| “Nothing’s funnier than to hear silly things read out loud. If Mr Emerson thinks us ____, he can go” (A Room With A View) |
FRIVOLOUS |
| “She walks in beauty, like the night / Of ____ climes and starry skies” (Byron) |
CLOUDLESS |
| “The silent organ ____ chants / The master’s requiem” (Dirge, Ralph Waldo Emerson) |
LOUDEST |
| 1990 Number 1 UK single by Beats International, based on a 1983 single by the SOS Band |
Dub Be Good To Me |
| A feline with long silky hair and bushy tail |
Persian cat |
| A golfer hopes to not get the ____ before taking a shot |
YIPS |
| A jump made by stamping on the tail of a skateboard |
OLLIE |
| A period taken out of work, eg to bring up children |
career break |
| A Scot claiming unemployment benefit is “____” |
on the broo |
| A swimmer’s breathing tube |
SNORKEL |
| A wooden walkway over swampy ground |
DUCKBOARD |
| A ____ may signal the moment of consecration in a mass |
sanctus bell |
| Alternative name for North America’s tamarack and balsam poplar trees |
HACKMATACK |
| Annual Munich event known locally as d’Wiesn |
OKTOBERFEST |
| Atmospheric phenomenon, first observed in the 1980s, which typically occurs at the poles in winter |
ozone hole |
| BBC drama series about an English priest settled in Ireland |
BALLYKISSANGEL |
| Coronation Street’s “grumpy old man”, 1960-1984 |
Albert Tatlock |
| Dialect term meaning in a particular direction, or towards a larger community |
up-along |
| Fictional star employee of the Merioneth and Llantisilly Rail Traction Company Limited |
Ivor the Engine |
| German goalkeeper who won the Golden Ball as the best player in the 2002 World Cup |
Oliver Kahn |
| German who flew to Moscow’s Red Square in 1987 |
Mathias Rust |
| Home town of The Flintstones |
BEDROCK |
| In a 19th-century North American forest, a round area about 35 feet wide, used for converting wood into fuel |
charcoal pit |
| In music, a sequence of short notes, also called a turn |
gruppetto |
