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Re: A Christmas Perennial - The King William's College Quiz 2022
« Reply #9 on: Sunday 25 December 22 18:53 GMT (UK) »
15.1. Temple Church (Bristol)
15.2. Clifton Suspension Bridge
15.3
15.4. S.S. Great Britain
15.5. St Mary Redcliffe
15.6. Bristol Cathedral
15.7 I think this might be The Old Anchor Inn.  (Treasure Island).
15.8
15.9.  Arnolfini centre for contemporary arts.
15.10. The Bush

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Re: A Christmas Perennial - The King William's College Quiz 2022
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 25 December 22 19:06 GMT (UK) »
2-6  Calais?  Caudry?  Is either of them known for drunkenness, freedom of language and unparallel (sic) political discussion?  I have no idea; never been there.
Wiltshire:  Banks, Taylor
Somerset:  Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire:  Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
Bristol:  Banks, Duddridge, Barnard
Down:  Ennis, McGee
Wicklow:  Chapman, Pepper
Wigtownshire:  Logan, Conning
Wisconsin:  Ennis, Chapman, Logan, Ware
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Re: A Christmas Perennial - The King William's College Quiz 2022
« Reply #11 on: Sunday 25 December 22 19:06 GMT (UK) »
Erato: Sorry - Shah Reza Pahlavi was deleted by accident and is obviously correct

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Re: A Christmas Perennial - The King William's College Quiz 2022
« Reply #12 on: Sunday 25 December 22 19:30 GMT (UK) »
Section 4 Who (Eleanor):

4.1 Elinor (from Sense & Sensibility)
4.2 Eleanor of Castile, Queen to Edward I (Longshanks)
4.3
4.4 Ulrika Eleanora, Queen of Sweden
4.5
4.6 Eleanor of Arborea
4.7 Eleanor Roosevelt
4.8 Eleanor, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "This Side of Paradise"
4.9 Eleanor Rigby
4.10 Nell (Eleanor) Gwyn
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Re: A Christmas Perennial - The King William's College Quiz 2022
« Reply #13 on: Sunday 25 December 22 19:41 GMT (UK) »
7-1  inguinal canal

7-3  Göta Canal, Sweden

7-4   Bridgewater Canal crossing the Manchester Ship Canal
Wiltshire:  Banks, Taylor
Somerset:  Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire:  Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
Bristol:  Banks, Duddridge, Barnard
Down:  Ennis, McGee
Wicklow:  Chapman, Pepper
Wigtownshire:  Logan, Conning
Wisconsin:  Ennis, Chapman, Logan, Ware
Maine:  Ware, Mitchell, Tarr, Davis

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Re: A Christmas Perennial - The King William's College Quiz 2022
« Reply #14 on: Sunday 25 December 22 19:56 GMT (UK) »
1.1 Charles Atlas
1.2.  Sistine Chapel. (pope Benedict XV followed by Pius XI)

Corrected 15.4 above it is SS Great Britain (of course!)

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« Reply #15 on: Sunday 25 December 22 20:16 GMT (UK) »
7-7  Grand Canal, Venice
Wiltshire:  Banks, Taylor
Somerset:  Duddridge, Richards, Barnard, Pillinger
Gloucestershire:  Barnard, Marsh, Crossman
Bristol:  Banks, Duddridge, Barnard
Down:  Ennis, McGee
Wicklow:  Chapman, Pepper
Wigtownshire:  Logan, Conning
Wisconsin:  Ennis, Chapman, Logan, Ware
Maine:  Ware, Mitchell, Tarr, Davis

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« Reply #16 on: Sunday 25 December 22 20:17 GMT (UK) »
10.3. Three Cushion Billiards.  “The Hustler”

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« Reply #17 on: Sunday 25 December 22 20:25 GMT (UK) »
7.2 Aire & Calder Navigation

7.5 Worcester & Birmingham Canal

7.9 Forth & Clyde Canal and the Union Canal, linked by the Falkirk Wheel
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