A fragile construction or a mighty chain? REVEAL ANSWER
Answer: Great Wall of China
China is fragile. The great wall forms a chain of defence.
Deep in the bookshop the female reigns supreme REVEAL ANSWER
Answer: The Amazon
Supreme female=amazon. Amazon.com=online bookshop. Deep in the (Amazon) jungle.
Could this deep depression be the last resting place of Quentin Crisp? REVEAL ANSWER
Answer: Valley of the Queens
Deep depression=valley. Quentin Crisp - gay man made famous by drama (The Naked Civil Servant) and 'queen' (effeminate and OTT homosexual). Valley of the Queens used to bury Egyptian royalty.
Did Elizabeth sew Richard's toga with this? REVEAL ANSWER
Answer: Cleopatra's Needle
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton stars of Anthony and Cleopatra
It sounds like this creature was involved in the rise and fall of a communist state REVEAL ANSWER
Answer: Kremlin
Gremlin - destructive creature sounds like Kremlin.
Answer: Sargasso Sea
Anguilla anguilla=latin term for an eel. Eels return to the Sargasso Sea to breed. The elvers then make the journey back to the rivers.
Answer: Forbidden City
No go area=forbidden. Metropolis=city
No entry ahead for a big knotty problem REVEAL ANSWER
Answer: Great Barrier Reef
No entry=possible barrier. Knotty problem ie. reef knot
This French belle rises above the huddled masses REVEAL ANSWER
Answer: Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty created by French sculptor and given as gift to US by France. Plaque at the base of the statue refers to 'huddled masses'
A complicated dance? Did Yeltsin master it? REVEAL ANSWER
Answer: Russian Steppes
Dances have steps. Yeltsin was Russian President.
Had Whittington seen this would he still have turned? REVEAL ANSWER
Answer: The London Eye Dick Whittington - legendary Mayor of London turned back when he heard Bow Bells. The London Eye turns. Would Whittington have had a ride?
This place sounds like the perfect resort for the escapologist on the little blue pills REVEAL ANSWER
Answer: Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls - popular honeymoon resort. Houdini performed here. Viagra sounds like Niagara and might be needed on Honeymoon!
Could one of the Geordie marchers have committed homicide here? REVEAL ANSWER
Answer: Kilimanjaro
Homicide=Kill. One of the Geordie marchers - a man from Jarrow ie Kill man Jarrow
It's a gamble whether this Roman will be crowned here? REVEAL ANSWER
Answer: Caesar's Palace (Las Vegas)
Gambling resort of Las Vegas - one of the casinos known as Caesar's Palace
The beginning and the end for Michael Palin REVEAL ANSWER
Answer: The Poles (North and South)
Reference to Michael Palin's travelogue From Pole to Pole
Do these bells ring to commemorate a heinous crime? REVEAL ANSWER
Answer: Canterbury Cathedral
Murder of Thomas à Becket at Canterbury Cathedral
Sounds like I took a tumble from a vantage point REVEAL ANSWER
Answer: Eiffel Tower
I fell (from a) tower
It joins 'Middle Earth' to the Mare Rubrum REVEAL ANSWER
Answer: Suez Canal
Middle Earth=Mediterranean sea (actually 'between the lands'). Mare Rubrum=Red Sea. Joined by the Suez Canal.
It may be extinct but is still full of life REVEAL ANSWER
Answer: Ngoro Ngoro Crater
Extinct volcano in Tanzania used as wildlife reserve.
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