An A to Z Cornucopia of Trivia. Part II | Answers

Freesia. Wikipedia
  1. (F) Freesia—Freesia is a genus of herbaceous perennial flowering plants native to eastern southern Africa. Cultivated hybrids of Freesia species are commonly known as “freesias” and grown as ornamental plants.
  2. (G) Golden Cap—Golden Cap, a hill and cliff in Dorset, England, is the highest point near the south coast of Great Britain. It is owned by the National Trust and part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site.
    H.G. Wells by George Charles Beresford, 1920. Wikipedia
  3. (H) H.G. WellsHalf a Sixpence is a 1963 musical comedy based on H.G. Wells’s novel Kipps. The show, tailored for Tommy Steele, follows Arthur Kipps, an orphan who inherits a fortune and learns that money can’t buy happiness.
  4. (I) Ireland—In May 1915, the RMS Lusitania, a British ocean liner, was sunk by the German submarine U-20, 11 miles (18 km) off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland. This tragic event resulted in the loss of 1,197 lives, including passengers, crew, and stowaways. The sinking significantly boosted American support for entering World War I.
  5. (J) J. Alfred PrufrockThe Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is T. S. Eliot’s first published poem, reflecting the title character’s thoughts in stream-of-consciousness style. Initially considered outlandish, it is now seen as a landmark in the shift from Romanticism to Modernism in poetry.
    Regarding the wrong alternative answers: J. Bruce Ismay was the chairman of the White Star Line, the owners of the Titanic. He faced criticism and was branded a coward after surviving the sinking. J. Edgar Hoover was the first Director of the FBI. He served in that role in the predecessor organisation, the BOI, and the FBI for a total of 48 years.
RMS Lusitania. See #4 above. Wikipedia

An A to Z Cornucopia of Trivia. Part II

Some trivia related to the letters F to J.

See question 2. Image Wikipedia
  1. (F) Named after a German botanist, what is a flowering plant of the iris family?
    • Foxglove
    • Freesia
    • Fuchsia
  2. (G) Which hill, on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast, is the highest point on England’s south coast?
    • Golden Cap
    • Golden Law
    • Golden Tor
  3. (H) Half a Sixpence, the musical, was adapted from the 1905 novel Kipps. Who wrote this novel?(I)
    • H.E. Bates
    • H. Rider Haggard
    • H.G. Wells
  4. (I) In 1915, the RMS Lusitania was torpedoed 11 miles (18 km) off the coast of which country?
    • Iceland
    • Ireland
    • Ivory Coast
  5. (J) What T.S. Eliot character says, “I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be;”?
    • J. Alfred Prufrock
    • J. Bruce Ismay
    • J. Edgar Hoover
T.S. Eliot. Wikipedia

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