King William's College General Knowledge Quiz 2014-2015
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King William's College General knowledge quiz 2014-2015
A metafilter holiday tradition - with a reputation for being the hardest quiz in the world, this is this year's edition where the average score is 2 out of 180. I've set up a google spreadsheet if you want to help out - official answers will appear in the Guardian in January. Previous years on metafilter.
A metafilter holiday tradition - with a reputation for being the hardest quiz in the world, this is this year's edition where the average score is 2 out of 180. I've set up a google spreadsheet if you want to help out - official answers will appear in the Guardian in January. Previous years on metafilter.
The most wonderful time of the year!
posted by Iridic at 10:00 AM on December 23, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by Iridic at 10:00 AM on December 23, 2014 [1 favorite]
NO I HAD ACTUAL WORK TO DO FOR THE FIRST TIME ALL MONTH i curse you for 1000 generations
posted by poffin boffin at 10:08 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by poffin boffin at 10:08 AM on December 23, 2014
1-10 lol forever at the lost dignity of hartlepool
posted by poffin boffin at 10:11 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by poffin boffin at 10:11 AM on December 23, 2014
17.1: Edgar, King of Scotland ceded the western Isles (the "Sudreys") to Magnus Olafsson.
17.3 Duncan, killed by Macbeth.
posted by Iridic at 10:15 AM on December 23, 2014
17.3 Duncan, killed by Macbeth.
posted by Iridic at 10:15 AM on December 23, 2014
These are like horrible crossword puzzle clues. Many seem so specifically British that I don't even understand them!
posted by slogger at 10:15 AM on December 23, 2014 [6 favorites]
posted by slogger at 10:15 AM on December 23, 2014 [6 favorites]
Are these things that people are supposed to be allowed to look up online? Or are they supposed to come "naturally?"
posted by tittergrrl at 10:19 AM on December 23, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by tittergrrl at 10:19 AM on December 23, 2014 [2 favorites]
4-10 Tobit was blinded by sparrow droppings
posted by poffin boffin at 10:19 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by poffin boffin at 10:19 AM on December 23, 2014
11-8 Krakatoa
posted by everybody had matching towels at 10:20 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by everybody had matching towels at 10:20 AM on December 23, 2014
(17 is all Scottish history)
17.4 The Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton guaranteed Scottish independence until the Union of 1603.
17.5 Pope Celestine III released Scottish Catholics from submission to the Archbishop of York.
posted by Iridic at 10:21 AM on December 23, 2014
17.4 The Treaty of Edinburgh–Northampton guaranteed Scottish independence until the Union of 1603.
17.5 Pope Celestine III released Scottish Catholics from submission to the Archbishop of York.
posted by Iridic at 10:21 AM on December 23, 2014
3-7 Andrew Jackson
posted by ogooglebar at 10:22 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by ogooglebar at 10:22 AM on December 23, 2014
11-2 Vesuvius
11-10 Tamu Massif
posted by everybody had matching towels at 10:24 AM on December 23, 2014
11-10 Tamu Massif
posted by everybody had matching towels at 10:24 AM on December 23, 2014
5-6 I'm guessing they're looking for Carl Perkins, although Blind Lemon Jefferson sang it earlier. Ma Rainey recorded that line first, but she wasn't wondering about "his" clothes.
posted by ogooglebar at 10:26 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by ogooglebar at 10:26 AM on December 23, 2014
Duh. Section five is all about blind men. Must be Blind Lemon Jefferson.
posted by ogooglebar at 10:27 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by ogooglebar at 10:27 AM on December 23, 2014
Are these things that people are supposed to be allowed to look up online? Or are they supposed to come "naturally?"
Use Google or any other reference you have to hand! Each section has a theme, and this is more of a puzzle solving/reference use test than a trivia quiz. Don't feel bad about not knowing things off-hand.
posted by rewil at 10:28 AM on December 23, 2014
Use Google or any other reference you have to hand! Each section has a theme, and this is more of a puzzle solving/reference use test than a trivia quiz. Don't feel bad about not knowing things off-hand.
posted by rewil at 10:28 AM on December 23, 2014
The google doc keeps crashing so I will just assume that someone else is adding all the answers we post in this thread.
posted by poffin boffin at 10:30 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by poffin boffin at 10:30 AM on December 23, 2014
17.8 General John Cope
17.9 "Henry IX of England and Ireland and I of Scotland," assumed unassumingly by Henry Stuart, Cardinal Frascati
posted by Iridic at 10:33 AM on December 23, 2014
17.9 "Henry IX of England and Ireland and I of Scotland," assumed unassumingly by Henry Stuart, Cardinal Frascati
posted by Iridic at 10:33 AM on December 23, 2014
And we can't forget that one section is usually Isle of Man-themed!
Thank you Mike Bath of Manchester, your good deeds live on in our memory.
posted by rewil at 10:33 AM on December 23, 2014
Thank you Mike Bath of Manchester, your good deeds live on in our memory.
posted by rewil at 10:33 AM on December 23, 2014
Are these things that people are supposed to be allowed to look up online?
Any quiz that can be Googled will be Googled. Some people even cheat in pub trivia. Bastards.
posted by smackfu at 10:37 AM on December 23, 2014
Any quiz that can be Googled will be Googled. Some people even cheat in pub trivia. Bastards.
posted by smackfu at 10:37 AM on December 23, 2014
4-5 Eleazar Maccabeus stabbed Antiochus' war elephant
posted by poffin boffin at 10:38 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by poffin boffin at 10:38 AM on December 23, 2014
I am a little concerned about all the hebrew school trivia I seem to have absorbed.
posted by poffin boffin at 10:39 AM on December 23, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by poffin boffin at 10:39 AM on December 23, 2014 [1 favorite]
Using Google is cheating if you consider an average of 2 out 180.
I think there needs to be a separate score where you get a point for understanding the question.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 10:39 AM on December 23, 2014 [4 favorites]
I think there needs to be a separate score where you get a point for understanding the question.
posted by Tell Me No Lies at 10:39 AM on December 23, 2014 [4 favorites]
17.10 Robert the Bruce stabbed Red Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, at Greyfriars Kirk. Roger de Kirkpatrick then confirmed the kill. Teamwork!
posted by Iridic at 10:42 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by Iridic at 10:42 AM on December 23, 2014
Wait, I might take 11-10 back. There are two Resolution boats associated with volcanoes, the HMS Resolution, which carried James Cook to Mt Yasur in Vanuatu in 1774 and the JOIDES Resolution, which was integral in the discovery of the Tamu Massif (possibly largest volcano on earth) last year.
The question is asking "what volcanic glow was a magnet to Resolution," though. James Cook was guided to Mt Yasur by its bright mafic eruption and the all-basalt Tamu Massif was found largely because basalt is magnetic soooo.....?
posted by everybody had matching towels at 10:44 AM on December 23, 2014
The question is asking "what volcanic glow was a magnet to Resolution," though. James Cook was guided to Mt Yasur by its bright mafic eruption and the all-basalt Tamu Massif was found largely because basalt is magnetic soooo.....?
posted by everybody had matching towels at 10:44 AM on December 23, 2014
10-9 is Chopin.
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord at 10:49 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord at 10:49 AM on December 23, 2014
5-5: Milton, but that took some digging.
posted by Navelgazer at 10:51 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by Navelgazer at 10:51 AM on December 23, 2014
10-8 the promotion must be John Paul II but I don't know the martyr.
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord at 10:52 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by potsmokinghippieoverlord at 10:52 AM on December 23, 2014
12:9 would be, I believe, Máire ingen Eógain, consort of Magnus Olafsson, last King of Mann and the Isles (before it was ceded to Scotland by the Norwegians).
posted by Jahaza at 10:52 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by Jahaza at 10:52 AM on December 23, 2014
3-6 is Dr Stephen Maturin.
posted by The Nutmeg of Consolation at 10:54 AM on December 23, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by The Nutmeg of Consolation at 10:54 AM on December 23, 2014 [3 favorites]
Using Google is cheating if you consider an average of 2 out 180.
The actual King William's students sit the test twice, the first time without prep or preview of any sort. Then they research the questions over the holiday, employing any resource they please. When they return, they sit the test again, and they usually improve massively on their first score.
The whole thing is meant to exercise the reference muscles. That Latin motto at the head of the quiz means: To know where you can find anything is, after all, the greatest part of erudition.
posted by Iridic at 10:54 AM on December 23, 2014 [14 favorites]
The actual King William's students sit the test twice, the first time without prep or preview of any sort. Then they research the questions over the holiday, employing any resource they please. When they return, they sit the test again, and they usually improve massively on their first score.
The whole thing is meant to exercise the reference muscles. That Latin motto at the head of the quiz means: To know where you can find anything is, after all, the greatest part of erudition.
posted by Iridic at 10:54 AM on December 23, 2014 [14 favorites]
This is so fun! I loved doing a number of the dueling ones.
posted by Carillon at 10:54 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by Carillon at 10:54 AM on December 23, 2014
The question is asking "what volcanic glow was a magnet to Resolution," though.
I would say Cook/Yasur is the answer, mostly because it's the first thing I thought when I read the question.
posted by poffin boffin at 10:54 AM on December 23, 2014
I would say Cook/Yasur is the answer, mostly because it's the first thing I thought when I read the question.
posted by poffin boffin at 10:54 AM on December 23, 2014
3-6 is Dr Stephen Maturin.
posted by The Nutmeg of Consolation
eponyglorious
posted by poffin boffin at 10:55 AM on December 23, 2014 [4 favorites]
1-5 seems like it has to be a painting, maybe destroyed in the battle of Liege?
posted by PMdixon at 10:59 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by PMdixon at 10:59 AM on December 23, 2014
It's the Rokeby Venus.
posted by rewil at 11:01 AM on December 23, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by rewil at 11:01 AM on December 23, 2014 [1 favorite]
Turns out my main fields of expertise are Volcanoes and Sausage.
posted by theodolite at 11:02 AM on December 23, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by theodolite at 11:02 AM on December 23, 2014 [2 favorites]
I strongly urge you to update all personal and professional business cards to reflect this.
posted by poffin boffin at 11:03 AM on December 23, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by poffin boffin at 11:03 AM on December 23, 2014 [3 favorites]
16-1 is Robert Cohn, from Hemmingway's The Sun Also Rises
posted by mosk at 11:06 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by mosk at 11:06 AM on December 23, 2014
3-8 is Tommy Barban and Mr McKisco from Tender is the Night
posted by poffin boffin at 11:09 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by poffin boffin at 11:09 AM on December 23, 2014
Whoever got "nightingale worth 100" on the google spreadsheet, tip of the cap to ya. I'd gotten everything in section 15 except for that one.
posted by mcstayinskool at 11:18 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by mcstayinskool at 11:18 AM on December 23, 2014
16-3 is reported by Tubal to Shylock; Merchant of Venice, Act III, Scene i
posted by mosk at 11:18 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by mosk at 11:18 AM on December 23, 2014
Whoever got "nightingale worth 100" on the google spreadsheet, tip of the cap to ya. I'd gotten everything in section 15 except for that one.
Once I got rid of all the false hits for the Florence Nightingale 10 pound note, it was easy.
posted by Homeboy Trouble at 11:20 AM on December 23, 2014 [1 favorite]
Once I got rid of all the false hits for the Florence Nightingale 10 pound note, it was easy.
posted by Homeboy Trouble at 11:20 AM on December 23, 2014 [1 favorite]
This definitely could be totally off, but I really want 6-8 to be Pratt & Whitney but I cant figure out how to get it there...
posted by brainmouse at 11:21 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by brainmouse at 11:21 AM on December 23, 2014
I think 5.6 is about Colin Blythe in The Great Escape, but I haven't seen the movie to pin it down.
posted by rewil at 11:21 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by rewil at 11:21 AM on December 23, 2014
I thought 5.6 had more to do with Treasure Island? Looking it up now.
posted by Carillon at 11:25 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by Carillon at 11:25 AM on December 23, 2014
OMG. Last year there was an entire section on South Asian history, and now there's an entire section on Malaysia. Squee!
posted by divabat at 11:26 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by divabat at 11:26 AM on December 23, 2014
I thought 5-6 was another Aubrey-Maturin reference, help
posted by poffin boffin at 11:27 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by poffin boffin at 11:27 AM on December 23, 2014
18.4 is most likely Joe Root and James Anderson
posted by tittergrrl at 11:29 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by tittergrrl at 11:29 AM on December 23, 2014
as far as i can tell 9-1 should be "anywhere" but that answer doesn't jive with the section topic
posted by edgeways at 11:30 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by edgeways at 11:30 AM on December 23, 2014
4-4 is something about the "like a scarecrow in a garden of cucumbers" line in Jeremiah wrt worship of false idols but idk what the thing about the thorn bird thing is
posted by poffin boffin at 11:35 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by poffin boffin at 11:35 AM on December 23, 2014
maybe it is richard chamberlain
posted by poffin boffin at 11:40 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by poffin boffin at 11:40 AM on December 23, 2014
11.3 is Mount Rainier in Washington State.
posted by tittergrrl at 11:44 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by tittergrrl at 11:44 AM on December 23, 2014
I'm sure, in a decade or two, answering similar questions about American indie rock bands and cult tv shows of the 90s will be required for admission into the aristocracy.
posted by ennui.bz at 11:44 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by ennui.bz at 11:44 AM on December 23, 2014
For 10.6 my first thought was that it was Margaret Countess of Tyrol but that doesn't work with the actual theme of the category. Hmm.
posted by Carillon at 11:47 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by Carillon at 11:47 AM on December 23, 2014
Could 8-10 be a reference to carbon footprints?
8-2: Most of my searches for "hutan hujan" (rainforest) + "sajak"/"syair"/"puisi"/"karya"/"cerpen"/"sastera" (various Malay terms for literature) are turning up with Puisi Hutan Kelabu, which is by an Indonesian writer and is more about comparing love to a rainforest. Nothing about impartiality, and it breaks the Malaysia theme.
posted by divabat at 11:49 AM on December 23, 2014
8-2: Most of my searches for "hutan hujan" (rainforest) + "sajak"/"syair"/"puisi"/"karya"/"cerpen"/"sastera" (various Malay terms for literature) are turning up with Puisi Hutan Kelabu, which is by an Indonesian writer and is more about comparing love to a rainforest. Nothing about impartiality, and it breaks the Malaysia theme.
posted by divabat at 11:49 AM on December 23, 2014
ennui.bz: One of the questions refers to Homestar Runner, so I think we're nearly there.
posted by divabat at 11:49 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by divabat at 11:49 AM on December 23, 2014
For 10.6 my first thought was that it was Margaret Countess of Tyrol but that doesn't work with the actual theme of the category.
It kind of does? Her father was sort of temporarily the king of poland for like, a year.
posted by poffin boffin at 11:50 AM on December 23, 2014
It kind of does? Her father was sort of temporarily the king of poland for like, a year.
posted by poffin boffin at 11:50 AM on December 23, 2014
It kind of does? Her father was sort of temporarily the king of poland for like, a year.
posted by poffin boffin
Yeah I guess. My first thought was that's only very tenuously Polish and it's more of a technicality. She was imprisoned by a siege, but was she on her to her fiance's? Thought she was already married.
posted by Carillon at 11:52 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by poffin boffin
Yeah I guess. My first thought was that's only very tenuously Polish and it's more of a technicality. She was imprisoned by a siege, but was she on her to her fiance's? Thought she was already married.
posted by Carillon at 11:52 AM on December 23, 2014
I think 12-2 is Wallis Simpson? Maybe?
posted by fiercecupcake at 11:54 AM on December 23, 2014
posted by fiercecupcake at 11:54 AM on December 23, 2014
7 is extraordinary fun.
posted by jamjam at 12:25 PM on December 23, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by jamjam at 12:25 PM on December 23, 2014 [1 favorite]
Haha! A prep school education comes in handy.
76: Xerxes I. The battles referred to are Thermopylae and Salamis.
posted by fifthrider at 12:26 PM on December 23, 2014
76: Xerxes I. The battles referred to are Thermopylae and Salamis.
posted by fifthrider at 12:26 PM on December 23, 2014
I'm surprised how entertaining it is to read this thread of answers without bothering to look at the questions first.
posted by slappy_pinchbottom at 1:16 PM on December 23, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by slappy_pinchbottom at 1:16 PM on December 23, 2014 [3 favorites]
8-8 is 100% James W.W. Birch, guys. I know this because 1. history of my home state and 2. I cheered so hard at this as a student.
posted by peripathetic at 1:24 PM on December 23, 2014
posted by peripathetic at 1:24 PM on December 23, 2014
6 is definitely looking like the most difficult category right now.
posted by Carillon at 1:28 PM on December 23, 2014
posted by Carillon at 1:28 PM on December 23, 2014
I didn't realize this thread was gonna be all spoilers. Not that I needed any because, of course, I'm scoring about 80%. Just off the top of my head.
posted by From Bklyn at 1:54 PM on December 23, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by From Bklyn at 1:54 PM on December 23, 2014 [1 favorite]
Oh, god, I got one, I got one! 12-8 Despard and Mad Margaret out of Ruddigore.
posted by Grangousier at 2:27 PM on December 23, 2014
posted by Grangousier at 2:27 PM on December 23, 2014
Ah. Someone else got it first. But I didn't know that.
posted by Grangousier at 2:31 PM on December 23, 2014
posted by Grangousier at 2:31 PM on December 23, 2014
7-4 is Xenophon. "Thalassa! Thalassa!"
posted by The Nutmeg of Consolation at 2:34 PM on December 23, 2014
posted by The Nutmeg of Consolation at 2:34 PM on December 23, 2014
11.2 is Mt. Vesuvius.
11.5 is Mt. Vesuvius also, I think. If not, then it's Etna!
posted by Azaadistani at 3:44 PM on December 23, 2014
11.5 is Mt. Vesuvius also, I think. If not, then it's Etna!
posted by Azaadistani at 3:44 PM on December 23, 2014
11.5 is Mt. Vesuvius also, I think. If not, then it's Etna!
Snæfell is on the Isle of Man, though.
posted by ambrosen at 3:51 PM on December 23, 2014
Snæfell is on the Isle of Man, though.
posted by ambrosen at 3:51 PM on December 23, 2014
I think 16-4 is Reuben Levy from Whose Body?
posted by betweenthebars at 3:55 PM on December 23, 2014
posted by betweenthebars at 3:55 PM on December 23, 2014
16-7 has to be Barabas from The Jew of Malta.
posted by betweenthebars at 3:58 PM on December 23, 2014
posted by betweenthebars at 3:58 PM on December 23, 2014
> Snæfell is on the Isle of Man, though.
I believe that in this context the Snæfell volcano is in Iceland and the question refers to the novel by Jules Verne.
posted by seawallrunner at 4:35 PM on December 23, 2014
I believe that in this context the Snæfell volcano is in Iceland and the question refers to the novel by Jules Verne.
posted by seawallrunner at 4:35 PM on December 23, 2014
6-1 The section is "Dual Enterprises". The question is "produced 693?"
I have doubts about the answer that's currently on the spreadsheet, which posits that the answer is the Breguet 693 airplane, one of several (or perhaps many?) planes produced by Breguet & SNCAC.
Instead, I think the answer might be G. E. M. Anscombe and Rush Rhees, translators and editors of Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations (originally Philosophische Untersuchungen). The seminal work, published posthumously in 1953, "consisted of a typescript with 693 numbered remarks that Wittgenstein had carefully revised over many years..." (I looked online for a better direct quote that was specific about the number of sections in the work, but this was the most concise item iI could find on that score.)
Thoughts? Does anyone have any better ideas?
posted by mosk at 4:47 PM on December 23, 2014
I have doubts about the answer that's currently on the spreadsheet, which posits that the answer is the Breguet 693 airplane, one of several (or perhaps many?) planes produced by Breguet & SNCAC.
Instead, I think the answer might be G. E. M. Anscombe and Rush Rhees, translators and editors of Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations (originally Philosophische Untersuchungen). The seminal work, published posthumously in 1953, "consisted of a typescript with 693 numbered remarks that Wittgenstein had carefully revised over many years..." (I looked online for a better direct quote that was specific about the number of sections in the work, but this was the most concise item iI could find on that score.)
Thoughts? Does anyone have any better ideas?
posted by mosk at 4:47 PM on December 23, 2014
13-10 could be Marie Antoinette. She was prisoner 280 (deux cent quatre-vingts).
posted by floweringjudas at 4:57 PM on December 23, 2014
posted by floweringjudas at 4:57 PM on December 23, 2014
Every year I take a look at these questions and every year they never fail to make me very, very angry.
posted by zardoz at 5:52 PM on December 23, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by zardoz at 5:52 PM on December 23, 2014 [1 favorite]
I didn't realize this thread was gonna be all spoilers. Not that I needed any because, of course, I'm scoring about 80%. Just off the top of my head.
posted by From Bklyn at 5:54 AM on December 24
FLAGGED AS PANTS ON FIRE
posted by DoctorFedora at 5:52 PM on December 23, 2014
posted by From Bklyn at 5:54 AM on December 24
FLAGGED AS PANTS ON FIRE
posted by DoctorFedora at 5:52 PM on December 23, 2014
I totally got 5-10! Which is pretty good, considering the rest of the questions make me feel like I am pretending be able to read German.
posted by fermezporte at 6:29 PM on December 23, 2014
posted by fermezporte at 6:29 PM on December 23, 2014
This is the best quiz ever!
posted by culfinglin at 7:05 PM on December 23, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by culfinglin at 7:05 PM on December 23, 2014 [1 favorite]
The 15 series is about stamps, and the birds on them. The questions are "what is the country".
Hmmm, when peeking into the Google sheet, I see others answered it as currency. I wonder which is right.
posted by seawallrunner at 7:53 PM on December 23, 2014
Hmmm, when peeking into the Google sheet, I see others answered it as currency. I wonder which is right.
posted by seawallrunner at 7:53 PM on December 23, 2014
7-5
In Xanadu did Kublai Khan
A stately pleasure dome decree
Where Alph the saved river ran
In caverns measureless to man
Beneath a sunless sea
9-3 good fences
10-8 Joan of Arc and John Paul II
posted by misha at 9:13 PM on December 23, 2014
In Xanadu did Kublai Khan
A stately pleasure dome decree
Where Alph the saved river ran
In caverns measureless to man
Beneath a sunless sea
9-3 good fences
10-8 Joan of Arc and John Paul II
posted by misha at 9:13 PM on December 23, 2014
seawallrunner: Why would there be a stamp worth 25,000 of anything? (Unless you're talking about stamps that ended up at that value thanks to collectors, but that particular stamp doesn't have a bird on it)
posted by divabat at 10:59 PM on December 23, 2014
posted by divabat at 10:59 PM on December 23, 2014
9-3, finally my undergraduate landscape architecture degree pays off
posted by thrind at 1:11 AM on December 24, 2014
posted by thrind at 1:11 AM on December 24, 2014
8:3 Henry Gurney, assassinated at The Gap below Fraser's Hill
8:9 I believe the answer is Malacca, Bencoolen was the prison colony that was swapped.
8:10 Frank Swettenham, author of Footprints in Malaya (when he was 92)
10:6 Maria Clementina Sobieska
16:9 Riah (Our Mutual Friend, Dickens) troglodyte = Jenny Wren (wren=Troglodytes troglodytes)
I have different answers for a bunch of others but yours might be as good.
posted by CCBC at 5:22 PM on January 8, 2015
8:9 I believe the answer is Malacca, Bencoolen was the prison colony that was swapped.
8:10 Frank Swettenham, author of Footprints in Malaya (when he was 92)
10:6 Maria Clementina Sobieska
16:9 Riah (Our Mutual Friend, Dickens) troglodyte = Jenny Wren (wren=Troglodytes troglodytes)
I have different answers for a bunch of others but yours might be as good.
posted by CCBC at 5:22 PM on January 8, 2015
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