Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Georgian Hallowe'en Quiz Questions
Can you guess all of the answers to my quiz? Be one of the first three people to enter correctly in the comments below and you could win a copy of the Gin Lane Gazette.
1. Which ghost-busting man of letters investigated the fraudulent ghost ‘Scratching Fanny of Cock Lane’ in 1762?
A. Dr. Samuel Johnson
2. What was the name of the Druid who built a spooky stone circle on Primrose Hill in 1792?
A. Edward Williams
3. Which satirist’s heart was buried in an urn in the mausoleum at West Wycombe in 1775?
A. Paul Whitehead’s
4. Who was the dentist who embalmed his dead wife, and displayed her in his shop window in 1775?
A. Martin van Butchell
5. Which Stevenage man eluded body snatchers by having his corpse laid to rest on the beams in a roof space in 1724?
A. Henry Trigg
6. Which member of the aristocracy is said to have been attacked by a baboon dressed as the Devil in the 1760s?
A. The Earl of Sandwich
7. Who was tortured with red-hot pincers, dismembered by cart-horses, and burnt at the stake for trying to murder Louis XV?
A. Robert-Francois Damiens
Enjoyed this? Why not try your luck at E O Higgins or Stevyn Colgan's Hallowe'en quizzes too.
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Comments
1. Samuel Johnson
2.Iolo Morganwg
3.Paul Whitehead
4.Martin Van Butchell
5.Henry Trig
6. The Earl of Sandwich
7.Robert-Francois Damiens
posted 31st October 2013
What Sarah said :)
1. Samuel Johnson
2.Iolo Morganwg
3.Paul Whitehead
4.Martin Van Butchell
5.Henry Trig
6. The Earl of Sandwich
7.Robert-Francois Damiens
posted 31st October 2013
Samuel Johnson
Edward Williams aka Iolo Morganwg
Paul Whitehead
Martin Van Butchell
Henry Trigg
John Montagu 4th Earl of Sandwich
Robert-Francois Damiens
posted 31st October 2013
Ed Bruce, you might have changed the punctuation slightly so that it didn't look like you'd just cut and pasted my answers :P
posted 31st October 2013
posted 9th November 2013
Did we win?
posted 9th November 2013
Congratulations to Lou, you correctly guessed all of the answers. A copy of the book is on its way to you. Thanks for entering everyone.
posted 11th November 2013