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Ghost - full deck Flashcards

1
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Book quoted from at the start of each chapter

A

Ghostwriting - Andrew Crofts

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“I am not I; thou are not he or she; they are not they”

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Evelyn Waugh - Brideshead Revisited

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3
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Previous ghostwriter, now dead

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Mike James McAra

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4
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Where does the Martha’s Vineyard ferry travel between

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Woods Hole and Vineyard Haven

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5
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How long does the crossing usually take

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45 minutes

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6
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Car McAra was driving

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tan coloured Ford Escape

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7
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Ferry run by …

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Massachusetts Steamship Authority

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8
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Ford Escape belongs to

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Martin S Rhinehart

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9
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Stretch of water the ferry plies

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Vineyard Sound and Nantucket Sound

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10
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Where was McAra’s body found?

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Lambert’s Cove

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11
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Where was McAra from?

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Balham

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12
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Who identifies McAra’s body

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Adam Lang, former PM

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13
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Agent’s name

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Rick Riccardelli

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14
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Tournament at Rick’s club

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Backgammon

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15
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Book just finished

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Autobiography of a footballer

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16
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Name of former PM

A

Adam Peter Bennet Lang

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17
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How much has Lang been paid for his memoirs

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$10m - two years, War on Terror

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18
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Head of Rhinehart’s publishing company

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John Maddox

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19
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Lang’s lawyer

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Sidney Kroll

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20
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Rick’s commission

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15%

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21
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Lang’s role in school Shakespeare

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Lady Macbeth

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22
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Where is the bomb at the start of The Ghost

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Oxford Circus

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23
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Where does The Ghost live?

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Notting Hill/North Kensington

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24
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Ghost’s “girlfriend”

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Kate

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25
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Lang’s hotel in NYC

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Waldorf Astoria

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26
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How much is Lang paid for lecturing

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$100k

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27
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Death toll from Oxford Circus bomb

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Eight

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28
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Where is Rhinehart Publishing UK based?

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Hounslow

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29
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Terrorism alert

A

Orange/High

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30
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Ghost’s editor

A

Roy Quigley

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31
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“What sells a book is …”

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heart

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32
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How long does The Ghost have to edit McAra’s manuscript?

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One month - publish in June (it’s now middle of January)

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33
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What is the Ghost mugged for?

A

Senator’s manuscript - One Out Of Many

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34
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Kroll’s firm

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Brinkerhof Lombardi Kroll, Attorneys, M Street, Washington DC

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35
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Fee for The Ghost

A

$250,000 + $50,000 bonus

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36
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Flight to Boston

A

American Airlines 109

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37
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Lang’s performance as a chicken …

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Cambridge Footlights, 1972

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38
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Airport at Boston

A

Logan

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39
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Lang’s PA

A

Amelia Bly

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40
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Lighthouse in Vineyard Sound

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West Chop

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41
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Martha’s Vineyard population

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100,000 summer, 15,000 winter

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42
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Main town on Martha’s Vineyard

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Edgartown

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43
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Church in Edgartown

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Old Whaling

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44
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Hotel in Edgartown

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Lighthouse View

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45
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Operation Tempest

A

Four Brits, seized in Peshawar. One (Ashraf) died under interrogation

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46
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Where did Edward Kennedy’s career go wrong?

A

Chappaquiddick

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47
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Rhinehart’s house is near …

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West Tisbury

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48
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Holiday home designed by …

A

Albert Speer (joke)

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49
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First Mrs Rhinehart

A

On the board of MOMA

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50
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Second Mrs Rhinehart

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Bollywood actress

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51
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Lang’s wife

A

Ruth

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52
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Lang’s staff

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Alice and Lucy, secretaries. Jeff, driver

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53
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Amelia on secondment …

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Cabinet Office

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54
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Vietnemese housekeepers

A

Dep and Duc - Duc is the man

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55
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Test for a novel or film …

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Seaplane test

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56
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Ex-foreign secretary

A

Richard Rycart

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57
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Rock star Lang’s stayed with on Mustique

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Christy Costello

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58
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What does Ruth liken to being stuck on MV

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Napoleon on St Helena

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59
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Amoured car

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Jaguar

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60
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Jet owned by …

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Hallington

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61
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Type of jet

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Gulfstream Four

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62
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Where are the Lang papers kept?

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Cambridge

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63
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McAra likened to …

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Party hack turned Stakhanovite of the archive

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64
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Song of Costello’s Lang sings

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Once In A Lifetime, 1977

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65
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Ghost’s equipment

A

Sony Minidisc WalkmanPanasonic ToughbookMoleskine notebooksJetstream rollerball pens - Mitsubishi

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66
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Where was Lang living in London when he met Ruth?

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Lambeth

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67
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Where was Lang brought up?

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Leicester

68
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Lang’s parents

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Father a builder, mother a teacher

69
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Lang’s father’s car

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Austin Atlantic

70
Q

Lang’s first memory

A

Running away from home, aged five

71
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Lang’s mother’s book

A

A Thing Of Beauty

72
Q

Title role at 17

A

Marlowe’s Dr Faustus

73
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Review of Dr Faustus

A

Leicester Mercury, December 1971

74
Q

How old was Lang when his father died

A

16

75
Q

How dd Lang’s parents die?

A

Father - heart attack (paving slab) Mother - cancer

76
Q

What did Lang study at Cambridge

A

Economics

77
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What sport did Lang play at Cambridge

A

Football

78
Q

Editorial in Times when Lang steps down

A

Kindly Leave The Stage

79
Q

Which court is investigating Lang for Operation Tempest

A

ICC, The Hague

80
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Rycart’s current post

A

UN Special Envoy on Human Rights

81
Q

Special Branch officer protecting Ruth

A

Barry

82
Q

Word Lang adds to press release

A

Domestic

83
Q

Front page story on Lang

A

New York Times

84
Q

Where does Rick go on a fishing trip?

A

Bouma National Heritage Rainforest Park, Fiji

85
Q

Kroll’s paralegals

A

Encarncion and Josh

86
Q

Articles Lang might be charged under

A

7 - crimes against humanity8 - war crimes

87
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Other articles

A

25 - facilitating58 - warrants59 - arrest86 - co-operate fully

88
Q

Countries Lang could go to

A

USA, China, North Korea, Indonesia, Israel

89
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Chief Prosecutor at ICC

A

Spanish

90
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How many bedrooms in the MV house

A

Six

91
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Director of the Adam Lang Archive Centre in Cambridge

A

Dr Julia Crawford-Jones

92
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Dates for Lambeth

A

Local elections - 1977Lang’s party membership card - 1975Ruth’s arrival - 1976

93
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Postgrad student in photograph

A

Paul Emmett - St Johns

94
Q

Whose phone number on the photo

A

Rycart’s

95
Q

Where does the Ghost hide the photos?

A

Under the mattress

96
Q

Man near Lambert’s Cove worked at …

A

World Bank

97
Q

Widow who saw lights in Lambert’s Cove

A

Annabeth Wurmbrand

98
Q

“Kay’s big old place”

A

Bill and Hillary, Lady Di

99
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Martha’s Vineyard reminds Ruth of …

A

Cornwall

100
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Barry’s reading

A

Harry Potter

101
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Ruth’s education

A

First at OxfordFulbright scholar

102
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Where was Adam and Ruth’s wedding?

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Marylebone Registry OfficeAndy Martin - Best man

103
Q

Honeymood

A

Ruth’s parents’ cottage, Hay on Wye

104
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Election around the time Adam and Ruth were married

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Thatcher - 1979

105
Q

Ruth’s reading

A

New York Review of Books

106
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Rhinehart’s Vinery

A

Napa Valley

107
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First rule of politics

A

Never lose touch with your base

108
Q

Demonstrator’s vehicle

A

VW campervan

109
Q

Where does the Ford Escape take The Ghost to?

A

Paul Emmett’s house in Belmont

110
Q

Fare for the ferry

A

$50

111
Q

Another lighthouse

A

Nobska Point

112
Q

Route to Emmett

A

I-96, Concord Turnpike

113
Q

Paul Emmett’s house number

A

3551

114
Q

Security firm at Emmett’s

A

Cyclops

115
Q

Paul Emmett’s wife

A

Nancy Cline - defence analyst, Houston, Texas

116
Q

Paul Emmett’s President Emeritus of …

A

Arcadia Institution

117
Q

Paul Emmett’s tie

A

Bright red, with pheasants

118
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Dramat

A

The Yale Dramatic Association - Paul Emmett

119
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Paul Emmett’s photos

A

The Wall of Ego

120
Q

Arcadia reception attended by Lang

A

Claridges

121
Q

Where was Emmett on the 11th and 12th of January?

A

Colorado - Aspen Institute

122
Q

Photo of Roosevelt and Churchill

A

Placentia Bay, Newfoundland

123
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Professor Emmett’s posts

A

Harvard (Ruth), Howard T Polk III Professor of Foreign relations

124
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Emmett’s hobbies

A

Squash, Golf, Gilbert and Sullivan

125
Q

Hallington’s CEO

A

Arthur Prussia

126
Q

Airbase in Poland

A

Stare Kiejkuty

127
Q

Torture method used on suspects

A

Waterboarding

128
Q

What agency is Emmett supposed to be a member of

A

CIA

129
Q

CIA whistleblower

A

Frank Molinari

130
Q

Paper being read by man on plane to NYC

A

FT

131
Q

Where does the plane land in NYC

A

La Guardia

132
Q

What is on the board of the man waiting at La Guardia

A

Mike McAra

133
Q

Where is the hotel The Ghost is taken to

A

Grand Central Parkway

134
Q

Pseudonym used by Ghost at hotel

A

Clive Dixon

135
Q

Room rate in NYC

A

$275

136
Q

Fake address

A

Kate’s house numberRick’s club street

137
Q

Rycart’s ex-NYPD sidekick

A

Frank

138
Q

How long did Rycart with with Lang?

A

15 years

139
Q

Rycart’s weakness

A

Vanity

140
Q

Who gave Rycart the incriminating memo about Operation Tempest

A

Mike McAra

141
Q

McAra’s nickname

A

McHorror

142
Q

Where did McAra say the key to Lang could be found

A

All there in the beginning

143
Q

The Member for Michigan

A

Reginald Giffen - gave up his seat for Lang

144
Q

“he didn’t have an ideology …”

A

“… he had an agenda”

145
Q

Where does Amelia ask the Ghost to meet them

A

Waldorf Astoria

146
Q

What excuse does The Ghost give for being in NYC?

A

Seeing John Maddox

147
Q

Who is having a conference at the hotel?

A

“Church of Latter Day Online Traders”

148
Q

What is Lang drinking on the plane?

A

Brandy

149
Q

How much is a Gulfstream four?

A

$40m

150
Q

How many planes does Hallington have?

A

Five

151
Q

Who carried out Operation Tempest?

A

SAS

152
Q

FBI agent who questions The Ghost

A

Special Agent Murphy

153
Q

Lang’s assassin

A

George Arthur Boxer

154
Q

Boxer’s son killed in

A

Iraq

155
Q

Boxer’s wife killed in

A

London suicide bombing

156
Q

Boxer’s cottage

A

Oak’s Bluff

157
Q

“Who scorns his own life is lord of yours”

A

Seneca

158
Q

Lang’s funeral

A

Westminster Abbey

159
Q

Ruth Lang’s title

A

Baroness Lang of Calderthorpe

160
Q

Final line of memoirs

A

Ruth and I look forward to the future, whatever it may hold

161
Q

McAra’s grave

A

Streatham cemetary

162
Q

Flowers on McAra’s grave

A

Amelia

163
Q

Who invites the Ghost to the book launch?

A

Amelia Bly

164
Q

Where does the Ghost meet Amelia

A

End of Downing St

165
Q

Where is the book launch

A

Banqueting House

166
Q

McAra’s message

A

Lang’s wife Ruth studying in Seventy-Six was recruited as a CIA agent in America by Professor Paul Emmett of Harvard University

167
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How is Rycart killed

A

Car accident, NYC

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