wiki-illiam #109: q4
Dec. 30th, 2013 08:05 am4. Where:
i:did Loring fight with the crippled Paul de la Fosse?
ii:was MgSO4.7H2O found to be of therapeutic benefit?
iii:did Blanche save the doomed Neville by clinging to the clapper of the curfew bell?
iv:did the riders encounter the gouty Lord Winterton approaching the churchyard steps?
v:did the rector combine his clerical duties with those of a royal appointment at Greenwich?
vi:according to the diarist, did Alice catch and eat a jack pike when expecting a future archbishop?
vii:was which composer's body interred in St Peter's churchyard nearly a year after his death?
viii:was the chalky grave in which the former NSW justice minister's victim was found?
ix:does an edifice recall, nominally, an Uttar Pradesh mausoleum?
x:did council meetings have a condimentary flavour?
Towns or villages in Surrey (possibly including Surrey, Canada)
i: occurs in Conan Doyle's Sir Nigel and the White Company, in Shalford, looked up by
alextiefling
ii: is the chemical formula for Epsom salts (Epsom being a town in Surrey), well guessed by
alextiefling
iii: is a tale from the Wars of the Roses, which took place in at Chertsey Abbey in Chertsey, as known by
kerrypolka
iv: Chiddingfold, thus described by William Cobbett in his Rural Rides, (1821-6), googled by
riverchild
v: Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed was also rector of Burstow, begun by twitter-user petrajane, completed (ie looked up) by
dubdobdee
vi: fits Samuel Pepys: not quite nailed via google by
katstevens
vii: Composer Frederick Delius is buried in the churchyard of Limpsfield, googled by twitter-user petrajane
viii: was the Chalkpit Murder, near Woldingham, in 1946, recognised by twitter-user petrajane
ix: could be the Grand Taj Banquet Hall in Surrey, Canada, googled by
riverchild?
x: Godalming's old town hall is known as "the pepperpot", googled by twitter-user petrajane
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Towns or villages in Surrey (possibly including Surrey, Canada)
i: occurs in Conan Doyle's Sir Nigel and the White Company, in Shalford, looked up by
ii: is the chemical formula for Epsom salts (Epsom being a town in Surrey), well guessed by
iii: is a tale from the Wars of the Roses, which took place in at Chertsey Abbey in Chertsey, as known by
iv: Chiddingfold, thus described by William Cobbett in his Rural Rides, (1821-6), googled by
v: Astronomer Royal John Flamsteed was also rector of Burstow, begun by twitter-user petrajane, completed (ie looked up) by
vi: fits Samuel Pepys: not quite nailed via google by
vii: Composer Frederick Delius is buried in the churchyard of Limpsfield, googled by twitter-user petrajane
viii: was the Chalkpit Murder, near Woldingham, in 1946, recognised by twitter-user petrajane
ix: could be the Grand Taj Banquet Hall in Surrey, Canada, googled by
x: Godalming's old town hall is known as "the pepperpot", googled by twitter-user petrajane