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[showboat]

Can anybody give me any help or guide me in the right direction for questions 89, 125 and 130?

I have googled myself silly with these three and can't come up with anything.

[boaw]

89 - Google 2 exceptionally bright meteor" and look at the seventh answer on the first page you access.  Good luck.

[showboat]

Thanks, thanks and thanks again boaw, that was a great help.

[marje]

Q89 - Bolide
Q125 - Drypoint
Q130 - Passim

I'm stuck on Qs 7, 57, 113 and 121. Can you help?

Thanks.

[showboat]

Hi Marje, are you sure on 89?

Can't guarantee these are right but I have the following:

7. Libre Concurrance, 57. Laissez Majesty, 113. Thames & 121. Cilantro.

7 & 57 need checking as I am not 100%.

Hope this helps, Good Luck!!!

[boaw]

113 - I do not think that there was a Thames car - remember there are three clues in this question. You may need to travel to Yorkshire.

[marje]

Hi Showboat,

Yes, I'm sure it's bolide. I've just checked the dictionary and it means a large meteor or fireball which explodes in atmosphere - from the Greek bolis - missile, but check it yourself just to be doubly sure.

Thanks for the other answers. I'll check them and see what I can come up with.

Before I go, what answer have you got for Q11? I've got Irish Lancer as the question says 5 and 6 letters but you'd think it would be Lancers. I've tried the query line but no-one there.

[hotrocker]

Q11. I've got Irish Guards
and Q.121 Coriander

[marje]

Hi again Showboat. Just checked Laissez Majesty and couldn't find it. However, I did find the correct answer which is Lese Majesty. Thanks for the prompt.

[marje]

Hello Hotrocker. You're probably right with Irish Guards. The Irish Lancers do have the same motto, but their name has too many letters. Will check Coriander.

Thanks

[marje]

Cilantro is another name for Coriander.

[silly moo]

125 - I've got intaglio
7 - hors concours - checked in oxford dictionary
113 - humber

[marje]

Thanks Silly Moo for hors concours and Humber.
I think though that intaglio is wrong.

Drypoint specifically refers to engraving on copper and dates from the 15th century. The website I found also refers to the 'burr' it creates and the rich quality of the print.

[silly moo]

I think you're right marje
Thanks

[marje]

Glad to help Silly Moo.

[tr1ckst3r]

No 11 I have "Irish Rifles" which fits the 5 & 6 clue.

[marje]

Q11. There are a few Irish Regiments with that motto. I found a site which refers to it being the motto of the Order of St Patrick and usually appears with its founding date:
Quis Separabit MDCCLXXX111. This refers to the Irish Guards.

http://www.regiments.org/tradition/mottoes.htm, then scroll down to quis separabit, click on Irish Guards and you'll see the badge with that date on it. None of the others have it.

Hope this helps.

[hotrocker]

marge, the name 'coriander' is based on the Greek work
'kopis' which means 'bug'. Cilantro is an alternative word for coriander but is presumably not derived from the same Greek origin

[marje]

Hi Hotrocker

Q121. I'd already gone with coriander for this one, as you say cilantro is only an alternative name.

Thanks for verifying it for me.