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[dubdobdee]

11.

i: What were the pipe-cleaners stolen from Uncle Jim?
ii: Why might the jay wrongly be seen as more precious than the lark?
iii: What characterised the little men apart from coloured jacket and cap?
iv: What was the crest of Blind John, adopted by the victorious leader after the battle in 1346?
v: What, developed by Rex and Cromie, owed its name to Harold, and brought immediate success for Geoff?
vi: What, in addition to the Yellow Jacket did the British commander receive after victory at Changzhou Fu?
vii: In what tale does David, living with his parents at Firetown, receive a rifle for his 14th birthday?
viii: In what tale did Joseppi stumble out the Musoline Overture on a zither in Wadi Halfa?
ix: Which scarecrow was created by a pipe-smoking New England witch?
x: Which clandestine group saved Ran on the edge of Exmoor?

COMPLETE!!

Comments

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

tentative suggestion (based on i and ix) that this is based round PIPES makes me wonder if the little men in iii is a reference to The Little Grey Men by B.B., who I think I recall smoked pipes with bowls made of acorn cups.

[marnameow.livejournal.com]

i. Is this in Swallows and Amazons? When Uncle Jim was a pirate and they raided the houseboat?

[marnameow.livejournal.com]

vii this is REALLY FAMILIAR - I think it's from a short story, and is all about death? Yeah that helps narrow it down.

ix this too! I think the scarecrow comes alive and all the womenfolk fall in love with it?

[alextiefling.livejournal.com]

iv is three ostrich feathers, taken by Edward the Black Prince from Blind John of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia, in battle (Crécy?) and used as a badge by Princes of Wales ever since.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

If the theme is feathers (as answers above suggest) then viii. could be The Four Feathers

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

x. is The Feather Men from a controversial tale by the same name by Sir Ranulph Fiennes:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Feather_Men