tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post3403606436879859626..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): King William's College "Christmas Quiz" 2010Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-78480464887692132952010-12-28T13:16:57.640-06:002010-12-28T13:16:57.640-06:00Right, anon. The others are
2 Stonebreaker's...Right, anon. The others are<br /><br />2 Stonebreaker's Hut<br /><br />4 Parliament Square (rather than Greba Castle?)<br />5 Alpine Cottage<br /><br />8 Ginger HallMinnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-43549117034157010922010-12-28T11:14:06.075-06:002010-12-28T11:14:06.075-06:00All the question in section 15 are about the isle ...All the question in section 15 are about the isle of man tt course.<br />1 being bungalow bridge they jump the tram lines here<br />3. Govenors bridge 9after govenor Lock0<br />4. Greba castle noble lived here, but you cant see the castle from the road. His horses were Derby and Peel<br />6.Keple Gate<br />7. laurel Bank<br />9. brandy Well<br />10. Quarter Bridge 9it is over the river Glass)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-55895202844918930352010-12-24T09:54:01.614-06:002010-12-24T09:54:01.614-06:00Anon, I suspect that must have been the original i...Anon, I suspect that must have been the original intent when the quizzes began - that you came home for hols and talked with mum and dad and uncle Edward and raided the family library before returning to school to discuss your findings.<br /><br />Now, it appears to be a tradition of a different sort.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-19885270855991400012010-12-24T09:01:54.898-06:002010-12-24T09:01:54.898-06:00I should rephrase that Shipping zones included in ...I should rephrase that Shipping zones included in the british isles weather forecast, because, of course, they're Norwegian... but the shipping forecast of the u.k. covers them, as it also does biscay, trafalgar, and south iceland.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-20276922487228881082010-12-24T08:46:47.382-06:002010-12-24T08:46:47.382-06:00Utsire, as it is spelled in the shipping forecast,...Utsire, as it is spelled in the shipping forecast, takes its name from the weather station at Utsira in Rogaland, Norway.<br />The forecast lists two Utsires, north and south, which make up shipping zones around the British Isles. <br /><br />It's a strange thing. The Shipping Forecast is, or was, the last thing broadcast at night, on Radio4 (BBC), followed by the signature tune/playout of "sailing by", after which the same frequency would carry the BBC's World Service broadcasts. To brits of my generation, the shipping forecast was a sort of late-night lullaby. Most of us can quote the sea areas, given that there's a lifetime of repetition there. <br />http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/marine/shipping_forecast.html#All~Allsoubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-49108114256616025072010-12-24T02:07:48.355-06:002010-12-24T02:07:48.355-06:00that was intense!
are these questions intended to ...that was intense!<br />are these questions intended to give little Tarquin or Jocasta something to talk to their parents about after a year apart at boarding school?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-30059773882433548562010-12-23T19:58:04.741-06:002010-12-23T19:58:04.741-06:00thank you, Mark.thank you, Mark.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-19697893593233800182010-12-23T19:29:34.669-06:002010-12-23T19:29:34.669-06:00198m is a mistakenly transcribed 198 LW , which is...198m is a mistakenly transcribed 198 LW , which is the frequency of BBC Radio 4 which broadcasts the shipping forecast 4x daily. A non-technical person may confuse frequency (khz) with wavelength (m or meters) as they are both used in describing radio stations.<br /><br />http://reachinformation.com/define/Shipping%20Forecast.aspxMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05337533198347182909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-88466570923160911672010-12-23T18:56:01.740-06:002010-12-23T18:56:01.740-06:00Also correct and correct.
Here's the answer I...Also correct and correct.<br /><br />Here's the answer I saw to 6-3: "Utsira is named twice in the shipping forecast broadcast on 198m." Whatever that means...Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-72876206747316209422010-12-23T17:27:23.978-06:002010-12-23T17:27:23.978-06:00The architect Jorn Utzon design the Sydney Opera H...The architect Jorn Utzon design the Sydney Opera House in New South Wales and the Kuwait National Assembly Building in the Persian Gulf<br /><br />GregAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-19036017110475635242010-12-23T16:31:25.230-06:002010-12-23T16:31:25.230-06:00Alison Uttley wrote the childrens book "Hare ...Alison Uttley wrote the childrens book "Hare joins the home guard".<br /><br />GregAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-14391447216394436422010-12-23T16:21:41.647-06:002010-12-23T16:21:41.647-06:00Correct.
And correct.
:.)Correct. <br /><br />And correct.<br /><br />:.)Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-49286759483846325882010-12-23T16:12:27.423-06:002010-12-23T16:12:27.423-06:00#5: Arthur's dad, Uther Pendragon.#5: Arthur's dad, Uther Pendragon.Lene Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02033718532447747644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-4089342795776499932010-12-23T15:46:44.876-06:002010-12-23T15:46:44.876-06:00Utile (a.k.a. Sipo) wood as mahogany substitute, s...Utile (a.k.a. Sipo) wood as mahogany substitute, species <i>Entandrophragma utile</i>.BJNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-63600880540437197082010-12-23T14:17:56.459-06:002010-12-23T14:17:56.459-06:00Last night, after a bit of Googling, I discovered ...Last night, after a bit of Googling, I discovered that a "son of Suzanne" who changed his name was the French painter Utrillo.<br /><br />Then I found "hateful and rough weeds" led to a Shakespearean quotation from Henry V referring to their losing beauty and utility.<br /><br />That was enough to establish that the "theme" was for all the answers to begin with UT...<br /><br />With that clue in hand, the obvious answer to #1 (the update by HG Wells) was Utopia.<br /><br />And the "unique pontiff" was from Utrecht.<br /><br />Finally, after searching "beehive" instead of "apiary" I found Utah as the "beehive state."<br /><br />But numbers 6-3, 6-4, 6-5, 6-9, and 6-10 totally eluded me. In the wee hours of the night I finally found the answers at a "super secret" thread that was blocked from Google to keep it private, and I read the other answers posted by the very bright group there. I'll defer from posting them here in case some TYWKIWDI readers want to tackle those last five.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.com