1 Judith and her husband are the only singing roles in which opera?
2 What suffered from a “rapid unscheduled disassembly” last year?
3 What Dorset landmark is claimed to be an image of Hercules?
4 Which poet climbed Mont Ventoux in Provence in 1336?
5 What was first won in 1903 by the Boston Americans?
6 Whose Gannex raincoat is in the Isles of Scilly museum?
7 In the first world war, what was the dual monarchy?
8 Which lake was created in 1730 by the damming of the River Westbourne?
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3 What Dorset landmark is claimed to be an image of Hercules? Cerne Abbas giant?
6 Whose Gannex raincoat is in the Isles of Scilly museum? Harold Wilson's Gannex. He had a holiday cottage in the Scilly Islands. This led to a Ken Dodd joke on the radio - 'Now here's a greeting from the Scilly Islands!' cue for wild mad laughter 'Thank you, Harold!' Gannex was invented by Joseph Kagan who received a knighthood in Harold Wilson's first resignation honours list. He was made a life peer in Harold Wilson's second resignation honours list. Somewhat later, in 1980, he was extradited from abroad, found guilty of tax evasion and theft, and was fined £375k and sent to jail for 10 months. He lost his knighthood but they couldn't take away his life peerage; after leaving jail he re-entered the House of Lords and spoke on issues like prison reform.
7 In the first world war, what was the dual monarchy? Austria-Hungary
6 Whose Gannex raincoat is in the Isles of Scilly museum? Harold Wilson's Gannex. He had a holiday cottage in the Scilly Islands. This led to a Ken Dodd joke on the radio - 'Now here's a greeting from the Scilly Islands!' cue for wild mad laughter 'Thank you, Harold!' Gannex was invented by Joseph Kagan who received a knighthood in Harold Wilson's first resignation honours list. He was made a life peer in Harold Wilson's second resignation honours list. Somewhat later, in 1980, he was extradited from abroad, found guilty of tax evasion and theft, and was fined £375k and sent to jail for 10 months. He lost his knighthood but they couldn't take away his life peerage; after leaving jail he re-entered the House of Lords and spoke on issues like prison reform.
7 In the first world war, what was the dual monarchy? Austria-Hungary
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2 What suffered from a “rapid unscheduled disassembly” last year?
Elon Musk's rocket test launch. It blew up.
Elon Musk's rocket test launch. It blew up.
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4 Which poet climbed Mont Ventoux in Provence in 1336?
That sounds like the right period for Petrarch?
That sounds like the right period for Petrarch?
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5. World Series Baseball
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1 Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (Bartók). - this is the ONLY one I did know, as it has a Burnt City connection....so maybe you could say we had a full house today!
2 SpaceX’s Starship rockets (two, they blew up).
3 Cerne Abbas giant.
4 Petrarch.
5 World Series baseball.
6 Harold Wilson.
7 Austria-Hungary.
8 Serpentine (Hyde Park).
1 Duke Bluebeard’s Castle (Bartók). - this is the ONLY one I did know, as it has a Burnt City connection....so maybe you could say we had a full house today!
2 SpaceX’s Starship rockets (two, they blew up).
3 Cerne Abbas giant.
4 Petrarch.
5 World Series baseball.
6 Harold Wilson.
7 Austria-Hungary.
8 Serpentine (Hyde Park).
"... not to be told a story, but to live inside a dream." - Hades, The Burnt City