I do apologise. I haven't forgotten you. It's been a nightmare Christmas period with all arrangements off because the world and her dog went down with 'flu, including me. So I only managed six rounds of the intended ten before I collapsed. On the upside, there's a special office party promised in two weeks time to compensate for the missed Christmas and replacement New Year gatherings. Things can only get better! Anyway, on with the answers:
ROUND 1 - Street names
Most of these fell quite quickly so maybe that put some of you off.
1. Coinage Hall (or Coinagehall) Street is in Helston, Cornwall
2. Land of Green Ginger is in Hull. It's not all solicitors offices, there is a good traditional pub, the George, there.
3. Tombland is in Norwich
4. Angel Pavement is in Royston, Hertfordshire.
5. Netherkirkgate is in Aberdeen
6. Tempest Hey (omitted from the original post but restored in the comments) is in Liverpool
7. Dogpole is in Shrewsbury, which is particularly rich in oddball names for some reason
8. Backpool Fold is in Manchester, off Deansgate and home to the legendary Sam's Chop House
9. Quakers Friars is in Bristol
10. Petty Cury is in Cambridge, the "street of a thousand bookshops" was the street of a thousand shoe shops by the time I lived there in the early 80s.
ROUND 2 - Connections
1. If you wanted to travel from Far Rockaway (in Queens) to Inwood (in Washington Heights at the far north of Manhattan) you'd probably "Take the A Train", which was Duke Ellington's signature tune
2. These are songs by Julie LONDON, Jo STAFFORD, Johnny PRESTON, Belinda CARLISLE and Alex GLASGOW, so they are connected by trains on the West Coast Main Line
3. These are the highest mountains in each of the seven continents: Chombolunga (the Nepalese and Tibetan name for Everest) of Asia, Elbrus (in the Caucasus) of Europe, Denali (formerly Mount McKinley) of North America, Kilimanjaru of Africa, Vinson of Antarctica, Puncak Jaya (which is in the Indonesian part of New Guinea) of Australia (continental shelf).
4. Janet Gaynor, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand and Stefani Germanotti (aka Lady Gaga) all starred in versions of A Star is Born. Judy Garland's is my favourite.
5. Elements of the Periodic Table named after places. Copper (29) from Kupros (Cyprus), Strontium (38) from Strontian (Sròn an t-Sìthein) in Lochaber, the only element with a British-connected name. Holmium (67) from Stockholm, Lutetium (71) from the Latin name for Paris, Tennessine (117) from Tennessee, the Volunteer State and one of the very newly discovered and named: a great favourite on Pointless.
6. All department stores absorbed into the John Lewis chain but allowed to keep their original names at least for a while.
7. Days of the week, in order. The songs I had in mind were: Manic Monday (the Bangles), Ruby Tuesday (Rolling Stones), Wednesday Morning 3am (Simon and Garfunkel, and it's a bugger to find Wednesday songs!), Thursday (Pet Shop Boys), Friday On My Mind (the Easybeats), Drive-in Saturday (David Bowie), Sunday Girl (Blondie)
8. All films based on Shakespeare plays: Chimes at Midnight (Henry IV parts 1 and 2), A Thousand Acres (King Lear), Ten Things I Hate About You (The Taming of the Shrew), West Side Story (Romeo & Juliet), The Lion King (Hamlet)
9. The Bluebell Railway runs ftom Sheffield Park to Horsted Keynes.
10. All native British warblers (only the uncommon Dartford warbler is resident though)
To be continued…
By special request, let’s discuss our favourite Classic Music and why?
