1. Ambrose Gussett (B) is prepared to take extreme measures in order to win Evangeline Tewkesbury (A) ("Up From the Depths", from Nothing Serious).

2. Soapy Molloy (C) is thinking hard thoughts of Lester Carmody (D) (Money for Nothing, ch. 10).

3. Jimmy Phipps (E) is interrupted in his apology by Smedley Cork (F) (The Old Reliable, ch. 14).

4. Lord Ickenham (G) tries to calm down his nephew Pongo Twistleton (H) (Uncle Dynamite, ch. 9).

Round 362 - 14 July 2008

1. The Rev. Harold "Stinker" Pinker (A) tries to persuade Bertie Wooster (C) to visit Totleigh Towers, the lair of Sir Watkyn Bassett (B) and his daugher Madeline (D) [Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, ch. 3].

2. Psmith (E) explains to his friend Mike Jackson that, unlike his uncle, he wants nothing to do with the fish business [Leave it to Psmith, ch. 2].

3. Lottie Blossom (G) has taken the high road, Ambrose Tennyson (F) the low road [The Luck of the Bodkins, ch. 19].

4. Bingo Little (I) is separated from a five-pound note, handed to him by Mr Purkiss (H). The roles of J and K are played by Algernon Aubrey and Mrs Rosie Little ["Leave it to Algy", from A Few Quick Ones].

5. After the defection of Basher Evans (O), Horace Appleby (L) is forced to re-engage Charlie Yost (N). The port belongs to Sir Hugo Bond [Do Butlers Burgle Banks?, ch. 8].

Round 363 - 21 July 2008

1. Psmith (B), sent out by Lord Emsworth (A) to investigate, explains away the flower-pot-throwing tendencies of the Efficient Baxter (C) [Leave it to Psmith, ch. 11].

2. Bertie Wooster (G) is the sandwich-jerker, as observed by Sir Roderick Glossop (D), Adela Cream (E) and Bobbie Wickham (F) [Jeeves in the Offing, ch. 5].

3. Gally Threepwood is reminiscing about the turkey-swinging activities of Stiffy Halliday, the victim being the Duke of Dunstable (H) [A Pelican at Blandings, ch. 11].

4. The sitting high-jump is performed by an anonymous female passenger sharing a train compartment with George Mulliner (J) ["The Truth About George", from Meet Mr Mulliner].

Round 364 - 30 July 2008

1. Lord Ickenham (A), uncle to Pongo Twisleton (B), tries to cheer up Lord Emsworth (C) [Service with a Smile, ch. 10].

2. Bertie Wooster informs Jeeves (D) that Lord Worplesdon (E) is planning a spot of unpleasantness for Boko Fittleworth (F) [Joy in the Morning, ch. 28].

3. Kay Shannon (G), admired by Joe Davenport (I), is interrupting a discussion about China between Bill Shannon (H) and Phipps (J) [The Old Reliable, ch. 5].

4. Freddie Widgeon has unfortunately saved the life of Jas. Waterbury (K) ["Oofy, Freddie, and the Beef Trust", from A Few Quick Ones].

Extra credit: Lord Dawlish [Uneasy Money, ch. 18].

Round 365 - 11 August 2008

1. A is Francis (Bicky) Bickersteth in "Jeeves and the Hard-Boiled Egg".

2. B is Mrs Adams, C her husband Adams and D is Lord Emsworth in Chapter 3 of Something Fresh.

3. E is Mr Clutterbuck, F is Oswald Stoker, G is Mrs Gudgeon’s major-domo, Staniforth, in "The Right Approach".

4. H is Sovietski, I is Raymond Parsloe Devine, J is Adeline Smethurst, K is Cuthbert (Cootaboot) Banks in "The Clicking of Cuthbert".

5. L is Gladstone Bott, M is Bradbury Fisher, in "High Stakes".

6. Mabel Potter's cuckoo was criticised in "The Nodder". N is Mr Murgatroyd.

Bonus point: In Right Ho, Jeeves Chapter 21 Aunt Dahlia is fed up with Bertie and Jeeves’s imitation of The Two Macs. And it sounds as if they may have been eating Purvis’s Liquid Dinner Glue from the Mulliner story "Came the Dawn".

Round 366 - 18 August 2008

1. Frederick, Lord Ickenham discusses housemaid squaring with his nephew Pongo Twistleton (A) in Uncle Dynamite, ch. 9.

2. Roberta Wickham (B) is about to introduce Roland Attwater (C) to her Mater in the short story "Something Squishy".

3. Wally Mason (D) emerges victorious from negotiations with Mr Goble (E), K is Mr Pilkington. From Jill the Reckless, ch. 14.

4. The blackened eye is that of Mike Cardinal (G), recommending steak treatment is Augustus Robb (F). From Spring Fever, ch. 17.

5. Fanny Lehman ("Fanita, the World's Greatest Juggler") is H. She and her husband Joe are debating her juggling skills in Chapter 7 of Barmy in Wonderland.

Bonus: Sarah Mills, Prudence Baxter,William Mulliner

Also mentioned as victorious in such contests:

Omar Khayyám in the Olympic Games of 1072 in Baghdad (Jill the Reckless)

The unnamed 'nevvy' in n ch. 4 of "The Manoeuvres of Charteris" in Tales of St Austin's

Round 367 - 26 August 2008

PIQ1. The woofle is uttered by Bingo Little (C) in "Jeeves and the Impending Doom".

PIQ2. Harold Pickering advises Sidney McMurdo (D) in "Scratch Man".

PIQ3. E is Bulstrode Mulliner, comforting Genevieve Bootle in "The Castaways".

PIQ4. In "Crowned Heads" Genevieve plans to pair her friend Katie with the Tennessee Bear-Cat.

PIIQ1. Edmund Biffen Christopher of Frozen Assets [UK]/Biffens Millions [US] looks like a dachshund.

PIIQ2. The Hon. Galahad Threepwood wraps things up in Chapter 11 of Galahad at Blandings.

PIIQ3. Wilhelmina (Bill) Shannon, The Old Reliable.

PIIQ4. In "The Custody of the Pumpkin" Lord Emsworth points toward flowers in Kensington Gardens.

PIIQ5. Albert Peasemarch sings like a Siberian wolfhound (mentioned in Cocktail Time, Chapter 9).

Bonus point: Bingo's Uncle Mortimer Little ("Jeeves in the Springtime") and Bertie's Aunt Dahlia Travers (Chapter 12 of Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit [UK]/Bertie Wooster Sees it Through [US]).

Round 368 - 5 September 2008

1. The speakers are the Duke of Dunstable, Lord Emsworth (A), and Lady Constance (B) in Service with a Smile, Chapter 1.

2. Bingo (C) is happy to be sent to Monte Carlo in "All's Well with Bingo".

3. In "Came the Dawn" E is Lancelot Mulliner, F is Lord Biddlecombe, G is Fotheringay.

4. Ada Cootes (H) comes to the rescue of Horace Appleby in Chapter Two of Do Butler's Burgle Banks?

5. Lord Tidmouth returns the umbrella in Act I, Scene I of the play "Good Morning, Bill".

Bonus point: PG Wodehouse, the man himself, in a hotel tournament in Aiken, South Carolina (as reported in the author's preface to The Golf Omnibus).

Round 369 - 12 September 2008

1. J Washburn Stoker reminds Bertie of a pirate of the Spanish Main. (Thank You, Jeeves, Chapter 21)

2. Sir Jaklyn Warner feels like a pirate on receipt of the black spot. (Bachelors Anonymous, Chapter 21)

3. The S.S. Atlantic (or, in the US edition, H.M.S. Atlantic) has escaped the attention of pirates on its voyage. ("Life with Freddie", Plum Pie. A similar passage occurs in Chapter 21 of The Luck of the Bodkins, UK edition, involving the R.M.S. Atlantic.)

4. C is William Mulliner; D is Desmond Franklyn. ("The Story of William", Meet Mr Mulliner)

5. F is Sir Raymond Bastable, who has been musing on where Lord Ickenham might have concealed the letter that would expose him as the author of the obscene, shocking, impure, corrupt, shameless, graceless and depraved novel Cocktail Time. (Cocktail Time, Chapter 17)

Bonus point: Jeeves advised Gussie Fink-Nottle to go a dance dressed as a Pirate Chief, but the latter objected to the boots, so instead he went as Mephistopheles. (Right Ho, Jeeves, US title Brinkley Manor, Chapter 2)

Round 370 - 22 September 2008

1. Sir George Pyke and Percy Pilbeam have been sent by Mr Slingsby to "an evil-smelling bird-and-snake shop". (Bill the Conqueror, Chapter 10)

2. The speakers are Ambrose Mulliner, Dwight Messmore, and Ko-ko the parrot. ("Up from the Depths", Nothing Serious)

3. F is James Corcoran; the speakers are Bowles, James Corcoran and Lady Lakenheath's parrot, Leonard, who is shortly to acquire "one of the finest hang-overs of the age". ("Ukridge Rounds a Nasty Corner", Ukridge, US title He Rather Enjoyed It)

4. Mrs Sigsbee H Waddington gets her comeuppance at the hands (or rather claws) of a parrot. (The Small Bachelor, Chapter 14)

5. Rodney Scollop relates to Bernard Worple the tragic story of a friend who fell under a parrot's influence. ("The Story of Webster", Mulliner Nights)

Bonus point: Sir Aylmer Bostock is the only one not to own a parrot. (Uncle Dynamite, Chapter 6. For Lord Brancaster see Right Ho, Jeeves, Chapters 13 and 16; for Nellie Bryant, Jill the Reckless, Chapter 5; Marion 'Enderson, "The Man Who Disliked Cats"; Col. Pashley-Drake, "A Good Cigar Is a Smoke"; Mr Roddis, "Uncle Fred Flits By"; Seabury, Thank You, Jeeves, Chapter 16; Wilfred Waterson, "Bingo Bans the Bomb". )