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Feb 20
King William’s College Kwizz 2019. FT Round 14
Round and round and round:
1 what slope is now chronometric?
2 where is a duck bill followed by a dive?
3 where might there be help from the north-westerly?
4 what recalls the twin child nurtured by a lupine wet nurse?
5 what would be recognised in Japan as a breed of dog or a battleship?
6 where was a suggestion of risotto changed to honour one of the greatest?
7 what is a reminder of a murderous conflict with Matilda’s son?
8 where is there a reminder of a Cervantes-based première?
9 what owes its name to discarded underwear?
10 what recalls the rule of Kerchak?
(4) sounds like Romulus and Remus. In (7) Matilda’s son was Henry II so this sounds like a Thomas Becket reference.
I can’t quite see what the theme is, so I’m not sure exactly what the actual answers are to the above…
(9) might refer to the Order of the Garter.
(5) is Tosa
I think I have (with some Google help) established what this round is about. “Round and round and round” being the big clue. This being an IOM based quiz, I had feared local knowledge would be required, but in fact the theme looks to be more international than that.
So, to expand on the above: I think these are all turns, curves or corners on Formula 1 race circuits. Found a Tosa (at Imola), a Beckett (at Silverstone) and a Remus (at the Österrichring)
Ah, nice! Looking at a couple of the tracks, I notice there is a Tarzanbocht at Zandvoort, which is back on the calendar this year; Kerchak (#10) was an ape king in the Tarzan universe.
And the Circuit de Monaco has a turn called Massenet; Jules Massenet’s opera “Don Quichotte” premiered on 19 February 1910 at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, sez Wiki.
Well done Jeff! (3) will be the Mistral, a straight in the Circuit Paul Ricard.
(6) ought to be Monza, given the Italian connection, and indeed Monza used to have a “Curva del Vialone” – Vialone Nano is the rice used for risotto. It’s now a chicane renamed after Alberto Ascari, who was killed there.