who fell to Pardiñas in Madrid? | José Canalejas, prime minister of Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | 2 and who fell to Bailaor in Talavera de la Reina? | José Gómez Ortega aka 'Joselito', matador | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
91 | 3 who initiated the vindication of the Maid of Orleans? | Alfonso de Borgia, Pope Calixtus III (authorized Joan of Arc's posthumous retrial) | initiated by Jean Brehal inquisitor general of france | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
92 | 4 which avenging monarch succumbed to plague in La Linea? | King Alfonso XI of Castile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
93 | 5 which king was assassinated with his own sword while besieging his sister’s inherited city? | Sancho II of Castile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
94 | 6 which sometime jure uxoris King of England, suffered indignity at the hands of a draconian barber? | Philip II of Spain. (Francis Drake "singed the King of Spain's beard") | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
95 | 7 which painter was the inspiration for which Catalan composer’s most famous work? | Francisco Goya y Lucientes / Enrique Granados' 'Goyescas' | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
96 | 8 who was rewarded in Stockholm for his work on neuroanatomy? | Santiago Ramón y Cajal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | 9 which uncle is the toast of Jerez de la Frontera? | Tio Pepe (José Ángel y Vargas) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | 10 who died in a knife fight with Carlos O’Neill? | El Bilbanito | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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100 | 9 (Horns) |