wiki-illiam #104: q4

( Q4, also rubricless: )

the rules as they have evolved:
a: nice full answers and anecdotes if poss
b: say if googled or no; leave time for non-googlers to play
c: obviously look ahead at future questions if you want
d: don't bring in confirming or dissenting answers from other fora until next set is up and running

semi-spoilers: ii is by mendelssohn; the quarantine in viii was i think from anthrax; the theme is i believe british islands?

it's the future so where's my jetpack and robot butler?

i am posting from a TRAIN

fact

my house is freezing so i am going to have a LOG FIRE

(^^^this is my new year posting style -- just one sentence ending in a CAPITALISATION)