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Jan 19
Wiki-illiams Quizz 2018. Round 2
(RUBRIC’n’RULEZ can be found in the first post)
1 To what See was Aramis appointed?
2 Who was credited with “style” by Calverley?
3 Who banished the three Fathers to Craggy Island?
4 Who was preferred to Dr Grantley for what position on his father’s death?
5 To what position was Dr Rowlands, Williams’s stern housemaster, elevated?
6 Over what was the good fellow, Bob, to be offered a pay rise during the festive season?
7 After feasting late and long, who, smiling, advised Olaf that it was bedtime?
8 Which peeled priest addressed the Protector as proditor?
9 What is labelled with a signpost for Canterbury?
10 From whose largesse did Valjean benefit?
Is it all specifically about Roman Catholic characters?
Assume these are all clergymen? There were Grantlys without an ‘e’ who are bishops, parsons and whatnot in several Trollope Barsetshire books.
3 is Bishop Len Brennan, in Father Ted.
Based on the theme, I expect 6 is either Stinking Bishop or smoking bishop.
10 would be the Bishop that Valjean stole the silver plates from near the start of Les Miserables – but if you know the name (which I don’t) then you probably know that.
There is something familiar with the wording of 8: this may be Beaufort, the Duke (?) of Winchester, the clergyman (later cardinal) who feuds with the Duke of Gloucester who is also Lord Protector in the first couple of Shakespeare’s Henry VI plays.
Andrew – yes! I think his family name is Myriel (been a while since I read the Proper Book)
anatol_merklich – excellent catch! He was the Bishop of Winchester (not a duke as he was illegitimate).
I suppose this means the theme is bishops specifically?
googled confirmation of Kerry on 6, from A Christmas Carol…
“A merry Christmas, Bob!” said Scrooge, with an earnestness that could not be mistaken, as he clapped him on the back. “A merrier Christmas, Bob, my good fellow, than I have given you for many a year! I’ll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your struggling family, and we will discuss your affairs this very afternoon, over a Christmas bowl of smoking bishop, Bob! …”
Theme is Bishops
3. Bishop Brennan (Father Ted)
6. Smoking Bishop (a spiced mulled wine enjoyed by Scrooge at the Cratchits’ in A Christmas Carol
9. Bishop’s Finger (beer by Shepherd Neame of Whitstable)
10. Myriel, Bishop of Digne in Les Miserables
1. Aramis of The Three Musketeers becomes Bishop of Vannes sometime in the series between Twenty Years After and The Man in the Iron Mask.