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Posted by Katy R (U14748743) on Friday, 2nd September 2011
Good morning,
Two βon this dayβ questions for you to get the quiz started:
Which disaster was believed to have been a punishment for gluttony?
Which reforming emperor defeated two of the worldβs most famous lovers?
Katy
Well Augustus (or rather Agrippa) defeated Antony and Cleopatra.
TP
Thats right TP. I also read that he was called Octavian and Octavius...!
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Posted by Pugwash Trouserpress (U1865008) on Friday, 2nd September 2011
Would the punishment for gluttony be the Great Fire of London? It started in Pudding Lane and ended in Pie Corner
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Posted by somewhatsilly (U14315357) on Friday, 2nd September 2011
Since Katy seems to have wandered off, would TP or PT like to set another question? I need my Friday divertissement.
Oddly enough ferval I do have one I prepared earlier!
In which room of the house would you find these if they paid you a visit?
The French diplomat with a thwarted love for a Suffolk girl.
The man who considered that being born in a stable didn't make one a horse.
The Italian who took notes from Swiss archery
The man who is the currant favourite of the redshirts.
TP
Beef Wellington might be in either the kitchen or the dining room, and Wellington boots in the hall, but the others fox me (unless Nicc. Mach. is the Italian).
Hi Catigen
Wellington is of course correct, and you have the culinary connection. The other parts would enable you to distinguish between kitchen and dining room. Look elsewhere for Italians!
TP
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Posted by somewhatsilly (U14315357) on Friday, 2nd September 2011
Is the Italian culinary connection tournedos Rossini?
Red shirts and currants -Garibaldi biscuits?
Musing on the Suffolk lass.
Hi ferval
Absolutely right. We are in the kitchen with Beef Wellington, Garibaldi biscuits, Tournedos Rossini, and something else.
If you don't know the Suffolk lass then you've not read 'The Rings of Saturn' by WG Sebald. I can't recommend it too highly for a historian.
TP
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Posted by somewhatsilly (U14315357) on Friday, 2nd September 2011
No, I'm afraid I haven't but then, I don't claim to be a historian! Will look out for it though. I'm off out now anyway so I'll look forward to the revelation from someone who has.
Every archaeologist has a steak in history.
TP
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Posted by CASSEROLEON (U11049737) on Friday, 2nd September 2011
Dr. Johnson I think was stable and horse- but is there a library in the house? It is the kind of room one might associate especially with this bookseller's son.
Cass
You're a bit behind with this one Cass. The Duke of Wellington is said to have made the 'stable and horse' remark. But I'm sure you know which French diplomat would have a place in the kitchen.
TP
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Posted by CASSEROLEON (U11049737) on Friday, 2nd September 2011
Thanks TP
I wondered after posting.. Did Wellington say that with reference to being born not in a stable but in Ireland? Interesting how people used to wish to be considered English.
As for French cuisine I am not the one to ask.. There is a dish called "the diplomat" but I am "out" of French diplomats beyond Talleyrand and De Tocqueville. Chevalier D'Eon might have decided it fitting to spend time in kitchens for the sake of his role playing.. The lady he lived with till his death allegedly fainted when his corpse settled the public disputes about his gender.. But he was part of the French King's personal and unofficial "embassy" in London so I would guess that he would not count.
Cass
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Posted by somewhatsilly (U14315357) on Friday, 2nd September 2011
Steak Diane or Marilyn Monroe don't seem to fit the bill of fare. Depending on the reason for the diplomat's thwarting, he might have resorted to a monkey gland.
Give up I'm afraid, at least until after midnight.
I have to go out now, so let me tell you that the steak and the diplomat were Chateaubriand.
Now let anyone ask a question who has one!
TP
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Posted by somewhatsilly (U14315357) on Friday, 2nd September 2011
Sorry, I can't do one just now, I'm tied up for a few hours. I hope there will be a new question up when I can get back.
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