Thursday, January 29, 2009

Daily Question 69

All text. Sent in by Aravind

The Knights Hospitaller was a Christian organization that began as an Amalfitan hospital founded in Jerusalem in 1080 to provide care for poor, sick or injured pilgrims to the Holy Land.

Charles V of Spain, as King of Sicily, gave them ___ , Gozo and the North African port of Tripoli in perpetual fiefdom in exchange for an annual fee of a single ________ , which they were to send on All Souls Day to the King's representative, the Viceroy of Sicily. This fact was used Dashiell Hammett as a narrative hook in his hit novel.
Fill in __

Malta and Maltese Falcon

Cracked by Peregrine, Mathew, Vijay Shankar, Chander, Abstract randomness

5 comments:

Pergerine said...

Malta
Falcon
Maltese Falcon

Vijay Shankar said...

Malta, Maltese falcon. Easily googlable.

Abstract Randomness said...

malta and the maltese faction

seanachai said...

The Maltese Falcon and the Knights Templar.

@Vats:Focault's Pendulum :-)

Unknown said...

Answer:
Blank 1:Malta
Blank 2:Maltese Falcon