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1. In the story 'The Coming of Gowf', what was the name of King Merolchazzar's kingdom?
2. In the story 'The Clicking of Cuthbert', Cuthert Banks fell for Adeline Smethurst of the Literary Society, who despised him and idolised Raymond Parsloe Devine the novelist - until the visit of the great Russian novelist Vladimir Brussiloff, who violently disapproved of Devine's heroes, but was a huge golf fan. Brussiloff plaintively asked why, although he had been introduced to Lloyd George and 'quite a few of the nibs' he had not been introduced to the 'real great men' like 'Arbmishel and Arreevadon'. Who was he talking about?
3. In the story 'A Woman is only a Woman', friends Peter Willard and James Todd fell out when they both fell in love with Grace Forrester (and fell equally swiftly out of love when they found that not only did she play tennis, she also despised golf). What did Grace tell Peter she thought golf was?
4. In 'A Mixed Threesome', Betty Weston was engaged to Mortimer Sturgis, but fell in love with Eddie Denton (who was an explorer and Mortimer's best friend). Having consulted the Oldest Member as to what was to be done - what did Betty agree to pretend to be?
5. Mortimer Sturgis also appeared in the story 'Sundered Hearts', with the girl who became his bride. What shameful secret caused these two hearts to become sundered?
6. In 'The Salvation of George Mackintosh', the hero of the story, in an attempt to cure his shyness, went too far and became one of those pariahs of the links, a chatterer. In desperation, when George would not shut up about Egyptian excavations while his fiancee, Celia Tennant, was trying her eleventh shot to get out of a ravine, she snapped and hit him. What with?
7. In 'Ordeal By Golf', the Oldest Member suggested to Alexander Paterson that the best way to choose a treasurer for the latter's company was to play a round of golf with the two candidates. Unfortunately, the hero of the story, Michell Holmes, tended to lose his temper on the golf course. He was also extremely sensitive to noise. 'He missed short putts because of the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows'. The Oldest Member and Mitchell's fiance tried to get him to control his temper in the important match against Mister Paterson. What made him eventually snap?
8. In 'The Long Hole', two characters who, unusually for Wodehouse, were both unpleasant, both fell in love with Amanda Trivett. They agreed to a freak match, going across country sixteen miles for a single hole - the loser was to leave the area and give the winner a chance with the lovely Miss Trivett. What did not occur during the epic struggle that ensued between Ralph Bingham and Arthur Jukes?
9. In 'The Heel of Achilles', multimillionaire Vincent Jopp, was determined to marry Amelia Merridew. She didn't want to, she wanted to marry someone else, so told Vincent she would only marry him if he won the American Amateur Championship that year. Although he'd never played golf before, this man of steel was so determined that within five months he became plus. However, Vincent was a man who believed in marrying early and often, and his three ex-wives turning up at the course was his downfall. What was not a reason for one of his divorces?
10. In 'The Rough Stuff' why did the vision of loveliness that was Eunice Bray marry the ugly, lonely, diffident Ramsden Waters?
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