1. (A), Bradbury Fisher, one of America's most prominent tainted millionaires, was a little jittery on the morning of an important golf match against business rival J Gladstone Bott as the future employment of his supreme butler Blizzard, (B), depended on the outcome. From the short story "High Stakes", which can be found in the golf story collection The Heart of a Goof.

2. In the short story "Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg", which is collected in Carry On, Jeeves, Bertie Wooster, (D), was trying to convince the Duke of Chiswick that New York had transformed the duke's feckless nephew, dear old Bicky Bickersteth, (C) into a sort of Wizard of Wall Street.

3. The Hon. Clarence Tresillian, (E), received bad financial news from his mother, Lady Runnymede – formerly a Miss Trotter of Chicago – in the short story "The Goal-Keeper and the Plutocrat", which is collected in The Man Upstairs and Other Stories. In the American version of the story, "The Pitcher and the Plutocrat", E's name is Clarence van Puyster.

4. That young go-getter and dog biscuit salesman extraordinaire, Freddie Threepwood, (G), was impressing his cousin, young Prudence Garland, (H), with his sales technique in this conversation from Chapter Two of Full Moon.

Round 212 - 6 December 2004

1. Old Mr Anstruther, (A), took umbrage in no uncertain manner following the receipt of the contents of a large bucket of stable-water discharged in his direction by young Thos., (B), the repulsive son of Bertie Wooster's Aunt Agatha. As a result of his actions Thos. forfeited any chance of winning the old gentleman's Good Conduct Prize in this climactic scene from "The Love that Purifies", which was first collected in Very Good, Jeeves.

2. In the short story "Rodney Has a Relapse", which was first collected in Nothing Serious, first little Timothy Spelvin paid the price for spoiling the chances of (C), his father Rodney, of winning a golf tournament. Later that night Timothy's cousin, little Braid Bates, was put firmly in his place by (D), his mother, Jane.

3. Hollywood starlet April June, incensed when her young co-star Joey Cooley butted in and stole the limelight during an important press interview, said it with shoe leather in Chapter 21 of Laughing Gas, unaware that the soul of her wealthy boy friend Lord Havershot was in possession of Joey's body at the time.

4. Cooley Paradene, (E), had finally run out of patience with the misbehaviour of newly adopted son Horace, (F), and decided to let his whangee do his talking in Chapter 6 of Bill the Conqueror.

5. This was Bob Jackson, the 18-year-old older brother of Mike, fed to the back teeth with his 3-year-old sister Gladys Maud Evangeline, who was celebrating the news that Mike was going to Wrykyn with a solo of her own composition, in six-eight time, as follows: "Mike Wryky Mike Wryky Mike Wryke Wryke Wryke Mike Wryke Wryke Mike Wryke Mike Wryke." And if that doesn't warrant being covered by a green baize cloth I'd like to know what does. The nauseating episode can be found in Chapter One of Mike, sometimes known as Mike at Wrykyn.

Round 213 - 16 December 2004

1. The arbiter of spinach consumption (D) is Orlo Porter, in conversation with Bertie Wooster (B), who has been caught prowling around Eggesford Court (C) while looking for the country retreat of his Aunt Dahlia (A) [Aunts Aren’t Gentlemen, ch. 6].

2. Sacheverell Mulliner (F) is talking like a Dutch uncle to his prospective father-in-law, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Redvers Branksome (E) ["The Voice from the Past", from Mulliner Nights].

3. The alleged spinach-eater is Captain Brabazon-Biggar. G is Bill, Lord Rowcester, H is Sir Roderick Carmoyle, and I is Bill’s sister Monica [Ring for Jeeves, ch. 6].

4. The establishment where spinach and other wholesome dishes are de rigueur is Shipley Hall, the country house rented by diet freak Mrs Cork (K) and infested by Chimp Twist (J) [Money in the Bank, ch. 15].

Round 214 - 24 December 2004

1. Uncle Fred, Lord Ickenham, is spreading sweetness and light by pointing out to Mr James Schoonmaker (B) that, in the case of the latter’s daughter Myra (A) marrying the Rev. Cuthbert "Bill" Bailey instead of the nephew of the Duke of Dunstable (C), he, Mr Schoonmaker, will be spared the costs of a yearly Christmas present for His Grace [Service with a Smile, ch. 12].

2. Bobbie Wickham (E) expresses the opinion that Bertie Wooster (D) must not expect a Christmas present from the Rev. Aubrey Upjohn (F) [Jeeves in the Offing, ch. 4].

3. Dolly Molloy (G) and her husband Soapy (H) are in for a nasty surprise [Money in the Bank, ch. 28].

4. Lord Emsworth (J) is innocently blackmailing George Spenlow (I) into buying wagonloads of richly bound encyclopaedias of Sport ["Birth of a Salesman", from Nothing Serious].

Round 215 - 4 January 2005

1. Bertram W Wooster, the narrator, is bracing himself for an unpleasant interview with Madeline Bassett (A) [The Code of the Woosters, ch. 10].

2. The sinister smile belongs to Adrian Mulliner (B) ["The Smile That Wins", from Mulliner Nights].

3. The male Mona Lisa is Monty Bodkin (D), accosted by the Hon. Galahad Threepwood (C) with the assistance of Ronald Overbury Fish (E) [Heavy Weather, ch. 11].

4. This is Montague Bodkin (G) again, admired by Mr Llewellyn (G) [The Luck of the Bodkins, ch. 18].

Round 216 - 12 January 2005

1. The porker’s name is Percival (B), the proud property of Miss Maitland (C), the headmistress of Prudence Carroway, here in conversation with Freddie Widgeon (A) ["Trouble Down at Tudsleigh", from Young Men in Spats].

2. The valiant bicycle rider is Bertram W Wooster, trying to avoid a pig on his way to Kingham Manor [Right Ho, Jeeves, ch. 22].

3. The rabbit in human form is Mrs Phoebe Wisdom (D), sister of Sir Raymond Bastable (E) [Cocktail Time, ch. 10].

4. The establishment is Pirandello’s restaurant (F), where Bill West (G) and Juddy Corker (H) are awaiting the arrival of Flick Sheridan [Bill the Conqueror, ch. 9].

Round 217 - 20 January 2005

1. Sir Jasper ffinch-ffarowmere is accused of being a ffiend by Wilfred Mulliner. ("A Slice of Life," Meet Mr. Mulliner)

2. Orlo Witherspoon (C) charges Eustace Mulliner (B) with fiendishness for putting the bird William's cage on the window-sill. ("Open House," Mulliner Nights)

3. Walter Judson (D) accuses himself of being a fiend in human s. before the woman he loves, Angela Pirbirght (E). ("Joy Bells for Walter," A Few Quick Ones)

4. This fiend is Reginald, Lord Havershot, or to be exact Joey Cooley in Reggie's body, intent on giving April June a well-deserved poke in the snoot. (Laughing Gas, Chapter 18)

5. The fiend (in Veronica Wedge's active imagination) is Bill Lister, disguised in Fruity Biffen's beard. (Full Moon, Chapter 6)

Round 218 - 28 January 2005

1. Brinkley has set fire to Bertie Wooster's cottage, under the misapprehension that Bertie is the Devil. (All rot, of course. He’s nothing of the sort.) (Thank You, Jeeves, Chapter 13)

2. Percy Stout is the arsonist, as Ukridge relates to Corky. ("Ukridge Starts a Bank Account," Plum Pie)

3. Once again, Bertie's (rented) cottage is on fire. Young blighted Edwin started this fire while tidying up as his Boy Scoutful daily act of kindness, not by rubbing two sticks together but by putting gunpowder in the kitchen chimney, then trying to put out the flames with paraffin. (Joy in the Morning, Chapter 10)

4. Prudence Carroway is the burner of dormitories. C is Freddie Widgeon, and B is the understandably grey-haired Miss Maitland. ("Trouble Down at Tudsleigh," Young Men in Spats)

Extra Credit: Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps, on first seeing Dinty Moore, reverently tosses away his cigar, which lands on her hat. (Barmy in Wonderland, US title Angel Cake, Chapter 4)

Round 219 - 5 February 2005

1. A is Sir Roderick Glossop, in his pre-Swordfish days. ("Sir Roderick Comes to Lunch," The Inimitable Jeeves)

2. C is Comrade Walderwick, whose umbrella Psmith has generously loaned to Eve Halliday. (Leave It to Psmith, Chapter 4)

3. E is Gussie Fink-Nottle (the former Alfred Duff Cooper), who had recently sloshed a policeman with his umbrella upon emerging from his newt-hunting safari in the fountain in Trafalgar Square. (The Mating Season, Chapter 9)

4. G is Jerry Nichols, of Nichols, Nichols, Nichols, and Nichols. (Uneasy Money, Chapter 4)

5. Bertie Wooster had accidentally pinched Sir Watkyn Bassett's umbrella. H is the Dictator and designer of women's underclothing, Roderick Spode. (The Code of the Woosters, Chapter 1)

Extra Credit: J is Ukridge; I is Corky's landlord, Bowles. ("A Tithe for Charity," UK edition of A Few Quick Ones)

Round 220 - 14 February 2005

1. A is Ronnie Fish, proposing to Millicent Threepwood to score off Sue Brown; she accepts to score off Hugo Carmody. (Summer Lightning, US title Fish Preferred, Chapter 12)

2. Edwin Plummer (C) is proposing to Lady Maud (D). George Bevan (B) is the reluctant earwitness. (Damsel in Distress, Chapter 13)

3. This is Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps's proposal to Dinty Moore. (Barmy in Wonderland, US title Angel Cake, Chapter 11)

4. The Hon. Frederick Threepwood (G) is the eloquent proposer, and Aline Peters the recipient. (Something Fresh, US title Something New, Chapter 10)

5. Bill Hollister (H) uses the telephone to propose to Jane Benedick (I). (Something Fishy, US title The Butler Did It, Chapter 13)