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The Oldie Quiz

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subject: SEPTEMBER QUIZ

My answers:

1. Paul Cezanne
2. Oxygen
3. Irish Free State
4.
5. Abscond
6. Johnny Hallyday
7. 100m
8. James Callaghan
9. Haiti
10. Ten for 66 And All That
11. Uppark
12. Reading the football results
13. Netherlands
14. Robert Duvall
15. Paul Fox
16. The African Queen
17. William McKinley
18. Balham
19. Penelope Lively
20.


notes:
Q4. What is believed by most authorities to be the most ancient of London’s markets, founded some four hundred years before the Christian era?
I can’t find anything definitive about this. Favourite appears to be Billingsgate, but Leadenhall is also a possibility.

Q20. At Wimpy restaurants in the early 1970s, a Wimpy was a hamburger and, perhaps more memorably still, a Bender was a round sausage. What was the fishburger called?
Not sure about this, they did sell a Fish Finger Burger at one point, but I don’t know if they ever did anything else.
There was also the "Shanty" - see posts below.

icklespottysocks

I googled and found a menu saying a 'shanty - the golden fish portion'

thingamaBob

Many old Wimpy menus on Google showing "Shanty The Golden Fish Fillet" but no mention of it being a "burger" or even in a bun. But it is the only fish items on the menu.

oldwalshy

Brough market, dates to before 1014,Open on new site 1851, could this be the cat amongst the pigeons,Thank you for posting

thingamaBob

As far as I can find, Borough Market is generally held to be the oldest market ln London. See HERE and HERE.

One-Eye

thingamaBob wrote: »

As far as I can find, Borough Market is generally held to be the oldest market ln London. See HERE and HERE.

oldwalshy wrote: »

Borough market, dates to before 1014,Open on new site 1851, could this be the cat amongst the pigeons,Thank you for posting

We are looking for a market that existed 2400 years ago. London was 100% north of the river in those days, the first bridge not being built until about AD50.

"Billingsgate" derives from Belins Gate - a water gate where goods were landed (and then sold in a "market"). The water gate was opened/owned/named for Belin who was King in 400 BCE and is shown on Roman maps of London.

The main Roman market was the Forum, located where Leadenhall market is today.

One-Eye

thingamaBob wrote: »

Many old Wimpy menus on Google showing "Shanty The Golden Fish Fillet" but no mention of it being a "burger" or even in a bun. But it is the only fish items on the menu.

icklespottysocks wrote: »

I googled and found a menu saying a 'shanty - the golden fish portion'

The Shanty seems to have been a square fishcake that was sold on plates with salad or as a brunch rather than in a bun, but it could well be the correct answer.