silver answers

[johnsam38]

a few questions all have something to do with silver
1. which country was given the name "land of silver" by explorers.
2.who reigned in the silver age.
3.who had a silver hand made after loseing a hand in battle.
4.which stretch of water is known as the silver streak.
5.a field officer of the life guards on palace duty is called what.

[bookwormer]

1. Argentina
2. Tiberius
3. Nauda

[bookwormer]

5. Silver stick

[bookwormer]

4. English channel

[kettledrum]

5. To be pedantic, I think his correct formal title is Silver Stick in Waiting.

"The office of Silver Stick in Waiting is held automatically by the Lieutenant-Colonel Commanding the Household Cavalry. There are occasions when Silver Stick only is summoned for duty - for example, on the arrival of a Head of State on a State Visit, or when two or more escorts of the Household Cavalry are found concurrently"