ROUND 1 - 'Please Sir'

A celebration of educators everywhere

1.

Anne Sullivan, the main character in William Gibson’s play The Miracle Worker, is best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of which person?

2.

What was the fruity name of the New Zealand-born teacher who died after being struck by a policeman during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration in Southall in 1979?

3.

How did teacher Christa McAuliffe die in 1986?

4.

Which Irish-born New York teacher wrote the memoirs Angela’s Ashes and Tis?

5.

The musician born Chaim Witz, who was a 6th grade teacher in Manhattan’s Upper West Side and who is known for his particularly elongated tongue, is the bassist with which rock group?

6.

Which future US president was a teacher for two years after graduating, including nine months spent teaching Mexican-American children in Cotulla, near San Antonio?  The experience partly inspired his work on the Higher Education Act, which aimed to open up colleges to poorer students as part of his 'Great Society' domestic program.

7.

Before breaking into broadcasting, Russell Harty was a teacher at which public school near Settle, North Yorkshire?  Amongst his pupils were Countdown presenter Richard Whiteley and C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels.

8.

Which author had a 26-year teaching career, mainly at Bishop Wordsworth’s School, a boys’ grammar in Salisbury?  His journals describe an occasion in which he set up two groups of students to fight each other, and how he drew on this incident when writing his most famous work.

Sp.

Which comedian, best known for his Misadventures of … TV series, was formerly a Maths teacher?

Go to Round 1 questions with answers

ROUND 2 - Pairs

1.

What name links the author of The Scarlet Letter and the actor who played the Permanent Secretary at the Department of Administrative Affairs (later promoted)?

2.

What name links a 19th-century aristocrat after whom a programming language is named and the star of a number of pornographic films who became a born-again Christian before her death in 2002?

3.

What character has been played on film by Morgan Freeman, Alanis Morisette and Ralph Richardson (although he had a different description)?

4.

What fictional sidekick has been played by Nigel Bruce, David Burke and, currently in America, Lucy Liu?

5.

A few weeks ago, Russia recognised two parts of eastern Ukraine as 'people’s republics'.  One is Donetsk.  What is the other?

6.

On the border between Ukraine and Moldova lies another self-declared republic, de jure part of Moldova, supported but not recognised by Russia.  What is its name?

7.

What is the British equivalent of the American AFL-CIO?

8.

What is the English equivalent of the American Surgeon General?

Sp1

Colour printing uses cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y), and black.  What letter is used to represent black?

Sp2

For what do the letters of the acronym laser stand?

Sp3

The exclusion of several Russian banks from the system known as Swift has been in the news of late.  SWIFT is an acronym.  What does it stand for?

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ROUND 3 - '1922'

1922 can fairly be characterised as a nondescript year but it was not entirely without incident. Here is an attempt to dredge up some points of interest.

1.

Two of the major influential works of 20th century English literature were published in 1922.  Name either.

2.

In October 1922 the incumbent British Prime Minister resigned.  Name him or his successor. (surnames will suffice)

3.

The champions of the Football League for the 1921–22 season were a club from the North West, which went on to greater things.  Which club?

4.

Which eminent French novelist, author of, amongst other works, Time Regained, died in 1922?

5.

Which two countries, which had been on opposite sides in the Great War, signed the Treaty of Rapallo in October 1922?

6.

Which Yorkshire club won the 1922 FA Cup?  It has won little else since the Second World War.

7.

In 1922 Crosse & Blackwell began production of a now-popular foodstuff which takes its name from the Staffordshire town in which it was first made.  Name the product.

8.

Which company introduced a now-popular frozen dessert in 1922?

Sp.

Which sport was invented at Lake Pepin, Minnesota in 1922, by brothers Ralph and Ben Samuelson?

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ROUND 4 - Film Bingo

Pick a 20th century year from the list.

Name the film and the actor (or actress) who spoke the words.

'39

"As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again."

'42

"I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

'49

"Made it, Ma! Top of the world!"

'50

'54

"I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody."

'60

"A boy’s best friend is his mother."

'67

"They call me Mr Tibbs!"

'79

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning!"

'87

"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good."

'96

"Show me the money!"

'97

"I’m the king of the world!"

'99

"I see dead people."

Go to Round 4 questions with answers

ROUND 5 - Pairs

1.

Which Dickens novel concerns Paul, the owner of a shipping company, and features the characters Mrs Toodle, Uncle Sol and Ned Cuttle?

2.

Catalan Dragons have played in Rugby League’s Super League since 2006, but this season they will play their first Super League derby against which other French club, promoted as winners of the Championship last year?  (you may give just the name of the city they are based in)

3.

Which Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Essex comprises the area around the River Stour between Manningtree and Bures?  It is part of the area known as ‘Constable Country’ and is also the name of two paintings by him.  (a two-word answer is required)

4.

What name is given to the art of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns or pictures?  It is particularly used on furniture.

5.

Which rugby league team were the first from outside Europe to compete in the Super League?  They played from 2017 until 2020, when the Covid pandemic made their ongoing participation impractical.  (you may give just the name of the city they were based in)

6.

The name of which chalk plateau precedes '...and the West Wiltshire Downs' in the name of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty?  It adjoins Salisbury Plain and is part of the English Chalk Formation.  (a two-word answer is required)

7.

What name is given to ornamental needlework in which pieces or patches of fabric are sewn or stuck onto a larger piece to form a picture or pattern?

8.

Which Dickens novel is partly set in the USA?  It features the characters Tom Pinch, Sarah Gamp and Seth Pecksniff.

Sp1

Released in 1980, what was The Vapors only Top 40 single?  It featured a prominent oriental riff played on guitar.

Sp2

Which band’s only single was the 1987 Number 1 Pump Up the Volume?

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ROUND 6 -  'E pluribus pauci'

Each question has several answers, of which a few are required.

1.

Elizabeth Taylor was married eight times, to seven men.  Name three.

2.

Frank Sinatra was married four times.  Name two of his wives.

(first names only are acceptable for the first and fourth)

3.

Three Brazilian drivers have won the Formula I world championship.  Name two.

4.

Since 1968, when professional players were first allowed to compete at Wimbledon, eight Australians have won the men’s or the women’s singles titles.  Name three.

5.

Elton John has had six UK number one singles which were collaborations with another singer or band.  Name three of the collaborators.

6.

7.

Hannibal Lecter has been portrayed by five actors in films and on TV.  Name two.

8.

Since 1962, Miss Moneypenny has been played by four actors.  Name two.

Sp1

Name two of the six chemical elements whose names begin with D or E.

Sp2

South Africa has borders with six countries.  Name three.

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ROUND 7 - Run-ons

The last word, or the last part of the last word, of the first answer is the first, or the first part of the first, of the second: for example, book about a shipwrecked family and literary alter ego of Alexander Selkirk would be: The Swiss Family Robinson Crusoe.

Definite and indefinite articles may be ignored - usual caveats apply.

1.

Woman guillotined in 1793 for having stabbed Jean-Paul Marat in his bath,

&

Post-apocalyptic novel which begins “When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere”.

2.

Name by which Nusret Gökçe, famed for an idiosyncratic method of seasoning meat and for serving steak wrapped in gold leaf to people with more money than sense, is better known,

&

Scottish pop group, famous in the 1970s, said to have sold 120 million records.

3.

Name by which Dolores Ibárruri, famous in the Spanish Civil War for her slogan “¡No passeran!” (“they shall not pass!”) is best known,

&

Younger, tomboy daughter of Eddard (Ned) and Catelyn (Cate) in Game of Thrones.

4.

Franklin D Roosevelt’s description of 7th December 1941 (7 words),

&

Kenneth Williams’s anguished cry when attacked in the Temple of Vesta in Carry on Cleo (9 words).

5.

Novelist, historian and biographer, daughter of the 7th Earl of Longford and a dame in her own right,

&

Seattle-based radio psychiatrist, title character of a long-running comedy series.

6.

Novel by Salman Rushdie centred around the independence and partition of India, which won the 1981 Booker prize,

&

1986 romantic drama film set in a school for the deaf, which won five Oscars, including best actress (for Marlee Matlin, the youngest and only deaf winner of that award).

7.

Very successful 1948 novel by Norman Mailer, set during the Second World War, filmed in 1958,

&

Sardonic term describing a short-term recovery of a generally falling stock market.

8.

Author of a book discussing the eponymous principle that “in a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence”,

&

Australian novelist, twice winner of the Booker prize, whose books include True History of the Kelly Gang.

Sp.

American dancer, acclaimed in Europe and America, who died in 1927 when her scarf became entangled with the wheel of her car,

&

Founder of an eponymous chain of health clubs, known for his appearances on Dragons’ Den.

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ROUND 8 - Quotations

Fill in the blanks.

QMs are allowed some discretion over accuracy, to be exercised without undue lenience.

1.

"Once is happenstance; twice is coincidence; blank"

(Ian Fleming; 5 words)

2.

"blank / And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?"

(Christopher Marlowe; 9 words)

3.

"The time has come, the Walrus said / To talk of many things / blank / Of cabbages – and kings …"

Lewis Carroll; 7 words)

4.

"blank / In thunder, lightning or in rain?"

(Shakespeare, Macbeth; 6 words)

5.

"Guns aren’t lawful / Nooses give / Gas smells awful / blank"

(Dorothy Parker; 5 words)

6.

"Why is it no one ever sent me yet / One perfect limousine, do you suppose? / Ah no, it’s always just my luck to get / blank"

(Dorothy Parker; 3 words)

7.

"And what rough beast, its hour come round at last / blank"

(W B Yeats; 6 words)

8.

"Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door! / blank"

(Edgar Allen Poe; 4 words)

Sp1

"I will do such things / What they are, yet I know not, but they shall be / blank"

(Shakespeare, King Lear; 5 words)

Sp2

"Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; / ’Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands; / But he that blank / Robs me of that which not enriches him / And makes me poor indeed"

(Shakespeare, Othello; 6 words)

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ROUND 1 - 'Please Sir'

A celebration of educators everywhere

1.

Anne Sullivan, the main character in William Gibson’s play The Miracle Worker, is best known for being the instructor and lifelong companion of which person?

Helen Keller

2.

What was the fruity name of the New Zealand-born teacher who died after being struck by a policeman during an Anti-Nazi League demonstration in Southall in 1979?

Blair Peach

3.

How did teacher Christa McAuliffe die in 1986?

She was aboard the space shuttle Challenger when it exploded

(accept any answer that includes 'space shuttle' or 'Challenger')

4.

Which Irish-born New York teacher wrote the memoirs Angela’s Ashes and Tis?

Frank McCourt

5.

The musician born Chaim Witz, who was a 6th grade teacher in Manhattan’s Upper West Side and who is known for his particularly elongated tongue, is the bassist with which rock group?

Kiss

6.

Which future US president was a teacher for two years after graduating, including nine months spent teaching Mexican-American children in Cotulla, near San Antonio?  The experience partly inspired his work on the Higher Education Act, which aimed to open up colleges to poorer students as part of his 'Great Society' domestic program.

Lyndon B Johnson

7.

Before breaking into broadcasting, Russell Harty was a teacher at which public school near Settle, North Yorkshire?  Amongst his pupils were Countdown presenter Richard Whiteley and C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels.

Giggleswick

8.

Which author had a 26-year teaching career, mainly at Bishop Wordsworth’s School, a boys’ grammar in Salisbury?  His journals describe an occasion in which he set up two groups of students to fight each other, and how he drew on this incident when writing his most famous work.

William Golding

Sp.

Which comedian, best known for his Misadventures of … TV series, was formerly a Maths teacher?

Romesh Ranganathan

ROUND 2 - Pairs

1.

What name links the author of The Scarlet Letter and the actor who played the Permanent Secretary at the Department of Administrative Affairs (later promoted)?

Hawthorne

(Nathaniel and Nigel)

2.

What name links a 19th-century aristocrat after whom a programming language is named and the star of a number of pornographic films who became a born-again Christian before her death in 2002?

Lovelace

(Ada and Linda)

3.

What character has been played on film by Morgan Freeman, Alanis Morisette and Ralph Richardson (although he had a different description)?

God

(Bruce Almighty, Dogma and Time Bandits - known as 'Supreme Being')

4.

What fictional sidekick has been played by Nigel Bruce, David Burke and, currently in America, Lucy Liu?

Dr Watson

5.

A few weeks ago, Russia recognised two parts of eastern Ukraine as 'people’s republics'.  One is Donetsk.  What is the other?

Luhansk

(accept Lugansk)

6.

On the border between Ukraine and Moldova lies another self-declared republic, de jure part of Moldova, supported but not recognised by Russia.  What is its name?

Transnistria

7.

What is the British equivalent of the American AFL-CIO?

TUC

8.

What is the English equivalent of the American Surgeon General?

Chief Medical Officer

Sp1

Colour printing uses cyan (C), magenta (M), yellow (Y), and black.  What letter is used to represent black?

K

Sp2

For what do the letters of the acronym laser stand?

Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

Sp3

The exclusion of several Russian banks from the system known as Swift has been in the news of late.  SWIFT is an acronym.  What does it stand for?

Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications

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ROUND 3 - '1922'

1922 can fairly be characterised as a nondescript year but it was not entirely without incident. Here is an attempt to dredge up some points of interest.

1.

Two of the major influential works of 20th century English literature were published in 1922.  Name either.

(either)

Ulysses (by Joyce),

(or)

The Waste Land (by Eliot)

2.

In October 1922 the incumbent British Prime Minister resigned.  Name him or his successor. (surnames will suffice)

(either)

Lloyd George

(or)

Bonar Law

3.

The champions of the Football League for the 1921–22 season were a club from the North West, which went on to greater things.  Which club?

Liverpool FC

4.

Which eminent French novelist, author of, amongst other works, Time Regained, died in 1922?

Marcel Proust

5.

Which two countries, which had been on opposite sides in the Great War, signed the Treaty of Rapallo in October 1922?

Germany and Russia

6.

Which Yorkshire club won the 1922 FA Cup?  It has won little else since the Second World War.

Huddersfield (Town)

7.

In 1922 Crosse & Blackwell began production of a now-popular foodstuff which takes its name from the Staffordshire town in which it was first made.  Name the product.

Branston Pickle

8.

Which company introduced a now-popular frozen dessert in 1922?

Walls (ice cream)

Sp.

Which sport was invented at Lake Pepin, Minnesota in 1922, by brothers Ralph and Ben Samuelson?

Water skiing

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ROUND 4 - Film Bingo

Pick a 20th century year from the list.

Name the film and the actor (or actress) who spoke the words.

'39

"As God is my witness, I’ll never be hungry again."

Gone with the Wind, Vivien Leigh

'42

"I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart

'49

"Made it, Ma! Top of the world!"

White Heat, James Cagney

'50

All About Eve, Bette Davis

'54

"I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody."

On the Waterfront, Marlon Brando

'60

"A boy’s best friend is his mother."

Psycho, Anthony Perkins

'67

"They call me Mr Tibbs!"

In the Heat of the Night, Sidney Poitier

'79

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning!"

Apocalypse Now, Robert Duvall

'87

"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good."

Wall Street, Michael Douglas

'96

"Show me the money!"

Jerry Maguire, Cuba Gooding Jr

'97

"I’m the king of the world!"

Titanic, Leonardo di Caprio

'99

"I see dead people."

The Sixth Sense, Hayley Joel Osment

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ROUND 5 - Pairs

1.

Which Dickens novel concerns Paul, the owner of a shipping company, and features the characters Mrs Toodle, Uncle Sol and Ned Cuttle?

Dombey and Son

2.

Catalan Dragons have played in Rugby League’s Super League since 2006, but this season they will play their first Super League derby against which other French club, promoted as winners of the Championship last year?  (you may give just the name of the city they are based in)

Toulouse (Olympique)

3.

Which Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Essex comprises the area around the River Stour between Manningtree and Bures?  It is part of the area known as ‘Constable Country’ and is also the name of two paintings by him.  (a two-word answer is required)

Dedham Vale

4.

What name is given to the art of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns or pictures?  It is particularly used on furniture.

Marquetry

5.

Which rugby league team were the first from outside Europe to compete in the Super League?  They played from 2017 until 2020, when the Covid pandemic made their ongoing participation impractical.  (you may give just the name of the city they were based in)

Toronto (Wolfpack)

6.

The name of which chalk plateau precedes '...and the West Wiltshire Downs' in the name of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty?  It adjoins Salisbury Plain and is part of the English Chalk Formation.  (a two-word answer is required)

Cranborne Chase

7.

What name is given to ornamental needlework in which pieces or patches of fabric are sewn or stuck onto a larger piece to form a picture or pattern?

Appliqué

8.

Which Dickens novel is partly set in the USA?  It features the characters Tom Pinch, Sarah Gamp and Seth Pecksniff.

Martin Chuzzlewit

Sp1

Released in 1980, what was The Vapors only Top 40 single?  It featured a prominent oriental riff played on guitar.

Turning Japanese

Sp2

Which band’s only single was the 1987 Number 1 Pump Up the Volume?

M.A.R.R.S.

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ROUND 6 - 'E pluribus pauci'

Each question has several answers, of which a few are required.

1.

Elizabeth Taylor was married eight times, to seven men.  Name three.

(three from)

Conrad Hilton, Michael Wilding, Mike Todd, Eddie Fisher, Richard Burton, John Warner, Larry Fortensky

2.

Frank Sinatra was married four times.  Name two of his wives.

(first names only are acceptable for the first and fourth)

(two from)

Barbara (Marx), Mia Farrow, Ava Gardner, Nancy (Barbato)

3.

Three Brazilian drivers have won the Formula I world championship.  Name two.

(two from)

Ayrton Senna, Nelson Piquet, Emerson Fittipaldi

4.

Since 1968, when professional players were first allowed to compete at Wimbledon, eight Australians have won the men’s or the women’s singles titles.  Name three.

(three from)

Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, John Newcombe, Pat Cash, Lleyton Hewitt, Margaret Court (accept Court-Smith), Evonne Goolagong (accept Cawley), Ashleigh Barty

5.

Elton John has had six UK number one singles which were collaborations with another singer or band.  Name three of the collaborators.

(three from)

Kiki Dee (Don’t Go Breaking My Heart),

George Michael (Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me),

Blue (Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word),

Ashley Beedle (Are You Ready for Love),

Dua Lipa (Cold Heart),

Ed Sheeran (Merry Christmas)

6.

7.

Hannibal Lecter has been portrayed by five actors in films and on TV.  Name two.

(two from)

Gaspard Ulliel (in Hannibal Rising),

Aaran Thoms (in Young Hannibal, also in Hannibal Rising),

Brian Cox (in Manhunter),

Anthony Hopkins (in The Silence of the Lambs),

Mads Mikkelsen (in Hannibal, TV series)

8.

Since 1962, Miss Moneypenny has been played by four actors.  Name two.

(two from)

Lois Maxwell, Caroline Bliss, Samantha Bond, Naomie Harris

Sp1

Name two of the six chemical elements whose names begin with D or E.

(two from)

Darmstadtium, Dubnium, Dysprosium, Erbium, Europium, Einsteinium (accept also Deuterium, with a show of reluctance)

Sp2

South Africa has borders with six countries.  Name three.

(three from)

Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho, Eswatini (accept Swaziland)

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ROUND 7 - Run-ons

The last word, or the last part of the last word, of the first answer is the first, or the first part of the first, of the second: for example, book about a shipwrecked family and literary alter ego of Alexander Selkirk would be: The Swiss Family Robinson Crusoe.

Definite and indefinite articles may be ignored - usual caveats apply.

1.

Woman guillotined in 1793 for having stabbed Jean-Paul Marat in his bath,

&

Post-apocalyptic novel which begins “When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere”.

Charlotte Corday /

Day of the Triffids

2.

Name by which Nusret Gökçe, famed for an idiosyncratic method of seasoning meat and for serving steak wrapped in gold leaf to people with more money than sense, is better known,

&

Scottish pop group, famous in the 1970s, said to have sold 120 million records.

Salt Bae /

Bay City Rollers

3.

Name by which Dolores Ibárruri, famous in the Spanish Civil War for her slogan “¡No passeran!” (“they shall not pass!”) is best known,

&

Younger, tomboy daughter of Eddard (Ned) and Catelyn (Cate) in Game of Thrones.

La pasionaria /

Arya Stark

4.

Franklin D Roosevelt’s description of 7th December 1941 (7 words),

&

Kenneth Williams’s anguished cry when attacked in the Temple of Vesta in Carry on Cleo (9 words).

"A date that will live in infamy" /

"Infamy infamy they’ve all got it in for me"

(accept “A day that will…”)

5.

Novelist, historian and biographer, daughter of the 7th Earl of Longford and a dame in her own right,

&

Seattle-based radio psychiatrist, title character of a long-running comedy series.

Lady Antonia Fraser /

Fras(i)er Crane

6.

Novel by Salman Rushdie centred around the independence and partition of India, which won the 1981 Booker prize,

&

1986 romantic drama film set in a school for the deaf, which won five Oscars, including best actress (for Marlee Matlin, the youngest and only deaf winner of that award).

Midnight’s Children /

Children of a Lesser God

7.

Very successful 1948 novel by Norman Mailer, set during the Second World War, filmed in 1958,

&

Sardonic term describing a short-term recovery of a generally falling stock market.

The Naked and The Dead /

Dead cat bounce

8.

Author of a book discussing the eponymous principle that “in a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence”,

&

Australian novelist, twice winner of the Booker prize, whose books include True History of the Kelly Gang.

Laurence Peter /

Peter Carey

Sp.

American dancer, acclaimed in Europe and America, who died in 1927 when her scarf became entangled with the wheel of her car,

&

Founder of an eponymous chain of health clubs, known for his appearances on Dragons’ Den.

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ROUND 8 - Quotations

Fill in the blanks.

The number of missing words and the author are given.

QMs are allowed some discretion over accuracy, to be exercised without undue lenience.

1.

"Once is happenstance; twice is coincidence; blank"

(Ian Fleming; 5 words)

"Three times is enemy action"

2.

"blank / And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?"

(Christopher Marlowe; 9 words)

"Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?"

3.

"The time has come, the Walrus said / To talk of many things / blank / Of cabbages – and kings …"

Lewis Carroll; 7 words)

"Of shoes – and ships – and sealing wax"

4.

"blank / In thunder, lightning or in rain?"

(Shakespeare, Macbeth; 6 words)

"When shall we three meet again?"

5.

"Guns aren’t lawful / Nooses give / Gas smells awful / blank"

(Dorothy Parker; 5 words)

"You might as well live"

6.

"Why is it no one ever sent me yet / One perfect limousine, do you suppose? / Ah no, it’s always just my luck to get / blank"

(Dorothy Parker; 3 words)

"One perfect rose"

7.

"And what rough beast, its hour come round at last / blank"

(W B Yeats; 6 words)

"Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born"

8.

"Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door! / blank"

(Edgar Allen Poe; 4 words)

"Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore'"

Sp1

"I will do such things / What they are, yet I know not, but they shall be / blank"

(Shakespeare, King Lear; 5 words)

"The terrors of the earth"

Sp2

"Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tis something, nothing; / ’Twas mine, ’tis his, and has been slave to thousands; / But he that blank / Robs me of that which not enriches him / And makes me poor indeed"

(Shakespeare, Othello; 6 words)

"..filches from me my good name"

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