King William’s College Quiz 2019
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Feb 20
King William’s College Kwizz 2019. FT Round 18
During 2019:
1 who needed just 7.69 seconds at WD18?
2 which myopic nightwatchman fell just eight short?
3 which Servant, having acted the part, was elected in reality?
4 where did a spiral slide add fun to the Holy and Undivided Trinity?
5 whose famous embrace in Times Square has been remembered 73 years later?
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Feb 20
King William’s College Kwizz 2019. FT Round 17
1 where did Colonel Ross and the Inspector await the travellers?
2 where did the duo alight when following up Cubitt’s conundrum?
3 which little “halt-on-demand station” was used by the would-be anglers?
4 from where in the Peak District had the prep school Principal obtained a return ticket?
5 from where did they plan to take the 11:10 to investigate the death of the colonel of the Royal Munsters?
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Feb 20
King William’s College Kwizz 2019. FT Round 16
1 what included the Bill as part of the Rape?
2 what is long in Britain but short across the pond?
3 whence the destination of Commons members on resignation?
4 what was the location of an old world strigine residence of great charm?
5 in what did conflict between Maharashtrian refugees and the weeping willow lead to arson?
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Feb 20
King William’s College Kwizz 2019. FT Round 15
Which dual enterprise:
1 could work wonders?
2 took over from West and Wyatt?
3 gives one a shot at Double Dutch?
4 exploited the unique qualities of Siberian Weasels’ hair?
5 created 33 complications in a limited edition of just four devices?
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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?
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Feb 20
King William’s College Kwizz 2019. FT Round 13
1 whence the ‘two-spotted’ duck?
2 where were the forgeries sunk after Bernhard?
3 where did Alexander defeat the crusaders on ice?
4 whence the winter’s spray, washing through the bars in high winds?
5 over what stretch of water did Cat escape with her lover in Emilio’s boat?
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Jan 20
King William’s College Kwizz 2019. FT Round 12
What currency of which country is suggested by:
1 a nip?
2 6.76 metres for gold?
3 a Balkan amphitheatre?
4 a sweet-tasting carbohydrate?
5 a converted Muslim place of worship?
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Jan 20
King William’s College Kwizz 2019. FT Round 11
Where:
1 did Rajam captain the MCC?
2 did the chauffeur confess to Pinky’s hit and run?
3 did the doomed old man ride on a long-eared, cream-coloured donkey?
4 did the Irish orphan play his eponymous Jewel Game in the spymaster’s shop?
5 was the elephant, earlier acquired for £2,000, given to the mahout by the grateful globetrotter?
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Jan 20
King William’s College Kwizz 2019. FT Round 10
1 whose opera was inspired by Virgil?
2 who honoured Queen Anne’s consort with a stimulating voluntary?
3 who wrote music for the attendant to Prospero as he donned his ducal robes?
4 who wrote music forever patriotically associated with our green and pleasant land?
5 who named a composition after a mighty biblical hunter in honour of his editor and friend?
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Jan 20
King William’s College Kwizz 2019. FT Round 9
1 who started in the Justinian?
2 as what is the black trumpet also known?
3 upon what is the Lord laughing in the sun?
4 where did Dulcibella run aground, lured by Dollmann?
5 which oxymoronic engagement resulted in the humiliation of the 7th?
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