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Old Pete's Puzzler 10
By OldPete
July 19 2009
Pete returns after a weekend recharging his batteries with some more Puzzlers for the residents of the Little Billing home for the terminally bewildered.
An Englishman an Irishman a Welshman and a Scotsman - not necessarily in that order and maybe more than one of some .
Please identify and explain the following
1. Probably best known for his cryptic strides his public life ended in Canada .
2. Who had shoes bought for him as a result of a chance meeting with an actress
3. Born in Manchester he eventually married his " darling pussy " much to the distress of his children two of whom went their own way politically
4. his dramatic involvement with a monastic house was ended not by an abbot but by a fellow man of letters . He died in Torquay.
5. He went to the same school as my Dad and chronicled not very much
6. A misogynist preacher who some say drove out a queen
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Pete you should know better than to set such fare before an unreconstructed Liberal:
No 3 - Lloyd George married Frances Stevenson (His secretary). This caused much distress among the children from his first marriage - two of whom changed party allegiance after his death.
No 3 - Lloyd George married Frances Stevenson (His secretary). This caused much distress among the children from his first marriage - two of whom changed party allegiance after his death.
And No 4 is Sean O'Casey - (Abbey Theatre)
Writer of my favourite play about Irish independence - "Shadow of a Gunman"
William Butler Yeats severely hacked him off so he left Ireland.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009:07:20:00:22:13 by St Marlowe.
Writer of my favourite play about Irish independence - "Shadow of a Gunman"
William Butler Yeats severely hacked him off so he left Ireland.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009:07:20:00:22:13 by St Marlowe.
Yes and Yes David. and to think i was going to do number 4 the other way around with a reference to Hives and bean rows
Yeats also penned some of my favorite lines on war
An Irish airman forsees his death 1939
" Those that I guard i do love and those that i fight i do not hate "
could almost have been written for some of todays adventures.
Yeats also penned some of my favorite lines on war
An Irish airman forsees his death 1939
" Those that I guard i do love and those that i fight i do not hate "
could almost have been written for some of todays adventures.
Rob - q6 - rabbie burns was a sometime excise man but not to my knowledge a preacher
6. Is this one of Henry VIII's wives?
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Q5 - interesting idea but no. - should have had Mr Pooter for the englishman.
Yeah well OP I was just trying to join in!
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Rich is that a question about number 6? if so politicuan would not be a wholly accurate terms to use.
q5 - Whilst I do not know your Dad I assume he was known as Mr. Kennedy? - hence are we looking for someone that went to the same school as any of those famous US Kennedy's?
Kennedy went to some school called Canterbury something - Catebury tales was written by Chaucer who also wrote the Chronicles.. So.. Im going for Chaucer.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009:07:21:12:38:09 by StBleach.
Kennedy went to some school called Canterbury something - Catebury tales was written by Chaucer who also wrote the Chronicles.. So.. Im going for Chaucer.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009:07:21:12:38:09 by StBleach.
I went there Sarge, he said nope!
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I also wondered if it was somehting to do with Lady Jane Grey or Mary Queen of Scots?
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Bleach - nothing to do with any Kennedys other than
my Dad did go to the same school.not Chaucer either.- and Rob Im surprised that you havent got this one.
Rich - your last probe is is getting there
Sarge -nothing to do with Henry VIII
Not all information in all questions is relevant to the answer
my Dad did go to the same school.not Chaucer either.- and Rob Im surprised that you havent got this one.
Rich - your last probe is is getting there
Sarge -nothing to do with Henry VIII
Not all information in all questions is relevant to the answer
Not saying - Well you've got so far an Irish man -Sean O'Casey and a Welshman - LLoyd George
That leaves at least one Englishman and one scotsman out of the four unanswered questions and the others could be any of the above.
OH AND NONE OF THEM WERE ALIVE WHEN I LAST LOOKED
That leaves at least one Englishman and one scotsman out of the four unanswered questions and the others could be any of the above.
OH AND NONE OF THEM WERE ALIVE WHEN I LAST LOOKED
A Pedant Writes
He was ENGLISH of Welsh Parents
Quote:OP
a Welshman - LLoyd George
He was ENGLISH of Welsh Parents
Rich - you got it- John knox - who coined the phrase " a monstrous regiment of women " hence th mysogenist preacher - and whose sermons and personal interviews with - rants at Mary Queen of Scots so stirred up the protestant nobility against her - she fled the country and the rest is history.
St M - Re the ethnicity of LG he saw himself as welsh and was welsh speaking -
may I quote the Duke of Wellington who when accused of being Irish said -
" just because one is born in a stable that does not make one a horse "
so lets leave it at that.
St M - Re the ethnicity of LG he saw himself as welsh and was welsh speaking -
may I quote the Duke of Wellington who when accused of being Irish said -
" just because one is born in a stable that does not make one a horse "
so lets leave it at that.
Chris this could end up with a very long debate - probably another threadsworth
So lets just concentrate on answering the questions please.
So lets just concentrate on answering the questions please.
For number 1 I was thinking of someone like Turing, but I don't know enough about him to tie him to Canada.
No way! I can rest easy now that I got one!
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Is number one to do with Dr Crippen? He was bound for Canada when he was caught by a radio message.
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interesting thought Simon - i was thinking of a round on murderers etc
but sorry no
Try deconstructing the words/ phrases in the question -
and here is a big clue - with the exception of LG & John Knox the reaming questions all had / have some sort of connection with the written word.
but sorry no
Try deconstructing the words/ phrases in the question -
and here is a big clue - with the exception of LG & John Knox the reaming questions all had / have some sort of connection with the written word.
No2? Guy Burgess met actress Coral Browne in Russia some time after he defected.I beleive she did some shopping for him back in London. There was also a play written about this meeting.
Stella - right on - it is Guy Burgess whose chance meeting with Corale Brown is re told in Alan Bennets An English Man Aboad starring Corale Brown as herself and Alan Bates as Burgess.
There is a lovely scene where she buys him some shoes from a very posh shop in London. ( we may assume that they were Churchs' finest )
so that leaves question one - answer tomorrow night if no one gets it before then.
There is a lovely scene where she buys him some shoes from a very posh shop in London. ( we may assume that they were Churchs' finest )
so that leaves question one - answer tomorrow night if no one gets it before then.
Cryptic Strides - The 39 Steps
Governor General of Canada = John Buchan
That one has been bugging me all week!!
Governor General of Canada = John Buchan
That one has been bugging me all week!!
praise the lord - didnt even know where to start with that one - nice one Dave
Well done St M - absolutely right
now then what about the bloke who went to the same school as my Dad - what a useless piece of information that is .
now then what about the bloke who went to the same school as my Dad - what a useless piece of information that is .
Well done St M! I ma feeling rather stupid. Id gone for John Buchan with the Canada clue but for some reason completely missed the 39 steps connection with the cryptuc strides. Nice one OP - I liked it even if it exposed the limitations of my lateral thinking
39 steps!!! Arrgghhhhh I was obsessesed with that book and the various inaccurate film adaptations!
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I spent some time cogitating how to refer to 39 steps without giving it away
so its still just the one to go
so its still just the one to go
A late, late entry for number 5...
Dylan Thomas.
I don't know whether Pete's dad went to Swansea Grammar School so that's a red herring.
Dylan wrote Under Milk Wood, which takes place in the town of Llareggub. As any fule no, that's Bug-ger All backwards, so he chronicled "not very much"!
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 2009:07:23:22:28:19 by Sarge.
Dylan Thomas.
I don't know whether Pete's dad went to Swansea Grammar School so that's a red herring.
Dylan wrote Under Milk Wood, which takes place in the town of Llareggub. As any fule no, that's Bug-ger All backwards, so he chronicled "not very much"!
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 2009:07:23:22:28:19 by Sarge.
Sarge - what is it about you - you wait until the end and then come up with the correct answer.
absolutely correct - the gratuitious information thatmy Dad went to Swansea grammar school as did Dylan Thomas ( though not at the same time )
and you cracked Llagerub = not very much BRilliant.
Now can I make a plea - if you fancy setting quiz questions send them to St M in his capacity as an editor. That way we get one quiz thread- otherwise there is a tendency to get more questions and qusetioners set than answers.
absolutely correct - the gratuitious information thatmy Dad went to Swansea grammar school as did Dylan Thomas ( though not at the same time )
and you cracked Llagerub = not very much BRilliant.
Now can I make a plea - if you fancy setting quiz questions send them to St M in his capacity as an editor. That way we get one quiz thread- otherwise there is a tendency to get more questions and qusetioners set than answers.
Once again, excellent questions Pete.. looking forward to the next 'test '
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