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The all new, revised and easier quiz! (mod note posts 1 and 2042)
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garancafan wrote: »Errrr....no
, it was a shot in the dark. The only data I had was that Ballydesmond Co. Cork was formerly called Williamstown and that William is David Cameron's second name. About neither Clarence House nor boarding schools in the Isle of Man I know not a jot.Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »I'm not claiming this one, as I feel you got it. King William (iv I think) is connected to all of them. I wouldn't have got it until you said William.
King William IV it is, the original "Silly Billy." I agree it should go to garanfan. The alternative is to share it and post half a question each.
(a) Ballydesmond was founded in the 1830s as a model village named Kingwilliamstown after Sailor Bill. Name changed in 1951.
(b) Clarence House was built between 1825 and 1827 to a design by John Nash. It was commissioned by the Duke of Clarence, who in 1830 became King William IV.
(c) David Cameron is descended on the wrong side of the sheets from Bill and Mrs. Jordan, whose Waterford connections may or may not have entitled David to hurl for the Decies. I shall defer to wiser counsel in that.
(d) King William's College, Castletown, Isle of Man ( Colleish Ree Illiam in Manx ) was founded in 1833. The governors wrote to King Billy asking if there was any chance of a few bob for the school. Bill replied more or less as follows: ( Health Warning: this is paraphrase, not verbatim ) " Dear Profs, unfortunately between Clarence House and Mrs. Jordan and one thing and another, I have no spare cash at the moment. But you can call the place after me."
Wikipedia's version is as follows: The school was named after King William IV, who is said to have been asked for a financial contribution and to have offered the founders "my most valuable possession, my name".
Anyway they complied. In those pre-Michael O'Leary days when the king took the proverbial one didn't tell him where to go, in English or in Manx.0 -
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I thought that this might be proffered as an answer. Unfortunately it's not correct. What you have described is known as "the dead man's handle".Ah yes, its something to do with trains where the train only goes if a handle is being held, or something. My lawn mower works on a similar principle
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If I remember correctly, that was Dedalus, a.k.a Icarus' father.Autumn Harsh Cloud wrote: »Daedalus.
Both correct. Credit to New Home for being first, even with the dodgy spelling
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