E: 02/09 WEEKLY Win bottles of Jura whisky

reniannen

Week 14: 6th - 12th December 2010

Q: According to historians, Jura may have been one of the islands that Odysseus visited on his Odyssey. What is the name of the whirlpool that is thought by some to have inspired Homer’s whirlpool of Charybdis?
A: The Corryveckan (or Corryvreckan )

The answer to last week’s question is C. Congratulations to Jon Nagl from United Kingdom who is our lucky winner of a bottle of 10 yr old. :T

reniannen

Week 15: 13th - 19th December 2010

Q: Through historical and archaeological records, it is estimated that Jura has been occupied by man since what year?
A: B. 8000BC (source - under week 3)


The answer to last week’s question is B. Congratulations to Alex Scroggie from United Kingdom who is our lucky winner of a bottle of 10 yr old. :T

thanks to truffel for the heads up

reniannen

Week 16: 20th - 26th December 2010

Q: The Jura distillery produces approximately how much whisky each year?
A: B. 1.4 million (source)


The answer to last week’s question is B. Congratulations to Krzysztof Krupnik from Poland who i our lucky winner of a bottle of 10 yr old. :T

reniannen

Week 17: 27th December 2010 - 2nd January 2011

Q: Jura was the location for one of the most famous publicity stunts of the 1990s when the KLF visited the island to burn £1m in cash and film the event. In what year did this occur? :eek:
A: C. 1994 (source)


The answer to last week’s question is B. Congratulations to Tom Keyworth from United Kingdom who is our lucky winner of a bottle of 10 yr old. :T

reniannen

Week 18: 3rd - 9th January 2011

Q: The Knights Templar are thought to have sailed up the Sound of Jura at the beginning of the 14th century, resulting in small settlement on Jura itself. How many Knights Templar gravestones can be found in the cemetery on Jura?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4

can anyone help please? The distillery site just says 'a number' of templar graves and I can't find an exact figure stated anywhere. This blog says 'a couple' but just in passing and it doesn't really fit with 'a number'


The answer to last week’s question is C. Congratulations to Cerian Bran from United Kingdom who is our lucky winner of a bottle of 10 yr old. :T

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Week 18: 3rd - 9th January 2011

Q: The Knights Templar are thought to have sailed up the Sound of Jura at the beginning of the 14th century, resulting in small settlement on Jura itself. How many Knights Templar gravestones can be found in the cemetery on Jura?
A: can anyone help please? The distillery site just says 'a number' of templar graves and I can't find an exact figure stated anywhere. This blog says 'a couple' but just in passing and it doesn't really fit with 'a number'


The answer to last week’s question is C. Congratulations to Cerian Bran from United Kingdom who is our lucky winner of a bottle of 10 yr old. :T

Its a toughie. Can't find any definitive answer yet. However, I am inclined to go with the largest value of 4 as the common quote seems to be "many" ?

reniannen

I've found a list of all the stones in the burial ground on the RCAHMS record, and I'm still none the wiser

http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/38222/details/jura+keils+cill+earnadil/

The fact that they, of all people, don't mention any Templar graves suggests that the connection isn't really proven, which would explain why not a lot of sites mention it except those who have the same text as the distillery website.

There's 6 graves on that record which are all in the same style, from roughly the same period and depict swords. However 2 are described as having 'Lombardic capitals' and I wonder if these could be the ones supposed to belong to Templar Knights?

reniannen

Week 19: 10th - 16th January 2011

Q: The famous Jura Gardens boast a wide array of plants and flowers that are not common to other gardens across Scotland, including more than 100 plant specimens from which continent?
A: A. Australasia (source)


The answer to last week’s question is B (so there's 3 apparently ). Congratulations to Ritchard Grant from United Kingdom who is our lucky winner of a bottle of 10 yr old. :T

reniannen

Week 20: 17th - 23rd January 2011

Q: Jura comprises six estates which are all in separate ownership: Ardfin, Inver, Ruantallain, Tarbert, and Adlussa and which other?
A: B. Jura Forest (source)


The answer to last week’s question is A. Congratulations to Sarah Williams from United Kingdom who is our lucky winner of a bottle of 10 yr old. :T

reniannen

Week 21: 24th - 30th January 2011

Q: Jura is featured in the plot of which novel or story by Alexander McCall Smith – the best-selling author of the Ladies Detectives novels
A: A. The Careful Use of Compliments (source)


The answer to last week’s question is B. Congratulations to john bound from United Kingdom who is our lucky winner of a bottle of 10 yr old. :T

Quick question - now we have a consensus and since this has an end date, I was going to pm and ask for it to be moved to the main board so more people see it? It's already linked to in the weekly sticky so people should still be able to find it ok but I don't want to cause confusion. If anyone has any objections can you let me know?