q8

[dubdobdee]

8.

i: Where did Mac and Gin defy Cruz?
ii: Who wrote of the impartiality of the rain forest?
iii: Whose failure to “Mind the gap” sadly cost him his life?
iv: Which industry developed from the initiative of a Charentais entrepreneur?
v: Which home-grown war hero was awarded an OBE which was later rescinded?
vi: What mountain retreat was established following an episcopal search for a missing person?
vii: For what did the company agree to an annual rent of 6,000 Spanish dollars?
viii: Which administrator was fatally speared during his riverside ablutions?
ix: What was swapped for a penal settlement in Sumatra?
x: Who left footprints when he was over 90?

Comments

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

not a clue here, tho whenever sumatra is mentioned i think of sherlock holmes (the sign of four has something to do with a penal settlement)

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Is x some old giffer getting his footprints on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame?

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

A clue on i., to get us going: relates to a 1999 movie. Mac is an ageing Scot. Gin a rather younger female.