General Knowledge & Cryptic Clues

[v8avm]

1; Which note does an orchestra tune to
2;Mrs Pitman moving slowly
3;What country is completely landlocked within the Republic of South Africa
4;Upset father rages over grass cutter
5;Well known saying LOFLAG
6;Whisky,Gin and Pernod make what cocktail
Thanks if you can help me out

[squarebear]

3 - Lesotho

[dundurn]

1 A - provided by the oboe

[squarebear]

1 "A" apparently

[squarebear]

6 google says "earthquake". I've not heard of it myself.

[squarebear]

Again from google:

5 - Actually the acronym is not very well known, but stands for:

Lift
Over
Flange
Lay
Against
Gradient

�and is common in some civil engineering circles.

[dundurn]

6 seems to be called the Bunny Hug and sounds like a waste of good whisky!

[squarebear]

4 - tyrepill says:
Forage Harvester...Anag "father rages over"

[squarebear]

2 - Pitman developed shorthand and the short hand on a clock (the hour hand) moves slowly?

Trouble is I think it was Isaac Pitman which would be Mr Pitman rather than Mrs.

[dundurn]

Did Jenny Pitman train l'Escargot?

[Iamblue]

2. The only "Mrs Pitman" I ca think of is Jenny.

A Jenny is a female donkey. They move quite slowly??????

[sedge47]

2. The most famous Mrs Pitman is Jenny Pitman ( a racehorse trainer) so could it be "Spinning Jenny" ?
(though I'm not sure of the connection between spinning and moving slowly!)

[dundurn]

Wrong again! L'Escargot was trainied by someone completely different but I still favour Jenny Pitman as being the subject of the clue

[Diane1954]

There is a plant called creeping jenny.

[daniela31]

The only pitman I can think of is 'shorthand'