Are we likely to have heard the town’s name spoken aloud?
Is the town Welsh?
Is the Town’s name synonymous with any thing or idea?
Is the honor given annually?
I think I know, but I don’t want to spoil it for other people, so I’m going to ask a confirmation question about a fact that hopefully doesn’t give anything away:
Is the town located on an island that starts with R?
I was afraid this would be too easy, and it looks like I may have been right. No hints this time!
Is it Ytterby?
Yes, and solved. Four different elements are named after Ytterby, all of which (and more) were discovered in a local mine.
Someone else want to do the next one?
A murderer facing the death penalty made a plea for clemency. The judges rejected the plea in the name of Allah. None of the participants were Muslims. What’s going on there?
(Some people may know this right away. If so, please allow it to run for a while and don’t give it away.
Were they speaking Arabic or related language?
Does Allah here refer to the god of Islam and not something else that sounds or is spelled the same?
Was the plea made on religious grounds?
Was it rejected on religious grounds?
Is the location relevant?
Is the specific crime relevant?
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Did this happen in real life and not fiction?
Were they only mostly not speaking Arabic or related language because they said the word Allah?
Does this have to do with the use of a Koran in some way?
Did the murder make the plea or a previous plea on a Koran?
Did the judges have the option to reject the plea not in the name of Allah?
Grammatical ambiguity:
Was the plea in the name of Allah?
Was the rejection in the name of Allah?
Was the victim of the crime Muslim?
Was “Allah” the name of anybody involved in the case?
Would it be useful to know the country where this happened?
Would it be useful to know the time period?
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Was the invocation to Allah relevant to the case?
Was the invocation to Allah made with less than serious intent?
Did the murderer convert to Islam?
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