Why am I always so late??? Rugby is named for the school, not the town. There are a few quizzes to correct about this oft-mentioned, easy-to-check fact.
If you are basing the Quote clue on the lyrics of "Rule Britannia", then the words are Britannia RULE the waves". There is never an "s" to make RULES. A frequent error, which used to be drilled into every British schoolchild.
No-good Yank here, even I knew that one. Of course the seas belong to the US Navy now, but that's a different matter entirely - partly because it comprises a force powerful enough to destroy the surface of the planet seven times over. Also because we keep crashing into things. I feel the latter is a greater threat than the former.
The directions say all the answers are one word, but the first answer is shown as Bull Dog. (Not that the quiz cares about spaces, but it just seems inconsistent.)
Simply bull was accepted, which is weird, it is not a bull. Now if ___ dog was allready shown that would be fine. But just bull? really if you are allready typing bull you know it is bulldog.
Also worth pointing out that there has only been ONE Queen of the UK(sic) named Elizabeth. Elizabeth 1st was Queen of England, prior to the creation of the United Kingdom.
It doesn't actually say 'Queen of the UK'. I just read it as a Queen somehow associated with the UK, be that England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Great Britain or the UK as a whole.
I watch a lot of British TV shows and I hear spanner used - just heard it this week watching an old Midsomer Murder with Honeysuckle Weeks. (I love that name.)
Question for someone more versed in English/British history than I - there were not two queen Marys - Bloody Mary and the wife of William III? Does one not count for some reason or is it just that the answer doesn't fit the solution?
there were indeed. Mary II reigned jointly with William but they both had legitimate claims to the English and Scottish thrones (which were still separate then). It's just normal practice to call them WilliamandMary. I'm quite interested in this era of history and I'd still pause for half a second if someone referred to William III.
You can also find The Angel in Edmonton. Though Islington is much more well known, having the tube station of that name (Edmonton's Angel has Angel Road station until the 28th, when it's replaced by Meridan Water station) and appearing on the Monotony board.
It should probably be neither. The Angles were another Germanic tribe who invaded Britain (before it was 'English') at roughly the same time as the Saxons did. So how really were they 'counterparts'? 'Anglo' wouldn't do, it's not a 'counterpart'.
The Thames is just one of London's rivers. The next best known is probably the Fleet. I'm not sure that people would sing Brifannia Rule the Waves tho.
Google will also tell you that Basil Rathbone, playing Holmes, DID say it in a movie. If you don't believe me, check this out. Incidentally, the QM does not state that it was written. I think you'll find it is a skilfully crafted clue.
England decoder with a couple of token plug ins.
Nice quiz BTW - I love these decoder quizzes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lag22Hl2RQw