wiki-illiam q10!

[dubdobdee]

i: what is a WLAR?
ii: where is there peace and holy quiet?
iii: who was the master of Thornfield Hall?
iv: which club did Race leave to manage AC Monza?
v: who wrote of his hero’s Innocence, Wisdom and Incredulity?
vi: whose 20th century lymantrid emulalated a 17th century cervid?
vii: what name was given to the Belgic town Calleva?
viii: what coat typically boasts a velvet collar?
ix: where was Dr Arabin appointed Dean?
x: where do 11 Us unite?

the rules as they have evolved:
a: give nice full answers and anecdotes where possible!
b: say if googled or not, and leave a bit of a while for people to answer non-googlingly
c: you're obviously allowed to look ahead at future questions as (first) this was published in a national newspaper and i can't stop you and (second) i can't stop ME either, and have done exactly this
d: let other fora in same game be (unpoliceably) Out of Bounds till next set is up -- even tho obv they are all wronghead feebs compared to us

haha v is father brown which i just started rereadin last night by feat of spooky telepathy

Comments

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

ii. is presumably a cathedral or a church in a city/town with 'chester' in the name (or part of one). Chester, Rochester, Winchester and Chichester are all cathedral cities. Could be a fictional place in Eng Lit too of course.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

er ditto ix. obv

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

viz barchester? i have read slightly more hardy than trollope = bt five pages vs NUL pages

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

more likely that's ix. I have googled ii. and it is from Lit but not Trollope.

post-google

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

specifically, Grantchester Meadows by R Waters and his Pink Floyds in the poem "The Old Vicarage, Grantchester" by Rupert Brooke (a real place too it transpires)

ix. post-google

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

yep - Arabin is a character in Barchester Towers, who (eventually) becomes Dean of Barchester

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

vii may also be one of Chester, Rochester, Winchester and Chichester -- actually not chester, whose roman name i ought to know (as small mark s wz taken to the roman ruins there so often) but have forgot

the belgae or belgii were a pre-roman tribe -- tho come to think of it weren't they based in belgium? (rather than britain)

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Ooh, is vii SILCHESTER?

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Belgii were in Britain too, or at least there were some dudes who the Romans decided were the same sort of dudes as the other Belgii, even though said dudes might have not agreed with them.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

roman name of Chester = Deva, apparently

I am amused that Ro- Win- and Chi- all turned out to be answers but nothing to do with the cities!