Likely the best known sword in literature and tradition, Excalibur (also known as Caliburn) was owned by King Arthur of Camelot. There are two versions of how he acquired it: in one he was the only person who could withdraw it from a stone; in the other it was given to him by the Lady of the Lake.
2. Shannara
Answer: 'Sting' the sword
"The Sword of Shannara" was an object as well as the name of a 1977 novel by Terry Brooks. Finding and wielding the sword was necessary to prevent the Warlock Lord from taking over the world. It started Brooks on a series of Shannara books that finally ended in 2020.
3. Gryffindor
Answer: 'Sting' the sword
The Sword of Gryffindor appears in the "Harry Potter" books and movies. It was made 1,000 years ago by Goblins and was enchanted. It came into the possession of Godric Gryffindor, one of the founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It was used by Potter and Neville Longbottom in the war against the evil Lord Voldemort.
4. Sorrow
Answer: 'Sting' the sword
Fantasy author Tad Williams published the "Memory, Sorrow and Thorn" trilogy from 1988 to 1993. The books "The Dragonbone Chair", "Stone of Farewell" and "To Green Angel Tower" take place in a medieval setting as a humble kitchen servant becomes the hope of the people of the continent of Osten Ard to defeat the evil Pyrates. Three magical swords, of which Sorrow is one, must be found and used in concert to defeat him.
5. Bass
Answer: Gordon Sumner
Gordon Sumner, known professionally as "Sting" was bass player and lead singer for the Police from 1977 to 1986.
6. Red Light
Answer: Gordon Sumner
"Roxanne" was a song written for the Police band by Gordon Sumner after he saw prostitutes near the band's hotel while playing in Paris, France in 1977. One of the lyrics from the song is "You don't have to put on the red light". Red lights have been a symbol for brothels for decades.
7. Blue Turtles
Answer: Gordon Sumner
"The Dream of the Blue Turtles" was Sting's first solo album, in 1985, the year before the Police broke up. It reached number two on the U.S. Billboard 200 album chart and number three on the UK Albums Chart.
8. Synchronicity
Answer: Gordon Sumner
"Synchronicity", recorded in 1982 and '83 was the fifth and final album by the Police. Sting wrote nine of the 11 songs. The title and much of the material for the songs was from the book "The Roots of Coincidence" by Arthur Koestler (1972). It was a number one album on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart and the UK albums Chart.
9. Grifters
Answer: The Sting
"The Sting" was a 1973 movie starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. It was about two con men (grifters) in the 1930s who wanted to fool a mob boss into losing a large sum of money - and not get themselves killed!
10. Horses
Answer: The Sting
In "The Sting" horse-betting was the big game and the grifters planned to fool a big bettor into losing half a million dollars.
11. FBI
Answer: The Sting
As the climax of "The Sting" was approaching, a group posing as FBI agents raided a betting parlor and gunfire erupted.
12. Doyle
Answer: The Sting
Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw) was the mob boss in the movie who was conned into making a $500,000 bet on a horse race. Whether the con was successful or not plays out in the finale of the movie.
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