Congratulations to Our Contest Winner

Many thanks to all of you who entered our second trivia contest. Our winner is Missouri’s Shawn Cripe who was the first to submit all ten correct answers. Shawn will receive his very own “Stalking the Belle Époque” canvas tote bag. Special mention goes to Abhishek Duggal who answered 9 out of 10 correctly.


For those of you keeping track, here are the answers to the questions.

1. In Punch’s Cousin, what is the name of Robert Halifax’s brother?  Cecil Halifax
2. Who wrote the parody song, Burlington Bertie from Bow?   William Hargreaves
3. What is the real name of the Vanity Fair artist who called himself “Spy?”   Sir Leslie Ward
4. What studio produced the Montgomery Clift/Elizabeth Taylor film Raintree County?   MGM
5. Who wrote the poem upon which Hubert Parry’s song, “Jerusalem” is based?   William Blake
6. In Punch’s Cousin, how did Sir Collin Molliner die?   He was murdered by thieves in France.
7. Which British king is the subject of an unusual autochrome housed in The Royal Collection?   King Edward VII
8. Morganite is a member of which mineral family?   Beryl
9. “The Fair Rosamond” was the mistress of which British King?   King Henry II
10. Film historian Robert Osborne started as an actor at which television studio in the 1950’s?   Desilu Studios

Congratulations, Shawn!