King William's College's Diabolical Quiz...Follow-Up

I decided I might as well list my answers so far to the King William's College General Knowledge Paper 2007 that I've been working on. Not that I have them all. Not that I understand all the answers - and I didn't come up with all of them myself, least of all the ones I don't understand. Many thanks to the Dunnett lists and other helpful friends. I'll put an asterisk beside those - if anyone can explain, I'd appreciate it!

Also, some of my answers might be wrong. Corrections welcome!

( Some answers... )

We're down to only 4 missing answers, though I need to spend some time putting in source references and links for some of the other answers.

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Christmas Eve photos...

Because it's Christmas Eve, I got out my camera.

First, I asked the Little Feathered Guys to pose. ( They really tried, but.. )

Remember how much it has been snowing? Then suddenly we got two days of above-zero temperatures, and rain. Lots and lots of rain. Two days of warmth and rain wasn't enough to wash away the snow, though, and today it's colder again, and snowing. So I took some pictures of the snow. ( White on white... )

FIC Torchwood/Doctor Who (drabble) - "Invitation, Dec. 24"

Title: Invitation, Dec. 24
Fandom: Torchwood/Doctor Who
Characters: Jack/Doctor
Challenge: tw100, challenge: open
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: No spoilers. Cross-posted to my LJ and to tw100.

( Invitation, Dec. 24 )