Literary characters and Cheers

[Suel]

I'd be very grateful for any pointers please for the remaining two questions in each quiz.?

The answers to these two are all literary characters.
42. Trade name is both British and Norwegian (5)
55. Barman puts drink on the bar (7)

The answers to these two are all drinks
5. Game to produce poor quality china? (9) (I want to put champagne here but not sure.)
18. Drink that shakes the bra loose! (6,5)

[shaneystar2]

18 Athol Brose..a type of whisky and honey drink....

[kettledrum]

5. I think I've seen this answered as Badminton.
18. AtholE Brose ( I made the same mistake shaneystar when I first answered this! )

42. Brand
55. Rumpole

[Ont-ice]

shaneystar2. May I say how pleased I am to see your name this morning (my time). I thought, after yesterday, that we were going to lose you. Glad it didn't happen.
Deep breaths and count to ten - it works for me. Well. sometimes.......

[shaneystar2]

All a storm in a teacup ..hopefully it's all sorted now and I can put it behind me. I've said my piece ! Nice to see you both and apologies Suel for the this small chat in your thread ....Good luck with your Quiz.

Anyway no 5 ..is this Bad(minton)..according to my Chambers dictionary ....it's a cooling summer drink of of claret ,sugar and soda water ?

[shaneystar2]

Sorry didn't read the post properly ....kettledrums already given it for you !!

[Suel]

thank you all very much. The only answer I'm not too sure about is No 42, Brand. I can't find a literary character with that name! Any other suggestions??

[Ont-ice]

Brand is a character of Henrik Ibsen (Norwegian).
Does that help?

[mightywease]

"Brand" is a play by Ibsen - I suppose that's where the Norweigan part of the clue comes in - It's a verse tragedy and Brand is the name of the main character.

[Ont-ice]

Sorry that should read Ibsen's
Check for yourself at http://ds.dial.pipex.com/town/parade/abj76/PG/ pieces/ibsen.shtml

[Suel]

Thank you all very much!!! I can relax now till the next time!!