Posted by Ian Baines on August 11, 1997 at 20:57:44:
For those of you who missed tonights episode of Mastermind, here are
the questions on "The life and children’s books of Arthur Ransome"
which Gwyn Wilkins faced.
Of course, it is to be expected that all members of TARS would get
all these correct, and more besides!
1) As a child, in which Cumbrian village did AR spend most of his
summer holidays?
2) What post was held by Evgenia Shelepina, Ransome's future wife,
when he first met her?
3) According to the original dedication of SA, the book was written
in exchange for what?
4) The town which the Swallows and Amazons call Rio is generally
identified with which lakeland town?
5) What is Roger’s rank in SA?
6) In SD, what is the name of the rock outside Horseshoe Cove on
which the Swallow is wrecked?
7) In PD, to which harbour does the Wildcat return from the Caribbean?
8) In WH, what name does Nancy give to Captain Flint’s houseboat
when she hears it is frozen in the ice?
9) In CC, in which town, to which the children sail, was their
Admiral, Mrs Barrable, born?
10)In PP, before Timothy arrives, Peggy and Titty decorate a hutch
for him believing him to be what kind of animal?
11)In SW, what does Bridget have to do before she can be considered
as an AB?
12)In the BS, what is the name of the policeman whose garden the boys
weed when they need worms for fishing?
13)Which school has Missee Lee attended in England?
14)When portraying the character of Missee Lee, Ransome took hints
from which Chinese woman who he first met in 1927?
15)What is the title of the story which Dorothea is writing in PP?
16)In PM, what is the message for Dick and Dorothea which Nancy mows
into the grass of the lawn?
Answers to follow.