The Challenge

[spursfan]

Nearly there this month but still need help on more questions
Q51 It is claimed that there are more Maltese people living in this Australian city than on Malta itself-which city?
Q77Of the living Indo-European languages the two most closely related to Sanskrit are Lettish and which other?
Q120 If Greenland can boast one of 34 and one of 21,whilst Mexico has three,27,14 and 11 respectively.Mongolia's is 20 whilst's Tanzania's is 26.So which country tops the list with one over 60?
Many Thanks

[shaneystar2]

Q77 could be Lithuanian.

[Vinay]

Q51 - Victoria

[spursfan]

Hi shaneystar2
Thank you for your answer.I will check it out
Hi Vinay
Thank you for your answer,but Victoria is a state not a city.However I already had Melbourne as my probable answer,so maybe I am on the right track

[Peabrain]

120 pops out of google if you put the right data in

[spursfan]

Hi Peabrain
Thank you for your reply
I have tried Google but I am obviously not entering the right data

[ontarioice]

Hi Spursfan. If you do get the answer to 120 please let me know. I'm obviously not putting in the correct data either and have been googling since last night.

[spursfan]

Hi ontarioice
As suggested I have spent the past couple of hours trying to google the correct information for Q120 but have failed miserably
Mind you I am not totally surprised as I have also failed on Q's 112,116,118 & 119 so my last ten is looking very sad

[ontarioice]

I've helped you with this before and was hoping to do so again but am stumped withQ120. I wonder what Peabrain's correct data is?
Do you want me to try a couple of the others for you? No guarantees, but I'm on late when all the UK folks are in bed so have lots of time then.

[spursfan]

Hi ontarioice and thank you for your offer of help
Q116 This chap was an actor and a practical joker.A friend of Garrick's he played Othello at Drury Lane (with his family playing many of the other roles ).The House of Commons adjourned especially to watch.His "jokes" on visitors to his stately pile included lowering beds into baths of ice-cold water-name this "character"
Q119 If you leave Poland via St Peter's pass on the road to Dobrava,Lake Talti is on your right.If you keep on that road through Dobrava you'll come to the capital,which is ?
Q112 R Levy 1937 �30k+,F Childers 1948 �75k,N McGrail 1957 �200k,K Grimes 1972 �512k+,Jack Calvert 1984 �750,000,M Francis 1986 �1 million+,so which rich Romanian born individual topped �2 million in 1991 ?
Many Thanks

[ontarioice]

Sorry had company last night - no Googling yet. Any luck your end?

[Peabrain]

116 pops out of google

119 is a very obscure fictional place - you will almost certainly need to visit a library

112 ought to have been numbered as Q24 really

[Peabrain]

118 also pops out of google and there is a very big clue in the question

[Peabrain]

have you got a verified answer for the new q113?

[spursfan]

Hi peabrain and ontarioice
Thank you both for your help and suggestions
I now think I have the answers to Q's 112 & 118 but I am no further forward with Q's 116,119 & 120

[spursfan]

Hi peabrain
You must have been posting your question as I was posting my thanks
Q113 I have gone for Graphite,for a reason which escapes me at present

[Peabrain]

Sorry spursfan I only wanted a yes or no didn't mean you to tell me your answer.

116 google for 3 of the obvious words in the q an the answer will be on top of the list

120 there is very little those 4 countries have in common - try concentrating on Mongolia or Greenland

[spursfan]

Hi Peabrain and ontarioice
Q116 I have an answer now,but I found it more by luck than by judgement
This googling is really beyond me-I have tried your suggestions for Q's 112 & 120 to no avail
I think this months Back Ten are out of my league
Disillusioned spurs fan

[Peabrain]

112 - large amounts of money and '24' have a connection which should allow you an educated guess

[ontarioice]

HI
116 pops out of Google for me as Henry Irving, but he didn't live in the same time period as David Garrick and the clue says "friend of Garrick's." So he's out.
John P Kemble was also not in Garrick's time, but he did have a family who were all on stage.
I'm being thrown by the dates and the reference to being a friend of Garrick's.

[spursfan]

Hi ontarioice
Apologies for not contacting you earlier but I think the answer to Q116 is Sir Francis Blake Delaval
However I am still wrestling with Q112,119 & 120
Happy hunting