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Welcome to troubadour sessions', brought to you from The Merry Troubadour, a public house in the fictional pretty fishing village of Monckton Cove. Our show is called Favourites from Monckton Cove starts on Sunday 29th May and runs until the end August. The show comprises poetry and music, we end each show with a just for fun quiz. @MoncktonCove is where you'll find our Facebook page.
The summer format featuring poems and music. troubadour sessions Facebook page, search @MoncktonCove. This weeks music: The Stearns. Musical performance and poetry writing and performance covered by © Raymond Stearn. The answers to the quiz week 11: 1.In which year and city was Fernando Pessoa born? A.1888 Lisbon
2.How many novels did Charles Dickens write?
A.15
- In Martin Rattler, which country do Martin and Barney find themselves in after escaping from the pirates?
A.Brazil
- In which year did Lord Tennyson die?
A.1892
- Who was the British Poet Laureate after Lord Tennyson?
A.Alfred Austin
- In which year did Percy Shelley die?
A.1822
- In which year and in which Sussex town was Percy Shelley born?
1792, Horsham
- In which year did John Keats die?
A.1821
- In which country did John Keats die?
A.italy
- In which year did Lord Byron die?
A.1824
11 Who was the British Poet Laureate before William Wordsworth? A: Robert Southey
12 RM Ballentine was a Scottish author who wrote among other books Martin Rattler, what are his Christian names? A: Robert Michael
13 Martin Rattler was published in which year? A:1858
14 Where did RM Ballentine die? A: Italy
15 Who wrote the Raffles books? A: EW Hornung
The summer format featuring poems, music and our Just for Fun Quiz, the answers are published on the following Friday on troubadour sessions Facebook page, search @MoncktonCove. This weeks music: Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 J S Bach Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Favourites from Monckton Cove Quiz Answers Week 10: 1 Thomas Campbell wrote the poem The River of Life, in which year was he born?
A 1777
2 Where did Thomas Campbell die?
A Boulogne- Sur- Mer
3 Where is Thomas Campbell buried?
A Westminster Abbey
4 In which year did poet William Johnson he change his name to William Johnson Cory?
A 1872
5 Hartley Coleridge is the son of which poet?
A Samuel Taylor Coleridge
6 From whom does Hartley Coleridge take his Christian name?
A David Hartley
7 In which year and which West Yorkshire town was David Hartley born?
A 1705, Halifax
8 In which year did Australian poet Les Murray die?
A 2019
9 In which year did Les Murray become an Officer of the Order of Australia?
A 1989
10 Mathew Arnold's father Thomas Arnold was the headmaster of which English public school?
A Rugby.
- If I should die, think only this of me, is the first line of the Sonnet The Soldier by Rupert Brooke, what is the last line?
A In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.
12 Poet Abraham Cowley was educated at Cambridge University, which college did he attend?
A Trinity College
13 Sir Walter Scott was born in which year?
A 1771
14 What event in 1825 cause Sir Walter Scott financial ruin?
UK banking crisis caused the collapse of his printing concern.
15 Mathew Arnold died from heart failure, what brought this on?
A running to meet a train.
The summer format featuring poems, music and our Just for Fun Quiz, the answers are published on the following Friday on troubadour sessions Facebook page, search @MoncktonCove. This weeks music: Melody of Nature by GoodBMusic | https://soundcloud.com/goodbmusic-zakhar-valaha Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Mozart Piano Concerto no. 21 in C major, K. 467 - II. Andante by Markus Staab https://musopen.org/music/2635-piano-concerto-no-21-in-c-major-k-467/ Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted on https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Favourites from Monckton Cove Quiz week 9 answers:
This weeks theme is Shakespearian Sonnet's
1 How many Sonnets did William Shakespeare write?
A: 154
For questions 2 to 15 give the nineth line for each of the following Sonnets
2 Sonnet 1
A: Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament
3 Sonnet 10
A: O change thy thought, that I may change my mind!
4 Sonnet 12
A: Then of they beauty do I question make
5 Sonnet 15
A: Then the conceit of this inconstant stay
6 Sonnet 22
A: O therefore, love, be of thyself so wary
7 Sonnet 34
A: Nor can they shame give physic to my grief
8 Sonnet 44
A: But ah! thought kills me, that I am not thought
9 Sonnet 55
A: 'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity
10 Sonnet 74
A: So then thou hast but lost the dregs of life
11 Sonnet 88
A: And I by this will be a gainer too;
12 Sonnet 100
A: Rise, resty Muse, my love's sweet face survey
13 Sonnet 107
A: Now with the drops of this most balmy time
14 Sonnet 118
A: Thus policy in love, to anticipate
14 Sonnet 154
A: This brand she quenched in a cool well by
The summer format featuring poems, music and our Just for Fun Quiz, the answers are published on the following Friday on troubadour sessions Facebook page, search @MoncktonCove. This weeks music: Marathon by Sapajou https://soundcloud.com/sapajoubeats Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
A Time Forgotten by Darren Curtis | https://www.darrencurtismusic.com/ Music promoted on https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Wintersong by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Quiz answers Favourites from Monckton Cover Week 8
1 In which year was David Copperfield by Charles Dickens published? A: 1849 2 In which year was Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens published? A: 1837 3 Where was world war two poet Alun Lewis born? A: Aberdare 4 Alun Lewis studied at two Universities, name both? A: Aberystwyth and Manchester. 5 To which school did Hamish Henderson win a scholarship? A: Dulwich College 6 In which year was Jamaican writer Marlon James born? A: 1970 7 My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip. Is the first paragraph from which novel by Charles Dickens? A: Great Expectations 8 What is the name of the Cunard Steamship in which Charles Dickens sailed to America in 1842? A: Britannia 9 'Flood-Tide below me!' Are the first three words of which poem by Walt Whitman? A: Crossing Brooklyn Ferry 10 What is the first line of the poem ' To The Man-Of-War-Bird by Walt Whitman'? A: Thou who hast slept all night upon the storm. 11 'Hail to thee blithe spirit!' Is the first line of which poem by P B Shelley? A: To A Skylark 12 What is the first line from To Eva by Ralph Waldo Emerson? A: O fair and stately maid, whose eyes 13 'This is a spray the bird clung to,' is the first line from which poem by Robert Browning A: Misconceptions 14 'Dear Master in our classic town,' is the first line from which poem by Lord Alfred Tennyson? A: To The Master of Balliol 15 Who wrote the book The Colditz Story? A: Pat Reid
The summer format featuring the Road to Portsmouth travelogue, 3 poems from Walt Whitman, music and our Just for Fun Quiz, the answers are published on the following Friday on troubadour sessions Facebook page, search @MoncktonCove. This weeks music: The Smiler Percey Wenrich Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ |
The Entertainer Scott Joplin https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
| Red Hot Mama Sophie Tucker
Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ The answers to Quiz week 7: 1 Where and in which year was Walt Whitman born?
A: West Hills, 1819
2 Where and in which year was Edgar Allan Poe born?
A: Boston, 1809
3 Who wrote 'The Mayor of Casterbridge'?
A: Thomas Hardy
4 Who wrote 'The Moon and Sixpence'?
A: William Somerset Maugham
5 Which English author wrote 'The Rainbow'?
A: D H Lawrence
6 Which literature prize did Irish writer Samuel Beckett win in 1969?
A: Nobel Prize
7 Which Colombian author wrote 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'?
A: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
8 Published in 2003 who wrote 'The Kite Runner'?
A: Khaled Hosseini
9 Virgil was a Roman poet born in 70 BC, when did he die?
A: 19BC
10 In which year did influential American poet Robert Frost die?
A: 1963
11 Published in 1816, who wrote 'Emma'?
A: Jane Austen
12 Who wrote 'Women in the Nineteenth Century' published in 1845?
A: Margaret Fuller
13 Harriet Beecher Stowe was a life long anti slavery campaigner and author, which of her novels was published in 1852?
A: Uncle Tom's Cabin
14 Who was the influential India author, independence activitist and poet sometimes referred to as the Nightingale of India who died in 1949?
A: Sarojini Naidu
15 Who was the first Latin American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature and in which year?
A: Gabriela Mistral, 1945
The summer format featuring poems, music and our Just for Fun Quiz, the answers are published on the following Friday on troubadour sessions Facebook page, search @MoncktonCove. This weeks music: Bliss by Luke Bergs | https://soundcloud.com/bergscloud/ Creative Commons - Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
Summer Nights by LiQWYD | https://soundcloud.com/liqwyd/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Psalms by Miguel Johnson | https://soundcloud.com/migueljohnsonmjmusic Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Answers to the Week 6 Quiz:
1 All in the town were still asleep
A: The Little Dog's Day | 2 Here, where love's stuff is body, arm and side.
A: Town and Country | 3 I dreamt I was in love again
A: The One Before Last | 4 Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead!
A: The Dead | 5 Is it the hour? We leave this resting place
A: The Wayfarers | 6 Through my heart's palace Thoughts unnumbered throng
A: Day and Night
| 7 Today I have been happy. All the day
A: One Day
| 8 Before thy shrine I kneel, an unknown worshipper,
A: Ante Aram |
9 The damned ship lurched and slithered. Quiet and quick
A: A Channel Passage | 10 How should I know? The enormous wheels of will
A: Lust
11 When the white flame in us is gone
A: Dust | 12 Here in the dark, O heart
A: Second Best | 13 Your hands, my dear, adorable
A: The Chilterns | 14 Warm perfumes like a breath from vine and tree
A: Waikiki
| 15 In your arms was still delight
A: Retrospect
The summer format featuring poems, music and our Just for Fun Quiz, the answers are published on the following Friday on troubadour sessions Facebook page, search @MoncktonCove. This weeks music: Bhangra Bass by Punch Deck | https://soundcloud.com/punch-deck Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US
Happy Whistling Ukulele by LesFM | https://lesfm.net/happy-background-music/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The Road Home by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | The poems Unlawful Death © Mark Hales, The Mast © Mark Hales Old Age © Mark Hales | Quiz Answers Week 5
1 Until the great Hereafter. Mourn in hope! Is the last line from which poem by Lord Tennyson?
A: The Death of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale | 2 Charles Sorley was a Scottish poet who died at the of 20, in which World War 1 battle did he lose his life?
A: Battle of Loos | 3. Which Military award did Edmund Blunden receive during World War One?
A: Military Cross | 4 When did Edmund Blunden resume his studies and at which college?
A: 1919, Queens College, Oxford | 5 In which year did Edmund Blunden win the Queen's medal for poetry?
A: 1956 |
6 Alan Seeger fought with the Foreign Legion during WW1, which date did he die?
A: July 4th 1916
| 7 Alan Seeger's most famous was a favourite of John F Kennedy, what is it called?
A: I have a rendezvous with death
| 8 Alan Seeger is the Uncle to which folk musicians?
Mike Seeger, Peggy Seeker, Pete Seeger | 9 John McCrae was a physician, during which battle did he serve as a surgeon in world war one?
A: Second Battle of Ypres | 10 What is the title of John McCrae's most famous poem?
A: In Flanders Fields | 11 " It was a little island where he dwelt, Or rather a lone rock, barren and bleak" is the first lines from which poem by Robert Southey?
A: Henry the Hermit |
12 "Oh! give me the strength of the Lion," is the first line of which poem by George Orwell?
A: Awake! Young Men of England
| 13 What is the first line of the poem Her Passing by William Henry Drummond?
A: The beauty and the life
| 14 In which year and which country was William Henry Drummond born?
A: 1854, Ireland | 15 In which year and which country did William Henry Drummond die?
A: 1907, Canada.
The summer format featuring poems, music and our Just for Fun Quiz, the answers are published on the following Friday on troubadour sessions Facebook page, search @MoncktonCove. This weeks music: Little Wooden Church
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White Petals by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
Hallelujah Chorus Handel Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Quiz answers MfMC Week 4: 1 In which year was Ella Wheeler Wilcox born?
A: 1850 | 2 "I knew that a baby was hid in the house" is the first line from which poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox?
A: A Baby In The House
| 3 "Achievements yet undreamed of shall be thine." Is the last line from which poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox?
A: Luck | 4 "Angels and archangels" is the first line of the fourth verse of which famous poem by C G Rossetti?
A: A Christmas Carol
| 5 " A boat amid the ripples, drifting, rocking," is the first line from which poem by C G Rossetti?
A: Pastime
| 6 "Missing or lost, last Sunday night," is the first line from which poem by Thomas Moore?
A: Advertisement
| 7 In which year was Thomas Moore born?
A: 1779 |
8 What is the first line of the poem Love's Victory, by Thomas Moore?
A: "Sing to Love--for, oh, 'twas he" |
9 "For now he haunts his native land" is the first line of verse | 8 of which poem by HW Longfellow?
A: Robert Burns
| 10 What is the first line of The Phantom Ship, by H W Longfellow?
A: "In Mather's Magnalia Christi,"
| 11. in which year did Thomas Hood die?
A: 1845
| 12 Archibald Lampman died aged just 37, where is he buried?
A: Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa. |
13 "If you wake at midnight, and hear a horse's feet," is the first line from which poem by Rudyard Kipling?
A: A Smuggler's Song | 14 "From Harrison's down to the Park!" Is the last line from which Rudyard Kipling poem?
A: Belts
| 15 " You may talk o' gin and beer" is the first line from which Rudyard Kipling poem?
A: Gunga Din
The summer format featuring poems, music and our Just for Fun Quiz, the answers are published on the following Friday on troubadour sessions Facebook page, search @MoncktonCove. This weeks music One Bard Band by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | Market Day RandomMind Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/
| I do like to be beside the seaside J H Glover Kind Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ | Quiz FfMC week 3
1 Which poem by Rupert Brooke written in 1913 ends "All night I could not sleep?
A: Home
2 Which poem written by Rupert Brooke in April 1915, begins " As the wind, and as the wind"?
A: A Song
3 Which poem by Lord Tennyson was written in the dialect current in his youth in the area around Spilsby?
A: The Church Warden and The Curate
4 Sydney Thompson Dobell was born in which year and where?
A: 1824, Cranbrook
5 Sydney Dobell family moved to Cheltenham when he was 12, where was he educated?
A: At home.
6 The murmur of the morning ghost, is the first line from which poem by Sydney Dobell?
A: Keith of Ravelston
7 1066 and all that was written by which Poet, Script writer and comic novelist?
A: Reginald Arkell
8 Which Shakespeare Sonnet begins "Let those who are in favour with their stars"?
A: No 25
9 "Thou art the grave where buried love doth live" is the 9th line in which Sonnet by William Shakespeare?
A: No 31.
10 In which year was Canadian poet Bliss Carman born?
A: 1861
The summer format featuring poems, music and our Just for Fun Quiz, the answers are published on the following Friday on troubadour sessions Facebook page, search @MoncktonCove. This weeks music: Spring Song 1909 Victor Herbert Orchestra
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Ambient Chill Piano | 日本庭園 by Alex-Productions | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx0_M61F81Nfb-BRXE-SeVA Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Dance by Luke Bergs | https://soundcloud.com/bergscloud/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Last week's quiz answers, Week 2: 1 Who wrote the gardening themed poetry book , Green Fingers?
A: Reginald Arkell. 2 Published by Herbert Jenkins Limited, Green Fingers was first published in which year?
A: 1934.
3 Who illustrated Green Fingers?
A: Eugene Hastain.
4 Mine be a cot beside the hill, is the first line from which poem by Samuel Rogers?
A: A Wish. 5 In which year and where was Samuel Rogers born?
A 1763, Islington London.
6 In which year was Irish poet Charles Wolfe born?
A 1791. 7 What is the title of the poem by Charles Wolfe, which begins Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note?
A The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna.
8 What was the name of the great cheiftainess who was an important person in Hawaiian nobility who embraced Christianity and about whom Lord Tennyson wrote a poem?
A: Kapiolani.
9 When the dumb Hour, clothed in black, is the first line from which poem by Lord Tennyson?
A: The Silent Voices. 10 What is the name of the poetry collection written by Evan Jones and published in 2020?
A: Later Emperors
The summer format featuring poems, music and our Just for Fun Quiz, the answers are published on the following Friday on troubadour sessions Facebook page, search @MoncktonCove. This weeks music: Trip to Home by LesFM | https://lesfm.net/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ | Felicity by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
| Air on the G String (from Orchestral Suite no. 3, BWV 1068) by Johann Sebastian Bach - The USAF Strings Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ | The answers to last week's quiz: 1 When I am dead, my dearest is the first line from which poem by C G Rossetti?
A: Song
2 What are the Christian names of C G Rossetti?
A: Christina, Georgina
3 Oh roses for the flush of youth is the first line of which poem by CG Rossetti?
A: Song
4 In which year did CG Rossetti die?
A: 1894
5 C G Rossetti died from breast cancer, on which day and where was she buried?
A: New Year's Day 1895, Highgate
6 So light we were, so right we were, so fair faith shone, is the first line from which poem by Rupert Brooke?
A: Desertion
7 Written in 1911 what is the last line of Dead Men's Love by Rupert Brooke?
A: The emptiness of eyes.
8 Which English public school did Rupert Brooke attend?
A: Rugby
9 She dwelt among the untrodden ways, is the first line from the Poem The Lost Love, who wrote it?
A: William Wordsworth
10 Bright volumes of vapour through Lothbury glide, is a line from which poem by William Wordsworth?
A: The Reverie of Poor Susan
The summer format featuring poems, music and our Just for Fun Quiz, the answers are published on the following Friday on troubadour sessions Facebook page, search @MoncktonCove. This weeks music: Wanderlust by Scott Buckley | www.scottbuckley.com.au Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
| Gypsy Doo Wop by John Bartmann
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Nothing added, no music, no applause just William Shakespeare Sonnets read in 7 Volumes, this is Volume 7.
In today's show were finish the reading of William Shakespeare Sonnets, we have poetry, another installment of The Road to Portsmouth and the final extract from Pictures From Italy by Charles Dickens. As it is the last last in the season there is no quiz. We're taking a break until 1st if September 2022, however, there will be a shorter show on Summer Sundays from the 5th of June 2022, featuring poetry readings and a weekly quiz. Thank you for listening. Answers to Edition 11 quiz: 1 The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, is the first line from poem by Thomas Gray?
A: Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard
2 Poet William Morris was born in which year?
A: 1834
3 Janet Frame was a novelist, short story writer, essayist and poet In which country and what year was she born?
A: New Zealand, 1924
4 What was the title of the critically acclaimed short story collection written by Janet Frame and published in 1951?
A: The Lagoon and other stories
5 Bjarni Vigfússon Thorarensen was an Icelandic poet and official, in which year did he die?
A: 1841
6 Nelly Sachs was a German Swedish poet and playwright, which literature award did she win in 1966?
A Nobel Literature Prize
7 In which year did Nelly Sachs become a Swedish citizen?
A: 1952
8 Operation Rhine Maiden was written by whom?
A: Frederick E Smith
9 Come to me, O ye children! Is the first line from which poem by H W Longfellow?
A: Children
10 What are Longfellow's Christian names?
A: Henry, Wadsworth
In this weeks show we continue the reading of Shakespeare's Sonnets, we continue our journey to Portsmouth, we read 3 poems, we continue our journey in Pictures From Italy by Charles Dickens and end with Just for fun quiz. TTAMC Edition 10 Quiz Answers:
1 Simon Armitage is the current UK poet laureate, when and where was he born?
A: Marsden (Some sources state Huddersfield which is 7 miles from Marsden), 1963
2 Simon Armitage attended Portsmouth University, which subject did he study?
A: Geography
3 What was Simon Armitage's job until 1994 and in which UK City?
A: Probation Officer, Greater Manchester
4 In which year did Rudyard Kipling buy Bateman's and where is it located?
A: 1902, Burwash, Sussex
5 Rudyard loved Bateman's and owned until his death, in which year did he die?
A: 1936
6 William Boddy wrote several motoring books, which motoring magazine was he editor of from 1936 - 1991?
A: Motor Sport
7 Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize, in which year did she win and what was the book length poem called?
A: 1950, Annie Allen
8 Pablo Neruda won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971, in which South American country was he born?
A: Chile
9 Besides poetry which other career did Pablo Neruda follow?
A: Diplomat
10 In which year was Mahadevi Varma born?
A: 1907
In this weeks show we continue the reading of Shakespeare's Sonnets, we continue our journey to Portsmouth, we read 4 poems, we continue our journey in Pictures From Italy by Charles Dickens and end with Just for fun quiz. TTAMC Quiz Edition 9 Answers: 1 In which year was Jack London born?
A 1876
2 What was Jack London's birth name?
A John Griffith Chaney
3 How many short stories are in the book South Sea Tales by Jack London?
A 8
4 Name two of the short stories?
The House of Mapuhi
The Whale Tooth
Mauki
Yah! Yah! Yah!
The Heathen
The Terrible Solomon's
The Inevitable White Man
The Seed of McCoy
5 Where and when did Jonathan Swift die?
A 1745, Dublin, Ireland
6 The line "I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;" is from which poem by WB Yeats?
A An Irish Airman Foresees his Death
7 When and where in the UK was Wilfred Owen born?
A Oswestry, 1893
8 "Little did I dream, England, that you bore me
Under the Cotswold Hills beside the water meadows" is from which poem by Ivor Gurney?
A Strange Service
9 To the poet before battle is a poem by Ivor Gurney, what are the last two lines?
A The name of poet terrible in just war,
And like a crown of honour upon the fight.
10 In which year did Ivor Gurney die?
A 1937
Nothing added, no music, no applause just William Shakespeare Sonnets read in 7 Volumes, this is Volume 6.
In this weeks show we continue the reading of Shakespeare's Sonnets, we continue our journey to Portsmouth, we read 4 poems, we continue our journey in Pictures From Italy by Charles Dickens and end with Just for fun quiz. TTAMC Quiz answers edition 8: 1 Lord Tennyson's son Hallam served as the governor-general of which country from 1903 - 1904?
A Australia
2 Hermann Karl Hesse was a German Swiss poet, novelist and painter, in which year was he born?
A 1877
3 Esther Phillips is a Barbadian poet, in which year did she become the first poet laureate of Barbados?
A 2018
4 Ivan Drach was an Ukrainian poet, name his poetry collection published in 1962?
A Soniashnyk' (The Sunflower, 1962)
5 William Butler Yeats was one Ireland's greatest writers of the 20th Century, in which year did he die?
A 1939
6 Joy Harjo is a member of which native American Nation?
A Muscogee Nation
7 Which literary office does Joy Harjo hold in the United States of America?
A Poet Laureate
8 Thou art as tyrannous, so as thou art, is the first line of which Shakespearian Sonnet?
A No 131
9 Perforce am thine, and all that is in me, is the last line from which Shakespearian Sonnet?
A No 133
10 But thy eternal summer shall not fade is the 9th line of which Shakespearian Sonnet?
A No 18
In this weeks show we continue the reading of Shakespeare's Sonnets, we continue our journey to Portsmouth, we read 5 poems from the pen of Lord Tennyson, we start a new journey in Pictures From Italy by Charles Dickens and end with Just for fun quiz. TTAMC Quiz answers edition 7: 1 Thomas Campbell wrote the poem The River of Life, in which year was he born?
A 1777
2 Where did Thomas Campbell die?
A Boulogne- Sur- Mer
3 Where is Thomas Campbell buried?
A Westminster Abbey
4 Heraclitus is a poem written by William Johnson Cory, born William Johnson in which year did he change his name to Cory?
A 1872
5 Hartley Coleridge is the son of which poet?
A Samuel Taylor Coleridge
6 From whom does Hartley Coleridge take his Christian name?
A David Hartley
7 In which year and which West Yorkshire town was David Hartley born?
A 1705, Halifax
8 In which year did Australian poet Les Murray die?
A 2019
9 Which in which year did Les Murray become an Officer of the Order of Australia?
A 1989
10 In which year was Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō born?
A 1644
In this weeks show we continue the reading of Shakespeare's Sonnets, we continue our journey to Portsmouth, continue A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens with the final episode in book one of the trilogy, we read 5 poems and end with the Just for fun quiz. TTAMC Quiz Edition 6 Answers: 1 In The Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, who is Monsieur Dafarge?
A The Wine Shop Keeper
2 Who wrote the poem Summer Dawn, that starts Pray but one prayer for me twixt thy closed lips?
A William Morris
3 What were R W Emerson Christian names?
A Ralph, Waldo
4 What was George Eliot's real name?
A Mary Ann Cross
5 This is a spray the Bird clung to, is the first line from which poem by Robert Browning?
A Misconceptions
6 At the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears, is the first line from which poem by William Wordsworth?
A The Reverie of Poor Susan
7 Song of the emigrants in Bermuda is a poem written by which poet?
A Andrew Marvell
8 Andrew Marvell was born in which village in the East Riding of Yorkshire also called Humberside and East Yorkshire?
A Winestead
9 Which year was Andrew Marvell born?
A 1621
10 Who wrote the poem Duncan Gray?
A Robert Burns
In this weeks show we continue the reading of Shakespeare's Sonnets, we continue our journey to Portsmouth, we continue A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens with episode 5, we read poetry and end with the Just for fun quiz. Quiz answers to TTAMC Edition 5. 1 How was old Fernando Pessoa when his father died?
A 5
2 After Fernando Pessoa mother remarried in which country did they go to live?
A South Africa
3 In which year was French poet Paul Éluard born?
A 1895
4 In which year was Canadian poet Rod Anderson born?
A 1935
5 Thomas Archibald Marshall was born in 1938, whereabouts in Canada?
A Niagara Falls, Ontario
6 Janet Kauffman is an American novelist and poet born in 1945, where?
A Lancaster, Pennsylvania
7 Walt Whitman wrote O Captain! My Captain!, whose death is about?
A Abraham Lincoln
8 Which seaside town in Kent, England hosts an annual Dickens Festival?
A Broadstairs
9 Which poetry form is Walt Whitman said to be the father of?
A Free Verse
10 In which year did Carol Ann Duffy become Britain's first female poet laureate?
A 2009
In this weeks show we continue the reading of Shakespeare's Sonnets, we continue our journey to Portsmouth and continue A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens with episode 4. 1 Charles G Harper wrote The Road to Portsmouth, in which year was he born?
A 1863
2 Jerry Abershawe was born in which year?
A 1773
3 What was Jerry Abershawe's occupation?
Highwayman
4 Jerry Abershawe died in 1795, how did he die?
A Hanged.
- If I should die, think only this of me, is the first line of the Sonnet The Soldier by Rupert Brooke, what is the last line?
A In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.
6 Poet Abraham Cowley was educated at Cambridge University, which college did he attend?
A Trinity College
7 Sir Walter Scott was born in which year?
A 1771
8 What event in 1825 caused Sir Walter Scott financial ruin?
UK banking crisis caused the collapse of his printing concern.
9 Mathew Arnold died from heart failure, what brought this on?
A running to meet a train.
10 Mathew Arnold's father Thomas Arnold was the headmaster of which English public school?
A Rugby.
In this weeks show we continue the reading of Shakespeare's Sonnets, we continue our journey to Portsmouth and continue A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens with episode 3. Finally we have this week's quiz. Here are the answers to last weeks: Quiz Edition 3
1 Shall I compare thee to a summer's rose?
A Sonnet 18, William Shakespeare
| 2 If I should die, think only this of me?
A Rupert Brooke, The Soldier
| 3 I wandered lonely as a cloud
A William Wordsworth, The Daffodils |
4 Fair Pledges of a fruitful tree
A Robert Herrick, To Blossoms
| 5 Fair daffodils, we weep to see A
Robert Herrick, To Daffodils |
6 A weary lot is thine, fair maid A
Sir Walter Scott, The Rover
| 7 Beneath these fruit tree boughs that shed
A William Wordsworth, The Green Linnet |
8 When I am dead, my dearest
A Christina Georgina Rossetti, Song |
9 Spring, the sweet spring, is the year's pleasant king
A Thomas Nash, Spring
| 10 when icicles hang by the wall
A William Shakespeare, Winter.
In this week’s show we continue The Road to Portsmouth, the second episode of a Tale of Two Cities, 4 Sonnets from William Shakespeare, two poems from Robert Herrick and the Just for Fun Quiz. Here are the answers to last weeks quiz - TTAMC Edition 2 Answers
1.In which year and city was Fernando Pessoa born?
A.1888 Lisbon |
2.How many novels did Charles Dickens write?
A.15
|
- In Martin Rattler, which country do Martin and Barney find themselves in after escaping from the pirates?
A.Brazil |
- In which year did Lord Tennyson die?
A.1892 |
- Who was the British Poet Laureate after Lord Tennyson?
A.Alfred Austin |
- In which year did Percy Shelley die?
A.1822 | 7. In which year and in which Sussex town was Percy Shelley born?
1792, Horsham |
- In which year did John Keats die?
A.1821
| 9. In which country did John Keats die?
A.Italy |
- In which year did Lord Byron die?
A.1824
Nothing added, no music, no applause just William Shakespeare Sonnets read in 7 Volumes, this is Volume 5.
In this week's show we have poetry from Abraham Cowley, John Keats and William Shakespeare, we start the trilogy, A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens, we continue the reading of William Shakespeare Sonnets and we continue the travelogue The Road to Portsmouth. Answers to last week's quiz:
1 In October 1914 Rupert Brooke took part in the defence of Antwerp, name two of the 4 Sonnets he wrote whilst recovering?
(Peace, Safety, The Dead, The Soldier)
| 2 What was is the date of Rupert Brooke's death?
(23/04/1915)
| 3 Rupert Brooke was buried on the day of his death, where and at what time?
(Skyros, 23:00)
4 William Wordsworth was the British Poet Lauriete from 1843 to his death in 1850 who succeeded him?
(Lord Alfred Tennyson) |
5 Who was the British Poet Laureate before William Wordsworth?
(Robert Southey)
| 6 RM Ballentine was a Scottish author who wrote among other books Martin Rattler, what are his Christian names?
(Robert Michael)
| 7 Martin Rattler was published in which year?
(1858)
| 8 Where did RM Ballentine die?
(Italy)
| 9 Who wrote the Raffles books?
(EW Hornung) |
10 Who wrote the poem O Captain! My Captain?
(Walt Whitman)
Nothing added, no music, no applause just William Shakespeare Sonnets read in 7 Volumes, this is Volume 4.
A new format called 'Tea Time at Monckton Cove', incorporating Sunday Sonnets, Thursday Poetry Session and the regular story serial. The show is around 45 minutes and additionally includes a quiz and literary news items when available. Quiz answers will be published on the Monday after broadcast on the podcast Facebook Page @MoncktonCove and for those not on Facebook in the next edition of Tea Time at Monckton Cove.
Continuing the reading of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets, today we read No. 97 - 100 inclusive. (Recording © Mark Hales). Our Facebook Page search
Today we present 10 poems from Oliver Goldsmith, Robert Herrick, John Milton James Thomson, William Cowper and Anon.
A classic story from the pen of RM Ballantyne, first published in 1858, serialised. Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh in 1825 and died in Rome in 1894. Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Continuing the reading of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets, today we read No. 93 - 96 inclusive. (Recording © Mark Hales). Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
A classic story from the pen of RM Ballantyne, first published in 1858, serialised. Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh in 1825 and died in Rome in 1894. Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Continuing the reading of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets, today we read No. 89 - 92 inclusive. (Recording © Mark Hales). Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
A classic story from the pen of RM Ballantyne, first published in 1858, serialised. Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh in 1825 and died in Rome in 1894. Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Continuing the reading of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets, today we read No. 85 - 88 inclusive. (Recording © Mark Hales). Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Today's poetry session is brought to you from Monckton Cove Priory and features poems written by Rupert Brooke.
A classic story from the pen of RM Ballantyne, first published in 1858, serialised. Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh in 1825 and died in Rome in 1894. Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Continuing the reading of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets, today we read No. 81 - 84 inclusive. (Recording © Mark Hales). Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Continuing the reading of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets, today we read No. 77 - 80 inclusive. (Recording © Mark Hales). Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
A classic story from the pen of RM Ballantyne, first published in 1858, serialised. Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh in 1825 and died in Rome in 1894. Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Continuing the reading of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets, today we read No. 73 - 76 inclusive. (Recording © Mark Hales). Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Nothing added, no music, no applause just William Shakespeare Sonnets read in 7 Volumes, this is Volume 3.
A classic story from the pen of RM Ballantyne, first published in 1858, serialised. Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh in 1825 and died in Rome in 1894. Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Continuing the reading of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets, today we read No. 69 - 72 inclusive. (Recording © Mark Hales). Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
A classic story from the pen of RM Ballantyne, first published in 1858, serialised. Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh in 1825 and died in Rome in 1894. Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Continuing the reading of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets, today we read No. 65 - 68 inclusive. (Recording © Mark Hales). Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
A classic story from the pen of RM Ballantyne, first published in 1858, serialised. Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh in 1825 and died in Rome in 1894. Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Continuing the reading of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets, today we read No. 61 - 64 inclusive. (Recording © Mark Hales). Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
A classic story from the pen of RM Ballantyne, first published in 1858, serialised. Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh in 1825 and died in Rome in 1894. Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Nothing added, no music, no applause just William Shakespeare Sonnets read in 7 Volumes, this is Volume 2.
Continuing the reading of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets, today we read No. 57 - 60 inclusive. (Recording © Mark Hales). Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
A classic story from the pen of RM Ballantyne, first published in 1858, serialised. Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh in 1825 and died in Rome in 1894. Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Continuing the reading of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets, today we read No. 53 - 56 inclusive. (Recording © Mark Hales). Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
A classic story from the pen of RM Ballantyne, first published in 1858, serialised. Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh in 1825 and died in Rome in 1894. Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Continuing the reading of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets, today we read No. 49 - 52 inclusive. (Recording © Mark Hales). Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Today we present 6 poems from 4 different poets, PB Shelley, William Wordsworth, Sir Walter Scott and Rupert Brooke.
A classic story from the pen of RM Ballantyne, first published in 1858, serialised. Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh in 1825 and died in Rome in 1894. Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Continuing the reading of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets, today we read No. 45 - 48 inclusive. (Recording © Mark Hales). Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Thomas Gray wrote both of today's works the first the famous Elergy and the second is titled Epitaph. Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
A classic story from the pen of RM Ballantyne, first published in 1858, serialised. Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh in 1825 and died in Rome in 1894. Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Continuing the reading of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets, today we read No. 41 - 44 inclusive. (Recording © Mark Hales). Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Today we present five poems from 4 different poets. Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
A classic story from the pen of RM Ballantyne, first published in 1858, serialised. Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh in 1825 and died in Rome in 1894. Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
Continuing the reading of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets, today we read No. 37 - 40 inclusive. (Recording © Mark Hales). Our Facebook Page search @MoncktonCove
4 Poems from 4 poets, Sir Francis Hastings Dolye, Charles Mackay, William Ernest Henley and Hartley Coleridge.
A classic story from the pen of RM Ballantyne, first published in 1858, serialised. Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh in 1825 and died in Rome in 1894.
Continuing the reading of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets, today we read No. 33 - 36 inclusive. (Recording © Mark Hales)
Today we have four poems from four poets, they are Lord Tennyson, William Wordsworth, Mark Hales and John Keats.
A classic story from the pen of RM Ballantyne, first published in 1858, serialised. Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh in 1825 and died in Rome in 1894.
Continuing the reading of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets, today we read No. 29 - 32 inclusive. (Recording © Mark Hales)
Nothing added, no music, no applause just William Shakespeare Sonnets read in 7 Volumes, this is Volume 1.
A classic story from the pen of RM Ballantyne, first published in 1858, serialised. Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh in 1825 and died in Rome in 1894.
Continuing the reading of William Shakespeare's 154 Sonnets, today we read No. 25 - 28 inclusive. (Recording © Mark Hales)
Today we present 6 poems from 4 different poets, Richard Crashaw, John Webster, William Shakespeare and William Drummond, the final poem is by ANON.
A classic story from the pen of RM Ballantyne, first published in 1858, serialised. Robert Michael Ballantyne was born in Edinburgh in 1825 and died in Rome in 1894.