Re: Mastermind


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Posted by Andy on January 18, 2013 at 15:28:04 user AndyG.

In Reply to: Re: Mastermind posted by Andrew Barclay on January 18, 2013 at 13:40:50:

Here you go:

What's the family name of the children who make up the crew of the good ship Swallow in Swallows and Amazons?

The first book in the Swallows and Amazons series is dedicated by Arthur Ransome to the six to whom it was written in exchange for what?

What's the pirate name of Ruth Blackett as tomboy and master of the Amazon, she took it when told the Amazons were ruthless?

The mysterious Timothy in Pigeon Post turns out to have been Captain Flint's prospecting partner in South America, much to the childrens' disappointment. What did they expect him to be?

Which of the Walker children brings the book 'Simple Cooking for Small Households' to the ship's library on the expedition to Wildcat Island in Swallows and Amazons?

What is the name of the rock Swallow is wrecked on in high winds in Swallowdale. The children have to haul the boat onto the beach as part of a salvage operation?

In Great Northern, which of the children, a keen bird-watcher, takes what are said to be the first five photographs ever taken of a Great Northern Diver nesting in the British Isles?

In what language is the writing in the mysterious notebook that Roger finds hidden in the box in the Picthouse in Great Northern?

Who, in the make-believe game played by the children in Secret Water, is sacrificed, put in a cooking-pot, and later reluctantly rescued after the Swallows are captured by the savage Eels?

In the Big Six, Dorothea takes down the Coot Club sign at the club shed and writes the new sign on the back saying what?

According to the original ship's papers of the Swallow what is the name of the ship's home port?

In Pigeon Post what's the title of the first sea shanty the Swallows sing while wheeling the handcart and their bicycle over the hills to Tyson's Farm?

An animal called Sinbad is rescued from a wrecked chicken coop and is nursed back to health with medicinal alcohol and Carnation milk in We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea. What type of animal?

Who is the broad-shouldered skipper of the Goblin who avoids a crash thanks to John's knot-tying skills in We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea?

At what activity which uses muscles which seem to be mostly on holiday Dick and Dorothea turn out to be surprisingly skilled in Winter Holiday?

Of which organisation, as part of the Coot Club, is the Death and Glory a patrol boat?

(I had to guess #12 but got it right.)

Andy


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