Correct! I would have accepted either Hull or Gatineau as the Quebec side city. Water under the bridge nowA total guess: in Canada -- Ottawa (Ontario) and Hull (Quebec)?
Hm, I've been over it several times, but didn't remember its name. I was probably paying too much attention to the Rideau Canal at the time...A total guess: in Canada -- Ottawa (Ontario) and Hull (Quebec)?
Sadly, they're not books I've read yet, and while there's a copy on the bookshelf, it's my in-laws bookself, and still off-limits!It's a bit hard to think of a hint for this one. Most of the "non-Mowgli & Co." stories are set in India; two, though, are not -- these set in very approximately the same milieu as each other: a very long way from India, and pretty well as different from India, as one could imagine.
Well India is the world's largest democracy, so we must be looking at the world's smallest dictatorship: Sark?a very long way from India, and pretty well as different from India, as one could imagine
Well India is the world's largest democracy, so we must be looking at the world's smallest dictatorship: Sark?
4. Who left what "for personal and professional reasons" in 1970?
I can think of a few people: Harold Wilson resigning as PM? John Stonehouse MP leaving his clothes on a beach and disappearing? Lord Lucan or his murdered nanny?
Is 1 The Bible?
Would (3) be crosswords? (A more recent invention than one might think.)
A few more guesses, based on your clues:
1: a pineapple?
2: the zip?
I sort of knew at the back of my mind that it was the wrong name for the inventor of the zip.I'm afraid not, although I can see where you're going with the zip.
I sort of knew at the back of my mind that it was the wrong name for the inventor of the zip. Can I pivot to the paperclip?
We're pretty much guessing at random now; so for (1), I'll try tomatoes (biologically, fruit not vegetable, though they're not sweet). I had the vague impression that they first appeared in Britain in the 16th century rather than the 17th -- but I could be wrong there. I believe people here were originally chary of them, thinking them quite possibly poisonous.
Would 2 be velcro, since it's not the zip but that appears to be on the right track?
How about the paper fastener?I'm afraid not, but you are very close
How about the paper fastener?