1 which Aberdonian became a general in the Tsar’s army?
2 what is the traditional site of pilgrimage in the last Sunday in July?
3 whose father practised inoculation until it was made criminal in eighteen-forty?
4 which very dry concoction came from the eponymous warehouse in the Calle Divina Pastora?
5 who received a command from Dunfermline to make a potentially dangerous North Sea crossing?
6 who created an enduring friendship between the naval lieutenant and the man in the rusty black coat during a Locatelli recital?
7 which reviled factor was cleared of gross inhumanity following a fatal croft fire in Strathnaver?
8 who wrote of his travels through the Transvaal with his Staffordshire Bull Terrier?
9 who established a bilingual school in Ranelagh, later moving to Rathfarnham?
10 who likened potato-gatherers to mechanised scarecrows?
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5. I’m pretty sure is Sir Patrick Spens, from the Child ballad
6. is the opening scene from Master and Commander (book) – but I don’t know who the third party is! Was it Aubrey’s captain friend? (side note, nothing wrong with O’Brien but I feel like whoever sets these quizzes really needs to read more books)
THEY HAVE ALSO READ JOHN BUCHAN as we shall shortly be reminded
(possibly in this set of questions tbh)
The Aberdonian in (1) is Patrick Gordon, a general under Peter the Great. I had somehow dimly remembered the Peter the Great element*, so all I googled was PtG and Aberdeen — but I did google it.
Perhaps bcz of this Tsar’s fascination with the West and the Enlightenment (and hence the Scottish Enlightenment? tho I don’t think Gordon really fits into this last very well lol)
7: Patrick Sellars. Notorious episode from the Clearances.
Oh – I thought the theme was Scottish people, but the other answers suggest it’s Patricks – so maybe it’s just the author’s name that’s being looked for in 6!
A round of Patricks.
#1 Patrick Gordon, as already noted.
#2 is Croagh Patrick, destination of the Reek Sunday pilgrimage
#5 is the ballad Sir Patrick Spens “The kinge sate in Dunfermline toun/Drinking the blude-red wine”
#7 is Patrick Sellar, major villain of the Highland Clearances.
#9 is Pádraig Pearse, 1916 Easter Riser
Given the theme, you have to fancy Patrick Leigh Fermor for #8.
I figured #4 had to be connected to sherry/Jerez, as we’ve had a question on that subject in a previous year. A bit of Googling turned up William Garvey – who established the bodega San Patricio in Jerez, “after Patrick, Patron Saint of Ireland, and later its Fino and indeed William’s son were also given that name”.
http://jerez-xeres-sherry.blogspot.com/2013/07/bodegas-garvey.html
…and #10 is from the opening lines of the poem ‘The Great Hunger’ by Patrick Kavanagh (Googled again)
Well done everyone. Still don’t have a clue re #3 or #4 and #10 of the 1919 section. Getting slow in my old age.