Pub Quiz thread

There is a Fermoy wine producer in both Australia and South Africa, and Lady Fermoy who started the Kings Lynn art festival was born there. As she was not from the 19th century that is not the answer.

French wine is superior!

 

Thomas Baines ?

 

Well done, Cologne. He's the one.. He seems to have had an interesting, if short, life.

 

Cheers NZ. There is a road somewhere in Europe which is called (in translation) 'Four Borders Way' - which refers to the fact that it once led to Europe's only truly international quadripoint (ie. a place where 4 international borders met. Very close at hand is a place which was once intended to become the World Capital of esperanto - where was/is it ? Wikipedia is also very misleading on this !

 

First clue - it is still a place where 3 borders meet - but, for around 80 years, until 1919 there were 4.

 

The borders must be Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Is it Aachen? It was part of the Rhenish Republic but that was after 1919.

 

Hit the crossbar NZ. You are certainly in the right geographical area. The history of the use of Esperanto helps with this - also mining.

 

I don't think anyone is going to get this, so to keep the thread going I will answer it. The four boundaries way (Vierlanderweg) is on the Vaalserberg in the Netherlands. It is the road which leads to the present meeting of the German, Dutch and Belgian borders - for about 90 years it was the meeting of 4 borders (the only case of this in Europe). This was created by the establishment of the territory of Neutral Moresnet, which was a Belgian-Prussian condominium with neutral status - the status being somewhat similar to that of Andorra now. Essentially life there was dominated by the Vieille Montagne mining company. The territories northernmost point formed a quadripoint with 3 other states. There were initiatives to establish an Esperanto speaking state there, when it was found that from the 50+ houses in the territory that was the predominant language. It's neutrality ended in 1919.

 

So a slightly easier question: Which territory has 3 golden bees on its flag ?

 

It is a lump of rock off the coast of Italy called Elba. Dear old Boney who spent time there had it made I think.

 

Somebody said it should be a donkey but he didn't know his ass from his Elba!

 

That's the one Frenchie - over to you.

 

Thanks cologne. I will keep it simple.

Which author has his ashes in Westminster Abbey and his heart with his first wife?

 

I would guess at Thomas Hardy for this one Frenchie.

 

Quite correct. I said it would be simple.

 

Cheers Frenchie. Keeping it literary and simple - which great culinary tradition gets its first literary mention in the novel 'Tale of two cities' ?

 

This is not that difficult......a great pioneer called Joseph Malin has something to do with it.

 

erm........ something French?

 

Sorry Yorkie, not French.

 

Although this great culinary tradition is first mentioned in a tale of two cities, its popular culinary companion is first mentioned in Oliver Twist. Joseph Malin put the 2 together.