wiki-illiam #109: q14

[dubdobdee]

14.

i: When do we smother our feelings with difficulty?
ii: Who was rescued from Prince Rupert Sound by Diefenbaker?
iii: Who offered 1,000 guineas for the copyright of A Tale of Flodden Field?
iv: Whose appointment to lead the Kingdom's force was a first for her gender?
v: Who became Lord High Constable following the murder of her libertine father?
vi: Which former Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man received a constabulary appointment?
vii: Who suggested to his monarch giving the vineyards to a barbarous people?
viii: Who had his thumb nearly chewed off by the huge and hideous mulatto?
ix: Who eventually uncovered evidence of Sam Brattle's innocence?
x: Who had houses at 35 Charlotte Street and at Well Walk?

Various Constable-related matters.


i: "when constabulary duty's to be done to be done", in Pirates of Penzance, known by kerrypolka
ii: Canadian mountie Benton Fraser was rescued by husky/wolf cross Diefenbaker in Due South, jokingly guessed by kerrypolka but known by katstevens
iii: is the publisher Archibald Constable, googled by dubdobdee
v: Lady Diana Hay was daughter of Josslyn Hay and Idina, of the notorious "Happy Valley" set in colonial Kenya, known by flapwing
vi: former Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man Ian Macfadyen was made Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle in 2009, googled by katstevens
vii: The Constable of France in Henry V, so kerrypolka believes
viii: Constable Downing in Sherlock Holmes's The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge, googled by twitter-user petrajane
x: is the painter John Constable, guessed and google-checked by katstevens

Comments

[kerrypolka.livejournal.com]

ii. RCMP Constable Benton Fraser! (probably not but still)

[kerrypolka.livejournal.com]

Oh wait gosh maybe it really is! Because I think i. is "when constabulary duty's to be done (to be done)" from Pirates of Penzance, which implies with v. that the theme is CONSTABLES!

[kerrypolka.livejournal.com]

OH! And vii. is from Henry V, and although I'm not 100% sure who the speaker is, given the theme I suspect it's the Constable of France.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

ii. That is BENTON FRASER the Canadian Mountie in Due South! This is the first question in the entire quiz I knew straight away :) Diefenbaker is a husky/wolf cross who went DEAF as a result of said rescue (but can lipread).

[kerrypolka.livejournal.com]

I love all Due Souths, much overdue for a rewatch!

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Aha - could x be John Constable then? Vaguely recall a blue plaque of his round Charlotte Street way...

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

x. John Constable did indeed live AND DIE on Charlotte Street, in the house next to this church:



He also had a house in Well Walk in Hampstead. FANCY.

[marnameow.livejournal.com]

iii. is the subtitle of Marmion, by Scott who was not any sort of constable afaik??

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

scott wouldn't have to pay anything for the copyright if he wrote the book -- i think this is some kind of collector or publisher

(actually i know it is as i just poked about in the chambers biographical dictionary: kerry is absolutely on the right track)

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

Archibald Constable -- a bookseller who formed and owned (tho did not strictly edit) The Edinburgh Review -- offered to advance Walter Scott £1000 for Marmion, acc.Chambers Biographical Dictionary.

[marnameow.livejournal.com]

iv Was there some sort of recent OMG first woman head policeperson thing or am I just making that up because it would be an obvious answer....

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

stella thingy was head secret-policeperson a fe years back

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

vi. Looking up Lieutenant Governors I have come across the amazingly-named CORNELIUS SMELT:



(not a Constable unfortunately, will keep looking)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Found him! Ian Macfadyen was made Constable and Governor of Windsor Castle in 2009.



Medals = impressive but it's the tassles that really make this outfit for me. I wonder if the epaulettes flap up and down when you give 'em a yank?

[flapwing.livejournal.com]

v - Lady Diana Hay - daughter of Josslyn Hay and Idina them of High Jinks in Happy Valley Kenya, or Keenya as they would have pronounced it.

[petra jane (from livejournal.com)]

it turns out (thx, google) viii is another Sherlock Holmes-related question - kicking myself that I didn't recognise it before. Constable Downing's thumb is chewed by the mulatto in The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge.