Sunday Times Q3

[Rumrat]

OK you guys and gals I have all the answers (and verified) except for Q3. I was thinking along Dickens and Paris (as are others) but I can't find evidence and therefore not convinced. So who has the answer to Q3 and is willing to share with the rest of us. I am happy to give individuals individual answers but I'm not going to publish the whole list of answers in one list.

[rsd2525]

We haven't all got the s times, so whats the ?

[dzug]

Q3 An English writer having the best of times said: �My eyes ached, and my head grew giddy as novelty, novelty, novelty, nothing but strange and striking things came swarming before me.� Who was he, and which city was he describing?

[boaw]

Thomas Hood, British poet and humourist talked of `Novelty, novelty, novelty` in 1836. Encarta Dictionary of Quotations. A better source is Bartletts Dictionary of Quotations - your library should have a copy. Good luck.

[boaw]

A further possibility is that it is from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.

[Albionman]

If you do a search on part of the quote on Google Books it confirms it as Dickens and Paris from tale of two Cities.

[Rumrat]

Ah yes albionman. Found it as you said. Many thanks for that.

[pega]

Hi rumrat could you direct me to a site for Question 10. Please. I CAN'T make any sense of this one. Thanks its a good quiz . Good luck.

[Rumrat]

Hey pega

Didn't google - used Sunday Times World Atlas for the latitudes and longitudes.

a) is a well known place of incarceration for Nelson Mandela

b) is a well known prison (disused) just off San Francisco Pier 39.

b) the site of a penal colony in Tasmania where a prison was built in 1830 for convicts *** **-offended.

[Compintone]

A fun way to find the answers to question 10 is to use the wonderful Google Earth free download. Type in the coordinates and watch the programme fly around the earth and take you to your destination.

[Compintone]

Oh, and I agree, my 'Botany Bay' answer for Q10c was wrong. I obviously need a new pair of glasses for looking at maps.

[GEORGESS]

hi guys

anyone know the answer to question 20 a ?

[Compintone]

20a Venus di Milo

[janecs]

Question 3 - It is Charles Dickens talking about Paris. However it is not from A Tale of Two Cities, but Letter to Count D'Orsay (1844).