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 recog[…]

 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 […]

Here we go into the top twenty. At this point, those of you who have a big picture view of this kind of thing can probably do the maths and work out that there are more than ten obvious films left – so some things didn’t make the cut.
From th[…]

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? (more…)[…]

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[…]

 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 g[…]

Here’s the next batch of ten films. Some big studio productions and some tiny indie films too. Again it is notable how many of these films centre on women’s stories (perhaps with the exception of the big studio hits  – though even our […]

 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[…]

 1 Who fell to Pardiñaz in Madrid?
 2 And who fell to Bailaor in Talavera de la Reina?
 3 Who initiated the vindication of the Maid of Orleans?
 4  Which avenging monarch succumbed to plague in La Linea?
 5 Which king was assassinated with his[…]

Where:
 1 were we 76 for 7?
2 did the Donkey kick off northward?
3 did Gurney reward Lightborn by stabbing him?
4 does Monti’s Father Thames overlook the first lock?
5 did Simpkin confiscate the twist of cherry-coloured silk? (more…)[…]