Exits And Entrances

[Tirpitz]

This quiz was set about 20years ago and the theme is exits and entrances.
The closing date is end of February
Format is Initial letters for the answer followed by the clue.

S.C. His finest hour came laying his head on the block
M's C,I Entrance guarded by very drunken Scots porter
W-G Inlaid entrance, figuratively speaking.

Many thanks for any suggestions

[bookbinder]

2 Macbeth's castle?

[Tirpitz]

Thanks Bookbinder,
I thought it might be Macbeth's Chamber, but I do not understand the following 'I'

[bookbinder]

Macbeth's castle was at Inverness.

[bookbinder]

3 could be wicket gate. ('inlaid' into a larger gate).

[bookbinder]

1. Sydney Carton (Tale of two cities)

[bookbinder]

...although, Carton did not die on the block; he was guillotined. On the block implies that he was beheaded by an axeman.

[emmie]

i think you are right ^^

[Mamyalynne]

Saint Chrysolius ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysolius

Not sure if a block was involved - am sure BB has it.

[bookbinder]

Thanks, Mamya. I hadn't heard of the good saint, but his treatment at the hands of the Romans certainly looks as if he came close to being decapitated. Carton's last words could, I suppose, be a loose 'translation' of what he's supposed to have said: 'It is a far, far better thing...' etc. Anyway, we got there, in the end!

[Tirpitz]

Many thanks to you all for your contributions

[Mamyalynne]

Interestingly there is even a collective term for headless Saints.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalophore

Quite a list too.

[bookbinder]

So, Mamya, that's what happened to saints who spoke out of turn, eh?
I'm pleased that we live in more-enlightened times, although I can't help but notice that there aren't a lot of saints around at the moment!

[Mamyalynne]

Not worth the risk is it ;-)

[emmie]

many of our priests aren't worth fighting with to be fair...

[Mamyalynne]

Some are great for a good old debate, unlikely to behead a kindly soul these days.

[bookbinder]

I imagine that having someone beheaded nowadays isn't the straightforward affair that it used to be. There's all that form-filling, and committees, and dealing with protestors. It used to be so simple: in the dungeon for a few days; build a scaffold; get a crowd in; and job done!

[Mamyalynne]

Exactly, bureaucracy gone mad!

Tsk.

[Tirpitz]

Thanks for the help so far, I just have a few more please. These I have half an answer for, I think, but cant quite get there.

A.M. Frozen out! As this was set around 1998/2000 time, I think Madonna released 'Frozen' but I cannot think what 'A' might be.

I Victim of meltdown is Ice too obvious??

A Legendary exit between America and Gibraltar

Thanks

[bookbinder]

Victim of meltdown might be icicle. When it melts, it drips/goes down.

[bookbinder]

A might be Atlantis.
I is Icarus.