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]

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