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Napster

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average score is 2 (I think I've got 4). From the Guardian:

"Scire ubi aliquid invenire possis, ea demum maxima pars eruditionis est"

1. In 1903:

1 who founded the WSPU?

2 what speed limit was imposed on motor cars?

3 who was the Sublime Paralytic, who died of cholera?

4 whose weekly journal began to publicise atrocities in the Congo Free State?

5 whose residence at Holly Lodge was commemorated by the first blue plaque?

6 whose handwritten catalogue described works for sale at their Peckham residence?

7 who was hounded by the Governor of Ceylon to suicide in a Parisian hotel?

8 which Franco-Peruvian reached his journey's end on Fatu Iwa?

9 in what was the Chimney-Sweep the first victor?

10 how was Giuseppe Sarto renamed?

2. Which pioneer:


1 was the Oldham egg-collector?

2 experimented with family planning in Hispaniola?

3 achieved whole-hearted substitution in the "great barn"?

4 discovered the anaesthetic and analgesic properties of laughing gas?

5 devised a system of raised point writing at the Institution des Jeunes Aveugles?

6 is now credited with the discovery of the retrovirus which compromises immunity?

7 combined a surgical approach to Schizophrenia with Portuguese diplomacy?

8 described his invention in Traité de l'auscultation médiate ?

9 discovered in soil, an agent to counter Koch's bacillus?

10 worked out inheritance in Moravia?

3. Who painted:


1 the church of Auvers?

2 the church of St Séverin?

3 a 404 ft spire with a rainbow?

4 the church of St Jacques near the Quai Duquesne?

5 a Notre Dame lookalike in a "pretty" town by the Seine?

6 a Norman cathedral, more than 20 times, from above a draper's shop?

7 the Confessor's building with a procession of KCBs?

8 Mariakerk, with Buurkerk and the cathedral?

9 the old church in Sundborn?

10 the church at Blainville?

4. Who composed:


1 Alligator Hop?

2 Maple Leaf Rag?

3 Stevedore Stomp?

4 Riverboat Shuffle?

5 Bourbon Street Parade?

6 Shim-me-sha-Wabble?

7 One O'Clock Jump?

8 Muskrat Ramble?

9 Milneburg Joys?

10 St Louis Blues?

5. What culinary delicacy misleadingly suggests:


1 sugary loaves?

2 Maharashtrian poultry?

3 a citrous dairy product?

4 a North British gamebird?

5 a bunny from the Principality?

6 tarts filled with ground ungulate flesh?

7 a partly concealed amphibian?

8 a lizard from Banffshire?

9 a dachshund in season?

10 satanic riders?

6. What:


1 is 3.14159?

2 is back to back clothing?

3 represents one millionth of a metre?

4 was the timely creation of Louis Brandt?

5 fraction of serum contains the antigen opposition?

6 cerebral activity consists of oscillations with a frequency of 8-13 hertz?

7 is the destination of the posterior fontanelle?

8 blockade was investigated by Black?

9 project was devised by van Veen?

10 is a minimal amount?

7. In which town:


1 was Ryan's bridge too far?

2 does a modern bridge recall Gerritszoon?

3 did Mesdag create his suburban panorama?

4 did Freeling's Piet advance to Commisaris?

5 was silence doubly assured by Balthazar Gerard?

6 did Gerard and Anton establish their Incandescent Lamp Works?

7 did the peacemakers cede Gibraltar to Britain?

8 did van Aeken adopt his natal city's name?

9 does the Elfstedentocht start and finish?

10 did the Goblin arrive by mistake?

8. Who or what:


1 was Tashunka Witco?

2 is 4400 foot pounds per second?

3 was devised by Niels and Janne Olsson?

4 supplied St Pancras vestry with eight acres for a cemetery?

5 is a cocktail of ginger ale, brandy and a twist of lemon?

6 was the apparatus instrumental in the escape from a Silesian POW camp?

7 stands where the Alaska and Klondike highways meet?

8 has two daughters crying "Give, give"?

9 nebula is adjacent to Zeta Orionis?

10 was Sir Anthony Meyer?

9. In which city might one wait at:


1 Sants?

2 Saint-Jean?

3 Santa Justa?

4 Santa Lucia?

5 San Giovanni?

6 Santa Apolónia?

7 Saint-Charles?

8 Sint Pieters?

9 Saint-Loud?

10 São Bento?

10. What:


1 bleeds at St Brynach's?

2 is tallest of all at the Hermitage?

3 is Coleridge's Lady of the Woods?

4 did the Jews hang their harps upon in Mesopotamia?

5 Christmas bloomer came from Joseph's staff on Wearyall?

6 was the HQ of the Kentish smugglers Quested and Ransley?

7 provided a perch for the Royal fugitive after Worcester?

8 conundrum was introduced by Archibald Menzies?

9 is St Lawrence's unique feature?

10 shelters the village smithy?

11. Who or what:


1 was the Pontus Axeinus?

2 was that young Mars of men?

3 sticker was succeeded by brown in 41?

4 was Billy's ante-mortem gift from the blind beggar?

5 name was on the lid of a box to be left with Barkis till called for?

6 was acquitted in Mogador on the evidence of Lady Cicely Waynflete?

7 had a particular wish to turn down Moultrassie avenue?

8 blemish arises from the oxidation of sebum?

9 is Leicester's troglodyte cannibal?

10 is Dendroapsis polylepsis?

12. Identify titularly:


1 Sauron

2 Heartwell

3 James Durie

4 Thorkell Mylrea

5 Francisco Scaramanga

6 Zafrillah bin Ismail bin Said

7 Sir Edward Manley

8 Harvey Birch

9 Alec Leamas

10 Gabilan

13. Who:


1 was Levi, the taxman?

2 was executed at Achaia?

3 is associated with Pecten maximus?

4 was the second martyr after Stephen?

5 was accompanied by his wife on his missionary travels?

6 financed the purchase of the Field of Blood with his reward?

7 may, or may not, have been the Patmos seer?

8 is remembered annually with Simon?

9 was the twin, who needed proof?

10 came on as a substitute?

14. Translate further, to the popular English name:


1 harvester

2 little plum

3 farmworker

4 little brother

5 green-footed chicken

6 grass widow on Ithaca

7 swift immerser

8 softest body

9 goat-milker

10 watchman

15. Complete:


1 Angela, Saphir, Ella, ...

2 apples, cherries, hops, ...

3 ..., Nuoro, Oristano, Sassari

4 Rheingold, Walkure, Siegfried, ...

5 Mildred Harris, Lita Grey, Paulette Goddard, ...

6 ... , Norbert Brainin, Siegmund Nissel, Martin Lovett

7 Burnt Norton, East Coker, ... , Little Gidding

8 de Morville, de Tracy, ... , Brito

9 Justine, Balthazar, ... , Clea

10 market, home, ... , none

16. Which waterfall:


1 is Ireland's highest?

2 embraces three county boundaries?

3 is adjacent to a succession of three bridges?

4 is traversed by Lord Tweedmouth's iron bridge?

5 according to Borrow, resembled thin, beautiful threads?

6 saw the Buggane come to grief through a cut apron string?

7 is eddying and whisking and spouting and frisking?

8 can be seen through More's eyes on the Mound?

9 witnessed the death of a sleep-walker?

10 is Skene's overflow?

17. Who:


1 is Ingvar Kamprad?

2 showed that k=A exp(-E/RT)?

3 was represented by Verdi as Renato?

4 was the "curator of the secrets of 82 nations"?

5 successfully absorbed nitroglycerin in kieselguhr?

6 beat Floyd, but was felled by him the following year?

7 marched his invading army across the frozen sea?

8 was tutored in philosophy by Descartes?

9 wrote about an anserine passenger?

10 devised a binomial flora?

18. In 2003:


1 who did 42.195 x 7 in 7/365?

2 who was stitched up after a managerial tantrum?

3 what took Baumgartner 12 minutes and 3 seconds?

4 who scored three golden ducks and one short of a ton?

5 who was tempted to recommend Schultz as a concentration camp commandant?

6 who, sadly, can no longer advise us to eat the hamburger and throw away the bun?

7 who got in through St George's after a quick change in the Highlander?

8 whose failure to avoid dying has ruined his career?

9 which diary has given way to capital espionage?

10 how did Sweden score 56-42?
 
[b said:
Quote[/b] (the dark deshrimper @ Dec. 24 2003,13:04)]1)1. The Suffragists
6)1. The answer to the mathmatical equation pie
18) 6. Ronald McDonald??
You mean pi, of course. That was one of the ones I managed to get!

3) I think it's Dr Atkins, of Atkins Diet fame, who died this year...
 
[b said:
Quote[/b] (the dark deshrimper @ Dec. 24 2003,13:04)]1)1. The Suffragists
Suffragettes actually, and to be really pedantic, Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst.
 
In 1903, the spped limit was raised to 20 mph.

Plus, it is Pi, correct to 5 decimal places.
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5.5 is Welsh Rarebit
5.7 is Toad in the Hole
5.9 is Hot Dog

trust me to know the food ones.......
 
[b said:
Quote[/b] (the dark deshrimper @ Dec. 24 2003,14:06)]
[b said:
Quote[/b] (Guest @ Dec. 24 2003,13:15)]
[b said:
Quote[/b] (the dark deshrimper @ Dec. 24 2003,13:04)]1)1. The Suffragists
Suffragettes actually, and to be really pedantic, Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst.
Ah, got confused with the  NUWSS
I'm still in shock that I was able to get the right answer to a question on that topic!

The whole votes for women topic might be significant, but it's fooking boring.
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6. What:

1 is 3.14159? Pie

2 is back to back clothing? reversable clothing ie jackets etc


8. Who or what:

9 nebula is adjacent to Zeta Orionis? The stars in the sky - forgotton what they are called
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16. Which waterfall:

1 is Ireland's highest? Powerscourt - 398ft

3 is adjacent to a succession of three bridges? Niagara?

18. In 2003:

3 what took Baumgartner 12 minutes and 3 seconds? Skiing?

5 who was tempted to recommend Schultz as a concentration camp commandant? Italian President - Silvio Berlusconi

6 who, sadly, can no longer advise us to eat the hamburger and throw away the bun? Dr Atkins

10 how did Sweden score 56-42? Basketball
 
[b said:
Quote[/b] (Vange Shrimper @ Dec. 24 2003,16:25)]1 is 3.14159? Pie
What, steak and kidney?

Surely its the greek letter 'pi'?

Sorry for being so pedantic VS!
 
[b said:
Quote[/b] (Surrey Shrimper @ Dec. 26 2003,19:35)]
[b said:
Quote[/b] (Vange Shrimper @ Dec. 24 2003,16:25)]1 is 3.14159? Pie
What, steak and kidney?

Surely its the greek letter 'pi'?

Sorry for being so pedantic VS!
We were all taught it was called and spelt Pie!

I prefer chicken and mushroom myself
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