You know, actually I'm not sure. I wonder if the name applies to a group of islands. In any case (this is an obvious hint), what I had in mind is a very big island.

I don't really want to spend too much time researching this clue. It wasn't meant as a tricky clue.

OK, I've been staring at my European map for a while. here's my guess:
Greenland (9 letters only)
Denmark (7 letters)

Yes, of course.

That wasn't so hard, was it?

I'm confused though as to whether the name "Greenland" applies to one island or to an archipelago. I've seen links saying that it's the largest non-continental island (so, excluding Australia) and also links that imply that there's an archipelago.

Anyway, it's your clue.

Oops -- sorry I miscounted.
:-)

Well, it WAS hard. In your clue you said the island has 10 letters, but in fact Greenland has only 9...

So afterall, it WAS a tricky clue... :)

Ha. Well, it certainly wasn't intentional. You guys should have called me on the error right away.

I probably won't be staying around for your clue though. I'll check in tomorrow.

An easy one (and hopefully I count right):
This country does not have its own currency (but uses its neighboring country's currency), nor its own language (speaks its neighboring countries language). However, it does have its own stamps.

13 letters, "n" in 8th position, taken from Greenland.

My money is on Liechtenstein.

That's right. I didn't realize Liechtenstein uses Swiss Francs.

I didn't either. Since you said it was easy, I didn't bother confirming any of the facts -- but I did use Google to make sure my spelling was correct. :-)

I'll give a clue before I go.

This shouldn't be a difficult clue if you're trivia buff (somehow I read about this somewhere and I don't even know how or why):

Clue: The guards in this place (7 letters) wear uniforms that were supposedly designed by (person, 12 letters, 5th = "e").

Just continue without me, if you get the clue. Or if not, DT can give a new one. If you need a hint, I was reminded of this by something yk said with regards to her last clue.

Vatican & Michelangelo?

Yes.

So it was easy. :-)

I don't want to stay for the next clue. I'd better go NOW. :-)

This violin is named after one of its previous owner. It is made by one of the most famous violin maker, and is now owned by one of the most famous violinist of our time.

Violin name: 4
Maker: 10 ("i" is 6th position)
Violinist: 6,7

I'll give it a shot....

Hill
Stradivari
Yehudi Menuhin

Not quite. Stradivari is correct but the other 2 are incorrect.
Menuhin did own the violin I have in mind, but he sold it to someone else.

It's called the "Soil" violin and is owned by Itzhak Perlman.

http://www.violinist.com/discussion/...se.cfm?ID=4344

Interesting that Menuhin had the violin.

My first guess was Jascha Heifetz. I wonder what happened to his violin?

By the way, the "Soil" violin has an estimated market value of 6 million.

http://web.mit.edu/naturalmaterials/violincraftsmen.htm

Perlman bought it for 1.25 million:

http://www.stradivarisociety.com/InvestInInstrument.htm

See this for Heifetz's violin:

http://www.nmf.or.jp/english/instrum...struments.html

Not sure if this is the real thing though.

Here's another one of Heifetz's violins (a Guarneri):

http://www.sfsymphony.org/templates/...5&roleid=1

That's right, 111op. Your turn (or DT)

Allegedly, this famous person (subsequently assassinated -- note: this is a hint) said this when he crossed a river.

Famous person: 2 words (6, 4th = i, 6, 2nd = a)
River: 7 letters
What he said: 4, 5, 3

What he said has since been translated into an English sentence that we also use all the time.

Actually I've found a slight variation in the spelling of what he said. Since I don't have a dictionary with me right now, I can't verify the correct spelling, but the slight potential change is a vowel difference.