P'boro Diocesan Bellringers Quiz - 28 Feb

[bluebell56]

I have a few left on this quiz which I am totally stuck on if anyone can help please. Three different sections.

Homophones.  No.6  Rook / Tolstoy  (No number of letters)

Centenary Round when al answers are about centuries and hundreds. No.5 In each direction, a slightly smaller square puzzle. No.6 Which Shakesperean character can be described as a cent-per-cent?   (No number of letters)

Geography - answers are places in Cumbria - No.3 Deadly sin in Illinois? No, its the other way round (7).  No.5 A variety of mixed pure staples (8).  No.6  Was this made for hopping? (4).

Many thanks everyone. 

 

[Fibonacci]

Cent-per-cent: Shylock ?

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:No_More_Cent_Per_Cent_-_JM_Staniforth.png

 

[Fibonacci]

Geography

3) IL (Illiois) + Sloth - Silloth

5) Pure staples - russet apple (angram) - variety: Egremont

[petland]

chess piece/ War and Peace ?

[bluebell56]

Thank you Fibonacci you are clever. Petland don't understand what yo are trying to say.  Just 3 left now. 

[Buenchico]

Geog No 6:
Are rivers allowed?  Kent is the county famous for hopping, and the River Kent is in Cumbria, so could that be the answer needed?

[TheWinner]

I thought petlands suggestion was a good offer. A rook is a chess piece, and Tolstoy wrote War and Peace. A homophone is where words sound the same but may be spelt differently. In this case, piece and peace.

[bluebell56]

Thank you for the explanation TheWinner. I can see it now. 
Not sure if rivers are included so will ask the setter. Thank you.