The 2005 Trail organised by Rotherham NWR and Aston NWR

1. Twist of lemon starring in walk-on role in 1969 REVEAL ANSWER

   Answer: Neil Armstrong
   Anagram (twist) of lemon starring, reference to moon-walk.

2. Marlow narrates this 1902 Conrad tale REVEAL ANSWER

   Answer: Heart of Darkness
   Novella by Joseph Conrad

3. Nidd's petrifying soothsayer REVEAL ANSWER

   Answer: Mother Shipton
   Mother Shipton's cave is a well known visitor attraction at Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, on the River Nidd. She was reputed to be a soothsayer, and people still hang objects, such as babies' shoes, in the cave, to be petrified by the limestone in the water

4. A left-handed bowler's off-break to a right-handed batsman. REVEAL ANSWER

   Answer: Chinaman

5. Did Rattigan write this, or did Robert and Elizabeth have a hand in it? REVEAL ANSWER

   Answer: The Browning version
   A play by Terence Rattigan. Reference to Robert and Elizabeth points you to the (Barrett)Brownings.

6. When marching, get one over on the officer who sounds like a bit of a nut. REVEAL ANSWER

   Answer: Colonel Bogey (March)
   Sounds like kernel (nut). Bogey is one over par in golf.

7. Man, mile, sixpence, stile, so where's the spire. REVEAL ANSWER

   Answer: Chesterfield
   Famous for its crooked spire. The nursery rhyme words lead you there.

8. Guardian's week can be reformed with cheer, for this tall, flaxen-haired Shakespearian character. REVEAL ANSWER

   Answer: Sir Andrew Aguecheek
   Character from Twelfth Night. An anagram of Guardian's week cheer. "It (his hair)..hangs like flax on a distaff." Act 1 Scene 3

9. The home of Fiery Fred and the Rhinos REVEAL ANSWER

   Answer: Headingley
   Fiery Fred Trueman was a Yorkshire fast bowler. The Leeds Rhinos are a Rugby League team. Both have their home ground at Headingley.

10. He didn't know if George would stand for what he wrote, but he was prepared for fireworks. REVEAL ANSWER

    Answer: Handel
    The tradition of standing for the Hallelujah chorus began when George II did it. Handel was commissioned to write Music for the Royal Fireworks.

11. We rated her, Kate and Judi portrayed her, and the mogul followed the flag. REVEAL ANSWER

    Answer: Iris Murdoch NWR put her in top 5 20th century women writers. Kate Winslet and Judi Dench played her in the film Iris. Flag is another name for the iris and the mogul is (Rupert) Murdoch.

12. X marks the spot where this parasite may be hung seasonally. REVEAL ANSWER

    Answer: Mistletoe
    X=kiss

13. Where the brave but sedentary bovine fell. REVEAL ANSWER

    Answer: Wounded Knee
    Sedentary = sitting, bovine = bull. A few people queried this answer. We can only say that we checked it with several sources. Your sources may differ.

14. Was this revered sporting institution founded at the start of the 13th century, as its shorter name suggests? REVEAL ANSWER

    Answer: Marylebone Cricket Club
    MCC is the Roman numeral for 1200

15. Advanced radio-frequency technology for a depressed molar? REVEAL ANSWER

    Answer: Bluetooth

16. Sounds as if pachyderms cross the Lake District here. REVEAL ANSWER

    Answer: Wrynose Pass
    Rhinos are pachyderms

17. Not Les Dawson's favourite plant! REVEAL ANSWER

    Answer: Mother-in-law's tongue
    Les Dawson was well-known for mother-in-law jokes.

18. Nickname of the Tupelo boy. REVEAL ANSWER

    Answer: Elvis the Pelvis
    He was born in Tupelo

19. This offshore baby has three legs but no tail perhaps. REVEAL ANSWER

    Answer: Calf of Man
    Small island off Isle of Man, three-legged symbol,manx cat.

20. At the cutting edge of surgery REVEAL ANSWER

    Answer: Scalpel

21. Aka Adrian IV REVEAL ANSWER

    Answer: Nicholas Breakspear
    The only English pope, 1154-59

22. Sounds like an amorous game for stockbrokers to play. REVEAL ANSWER

    Answer: Footsie
    FTSE

23. R.W. Blackadder pops upon the beach. REVEAL ANSWER

    Answer: Bladderwrack
    Anagram