Here are the answers to my questions from earlier.
Today five pieces of miscellany.
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One
What two words appear with ‘Band’, ’Heart’, and ’Fields’ in the titles of three songs from 1970, 1972 and 1993 respectively?
Answer: of Gold.
Band of Gold by Freda Payne, a 1970 hit, was written by Holland-Dozier-Holland and Ron Dunbar. Heart of Gold by Neil Young, from his album Harvest, is his only US No. 1 single and reached No. 1 in Canada twice. Fields of Gold is a 1993 song by Sting from his album Ten Summoner’s Tales. It reached No. 16 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100.
Two
This modern city was mentioned in the Icelandic sagas when it was known as Mikligarðr — from the Old Norse mikill ‘big’ and garðr ‘wall’ or ‘stronghold’. What city?
Answer: Istanbul.
Pliny the Elder called it Lygos, Augusta Antonina and New Rome were other names for Istanbul. Originally called Byzantium, it evolved into Constantinople and is now known by its Turkish name reflecting its rich history. The Turkish government advocated for “Istanbul” in English which the US State Department adopted in 1930.
Three
The Catahoula Leopard Dog became the State Dog of which U.S. state in 1979?
Answer: Louisiana.
The Catahoula Leopard Dog, named after Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, is a herding breed recognised by the United Kennel Club and the American Kennel Club Foundation Stock Service. Despite it having a herding designation it has traditionally been used in hunting feral boars
It was officially named the state dog of Louisiana in 1979.
Four
What creatures home world is the planet Kashyyyk?
Answer: Wookies.
Wookiees are fictional humanoid aliens from the Star Wars franchise, originating from the planet Kashyyyk. They are known for their large size, furry appearance, and intelligence, with Chewbacca being a prominent character.
Five
Three questions rolled into one. Hi-Catoctin was a retreat in Frederick County, Maryland for U.S. Federal Agents and their families from the mid-1930s. In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt converted it to a presidential retreat and renamed it. In 1953, the then incumbent president gave it its present name in honour of two people.
- What did President Roosevelt name it in 1942?
- Which president renamed it in 1953?
- By what current name has it been known since?
Answers
- Shangri-La
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Camp David
The origin of the name Camp David seems to be agreed but Shangri-La raises different opinions. Both extracts below sourced 9 March 2026.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt took it over in a few years and named it “Shangri-La,” for the mountain kingdom in Lost Horizon, the 1933 novel by James Hilton.
It was renamed in 1953 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in honor of his then-five-year-old grandson, Dwight David Eisenhower II.
— United States National Archives
President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s grandson David Eisenhower posed beneath his name on the sign at Camp David in 1960. According to Press Secretary Jim Haggerty, President Eisenhower renamed the retreat after his grandson and father, both named David, and David was his own middle name. President Franklin Roosevelt’s name “Shangri-La, was just a little fancy for a Kansas farm boy,” according to the president.
— The White House Historical Association
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