Did we even HAVE this many King Williams? ;)

[hobbitomm]

Who was....

1) The first Duke of St Albans (c 1680)?
2) The only man on either side who could lose the War in an afternoon?
3) Owner of a chain of model shops? Or is coffee preferable to other hot beverages?
4) Hairoun (‘Land of the Blessed’), or the patron of Valencia, vinters and brickmakers?
5) Famously banned from the Bluewater shopping centre, but more popular at Universities.
6) Perhaps Father Christmas to Tom Cruise’s ex?
7) Duck! Oh no. He’s male!
8) Perhaps another duck (1986), or perhaps a comment of surprise at the level of force in a semi cockney?
9) The villain of Much Ado about Nothing. Or perhaps a castle component?
10) Originally synonymous with cake, but asked to be renamed (transliterated?), in order to sound more British.

And what links them?

Comments

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

Generally pretty much spot on- so I'll comment... ;)

1) *cackle* Remember I do get cryptic from time to time.

2) Was indeed Jellicoe.

3)Alas, not Starbuck. Splendid name, but wrong :)

4)Yep. St Vincent it is :)

5)Yes, I was thinking of any of the Admirals Hood (specifically the first, and the last- a victim of 'There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today' syndrome at Jutland)

6)This one, I'm afraid you're wrong on. Tho' they sound interesting

7) Yup

8) Indeed so

9) Don John. Quite so. Though he had a hell of bad time politically keeping his (Holy League) fleet together, Lepanto is one of the most crushing tactical victories in naval history. Shame nothing much came of it strategically. The last big hurrah of the galley

10)As you say, cudos to Anthraxia. Tho' his father, Prince Louis of Battenberg was also 1st Sea Lord (at the outbreak of WW1)