“Noswaith dda! Dwi’n Duo, y tylluanod Cymreig! Roeddwn i’n siomedig iawn am fod Kat yn rhoi’r gorau i wneud Duolingo y llynedd. Gwn ei bod hi’n brysur iawn, ond mae fy planed yn marw, ac mae angen Quosh arnom. Pam ydych […]

1 Who wrote about the polymath, Joseph Bologne?
2 Whose prestige product honours a former naval person?
3 Who progressed from Arras via Sens and Rouen to finally settle in Avignon?
4 Who was the life and soul of King’s Abbot, but was stabbed by the[…]

Which periodical:
1 Was found under Adrian’s bed by his mother?
2 Provided Mr Finch with a £10 prize for solving a crossword?
3 Carried the headline DIAR KNAB NI EFIL OT THGUORB EERHT?
4 Published an ode by the poet laureate to the seasonal fluct[…]

(GAH – I published 7 and 8 out of order, soz like)
1 What was likely to give Pistol indigestion?
2 What proved to be soporific for Benjamin and his family?
3 What was dismissed as no more than a college-educated relative?
4 What, according to t[…]

What:
1 Takes its name from James I’s physician?
2 Is a drupe of drupelets brought together by a Californian judge?
3 South American lily takes its name from an alumnus of Uppsala University?
4 Tuber is named after that alumnus’s Curator at his […]

“Greetings! It’s me, 90’s summer dance craze The Macarena. I’ve never really gone away, as you must surely know: the muscle memory of hand flips and hip wiggles is ingrained into the very fabric of your DNA, to be passed down […]

Where:
1 Was Tilia reduced to 7ft?
2 Did Garry and Frank take 36 and 34 off Malcolm?
3 Did Steve and Venkat say “Enough” after 62 balls?
4 Is the venue a memorial to a Brotherly Leader and Guide?
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In which tale:
1 Did Kitty Kid masquerade as Ada Mason?
2 Was the Mephistophelian host fixed by a dummy?
3 Did a showing of Not a Sparrow coincide with the running of the St Leger?
4 Was the recognition that two cousins were named Magdala crucial […]

1 Whence the Diehards?
2 Which Park witnessed disasters costing 25 and 66 lives?
3 Where, after 150 years, do they continue “to play for the sake of playing”?
4 Where did the repeated administration of Antimony lead to a public execution on the G[…]

This list was inspired by Brad Nelson in another place, and their excellent idea of just smushing together the things which stood out in 2018 regardless of media or format or whatever else. In practice the list is distressingly limited in scope. It�[…]