Quiz

[romulus]

Can anyone help with last few questions? All answers contain a place name.

1. Siliceous preparation for cleaning knives. = B.B.

2. Recognised neither church nor state government = P.B.

3. Received the V.C. for no particular act = L.C.

4. First yacht to win the America's cup = C

Last question odd as I thought it was an American yacht called the 'Magic'.

Happy New Year to one and all!

[Salty]

3. Leonard Cheshire (got VC for Bomber Command work during the whole 2nd World War, and later founded the Cheshire Homes)

[Salty]

4. The only boat with a 1-word name beginning with C to win the America's cup was Cambria in 1870. She is labelled a "schooner", as was the original America of 1851, so I'm not sure about the "first yacht" part of the question.

[romulus]

Thank you Salty!

Finally got the Siliceous Preparation

[Salty]

The "first yacht" part of 4 looks to be that the first race, won by America was not called The Americas Cup - the subsequent races were named after the first winner, the next being Cambria. Looks like yacht is a generic term.

Not sure about the link between Cambria and a place name, though, although there is a place of that name in the U.S.

[notsellor]

Best of luck with the church quiz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!