Words

To do with words


1. What does the “Q” stand for in Qantas?

QUEENSLAND

2. What does a costermonger sell?

3. How many times does the letter “P” occur in the first line of the tongue twister “Peter Piper”?
9

4. How is the Chinese Gooseberry better known?

KIWI FRUIT

5. Only three words in the English language end with the letters “CEED”. Exceed is one. For 1⁄2 point each please name the other two?

PROCEED & SUCCEED


6. Please spell the word prerogative?
PREROGATIVE

7. How is the speed of sound more usually referred to in technical circles?

MACH 1

8. The name of which South American country derives its name for the Italian for “Little Venice”?
VENEZUELA

9. If you were a “chalkie” in Australia what would be your profession?

TEACHER

10. Please spell Pharaoh as in the rulers of Ancient Egypt?

PHARAOH

11. In the phonetic alphabet which word is used to represent the letter “I”?
INDIA