Alphabet associations - I

[rubbernecker]

I'm thinking of writing a play myself: Waiting for Ofcachap

[Don Petter]

You might even get to your second novel?

[Simon]

I'll have a go at setting a 'V' question that is neither too cryptic nor too simple.

That's after finding the Holy Grail and understanding gravity, both of which are likely to be a sight easier

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The only thing I can come up with that has anything to do with music is "Offenbach", which is indeed a German municipality. No "V" connection that I can find, however...

[Norfolk Born]

Sorry, I've been watching 'Great British Railway Journeys'. The second 'V' features in, but is the not the actual name of, a well-known opera. The author of the 2nd novel later wrote a series of novels, the overall title for which came from a famous painting by a French artist.

[Tapiola]

Venusberg?

[Norfolk Born]

Excellent - would you like to explain, and I'll return after 'Coronation Street'.

[Simon]

Yes, well done Tapiola - and please do, cos' I've never heard the word before, as far as I know. :(

[Tapiola]

It was an inspired and lucky one for me. What gave me a clue was OFCACHAP's clue about the 2nd novel of an author who went on to write a series of novels. The only series that sprang to mind was Anthony Powell's "Dance to the Music of Time". I subsequently discovered that his 2nd novel was called "Venusberg". The rest then followed (Wagner's Tannhauser contains said location (a place where naughtiness is rife)) and the German municipality then sort of fell into place.

I must congratulate OFCACHAP on a great conundrum - simple yet devious. I hope to emulate this in future.

[Don Petter]

I suspect you're emulating very soon. (When Coronation Street finishes. We're all slaves to the soaps now, it seems. )

[Don Petter]

Yes, well done Tapiola - and please do, cos' I've never heard the word before, as far as I know. :(

Don't worry - It's Wagner. You're better off as you are.

[Norfolk Born]

(When Coronation Street finishes. We're all slaves to the soaps now, it seems. )

Peter Barlow's started drinking again....
Tapiola's explanation is correct in all particulars. One of the problems I encounter when setting questions is how to provide enough information and/or clues without becoming verbose.
We now take you to the northern forests for 'W'!

[Tapiola]

Peter Barlow is a legend (I gave up on the soaps a couple of years ago. I feel great, notwithstanding!).

Feeling slightly guilty for the torturous meanderings of "u", hopefully, a relatively straightforward one.

Teutonically speaking, what "W" connects the number 9, death, and a woman called Amalie?

[Norfolk Born]

[QUOTE=Tapiola;25253]Peter Barlow is a legend (I gave up on the soaps a couple of years ago. I feel great, notwithstanding!).

[Don Petter]

Peter Barlow's started drinking again....

Ena and Martha surely won't approve of that!

[Tapiola]

Does anyone remember the other wife of the bigamous Peter Barlow?