wiki-illiam #106: q13

[dubdobdee]

13:
i: Who rescued John Galt?
ii: Who was No 1, of No 1 Company of the XIVth Army?
iii: What entitles Mrs Magnusson to add R af E after her name?
iv: Who chased Ran Bagha and caused a bridge of boats over the Jumna to collapse?
v: Whose son had served the Indian government in every way for 47 years?
vi: Who was the favourite, and the only one of the 37, to survive the conflict with Scipio?
vii: Who, being the gift of a Mesopotamian ruler, was to perish on Lüneburger Heide?
viii: Who was presented to a Habsburg Prince by the King of Portugal?
ix: Who was presented to a Pope by the King of Portugal?
x: Who set off for their honeymoon in a yellow balloon?

Comments

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

yes the "af" is the Guardian's own obligatory typo!

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

No it's not! (this info found through unrepentant Googling)

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

? It's on the Guardian's own web-page!

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Yes, but it's not a typo, is what I meant - though you are otherwise spot on about what it means.

[anatol-merklich.livejournal.com]

"af" = "of" in Danish?

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

Icelandic shirley, if it's a Magnusson? Although the females are all -dottirs rather than -sons there