Wednesday, November 30, 2022
Friday, November 25, 2022
Saturday, November 19, 2022
Spoiler Alert, answers to the old money quiz
What follows is the answers to the old money quiz.
These are my answers anyway.
They might all be wrong!
1) Sun moon and a star are three far things = 3/4d
2) A gorilla's leg joint would be an ape knee 1/2d
3) Penny 1d
4) A penny farthing 1 1/4 d
5) A baby kangaroo and a three penny bit were both called a Joey 3d
6) The largest Maundy coin is a fourpenny bit 4d
7) Dutch money is a Euro now but used to be a florin 2/-
8) Bob 1/-
9 A tanner 6d
10) A tiara could be a crown but Glenda suggested half a crown 2/6
11) A dollar was 5 shillings 5/-
12) A snow leopard is called an ounce (it just is) so eight would be half a pound 10/-
13) Guinea £1 1s
14) Oh dear this is the worst. Sick squid £6
15) Tenor £10
Old money quiz
I was given this at Quiz Club today. I do not know all the answers yet. However they are all amounts of old money: pounds, shillings and pence and of course farthings.
1) Sun, moon and a star.
2) A gorilla's leg joint
3) A girl's name.
4) A bicycle
5) A baby kangaroo
6) The largest Maundy coin
7) Dutch money
8) A boy's name
9) A leather worker
10) A tiara
11) A dollar
12) Eight snow leopards
13) A pig
14) A poorly sea creature
15) Male singer
Saturday, November 12, 2022
Fiction Books
Total fiction books = 12
The latest is the audiobook "Brev"
The most recent Durrington Detective Agency book is Darkness in Durrington
The best thing about this series is that people who buy one, tend to buy them all.
My fiction books are as follows:
The Mirror of Eternity Series
The Mirror of Eternity
Salt Wars
The Miranda Revolution
Defending the Sangreal
Domain of Dreams
Space Dog Alfred Series
Space Dog Alfred
Planet of the Dogs
Durrington Detective Agency
Death in Durrington
And a collection of short stories
Pot Pourri