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1. Which is the most used consonant in written English?
2. What name is given to a triangle where all the angles and sides are
different sizes?
SCALENE
3. Which Latin in common English usage means “elsewhere”?
ALIBI
4. Brimstone is the ancient name for which chemical element?
SULPHUR
5. If your surname is Wainwright what might your ancestors been
involved in the making of? Is it wagons, wheels or timber framed
buildings?
WAGONS
6. Which two dances do you find in the NATO phonetic alphabet?
FOXTROT and TANGO
7. What “H” means, and I quote “The pursuit of or devotion to pleasure,
especially to the pleasure of the senses?
HEDONISM
8. The word CAME is of 1 syllable. Please add one letter to it to make a
3 syllable word?
CAME(O)
9. Which Yiddish word literally means “legitimate”?
KOSHER
10. What does the acronym NIMBY stand for?
NOT IN MY BACK YARD
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Tuesday, July 6, 2010
words 4
Words
1. What is the name of the moveable part on an aircraft’s surface that controls side to side movement?
RUDDER
2. What does a “necographer” write?
OBITUARIES
3. Which small flute is pitched an octave higher than a standard concert flute?
PICCOLO
4. Under what name were Nissan cars formerly sold?
DATSUN
5. In Argentina, what basically is a Gaucho?
COWBOY
6. What name is given to the trim surrounding a door frame?
ARCHITRAVE
7. On top of what would you find a Tittle?
THE DOT ON THE TOP OF THE LETTER i or j
8. What can be a warm dry wind, a helicopter or a native North American tribe?
CHINOOK
9. What is the nest of a golden eagle called?
AN EYRIE
10. What was the name of the mixture of water and rum given daily to British sailors up until 1970?
GROG
1. What is the name of the moveable part on an aircraft’s surface that controls side to side movement?
RUDDER
2. What does a “necographer” write?
OBITUARIES
3. Which small flute is pitched an octave higher than a standard concert flute?
PICCOLO
4. Under what name were Nissan cars formerly sold?
DATSUN
5. In Argentina, what basically is a Gaucho?
COWBOY
6. What name is given to the trim surrounding a door frame?
ARCHITRAVE
7. On top of what would you find a Tittle?
THE DOT ON THE TOP OF THE LETTER i or j
8. What can be a warm dry wind, a helicopter or a native North American tribe?
CHINOOK
9. What is the nest of a golden eagle called?
AN EYRIE
10. What was the name of the mixture of water and rum given daily to British sailors up until 1970?
GROG
words 3
6 - WORDS
1. What word can go before "beans", "quartet" and "vest"?
String
2. What toy, when it was first introduced, was called Automatic Binding Bricks?
Lego
3. In the world of DIY, what do the letters ‘MDF’ stand for?
Medium Density Fireboard
4. Which ancient Greek word meant "I’ve found it?
Eureka
5. Which one word means very thin sheet metal, to baffle or thwart, and a blunt sword?
Foil
6. What is the Italian word for a square or marketplace?
Piazza
7. Which word means to gulp down food, to fasten and to break away?
Bolt
8. Sing Sing is located in New York State. What is it?
A PRISON
9. Nancy Astor once said to Winston Churchill “If I were married to you, I’d put poison in your coffee”. Churchill allegedly replied “If you were my wife,---- ---- -----“. Please give the last three words of this famous quote.
I’D DRINK IT
10. What is the Japanese word for “Divine Wind”?
KAMIKAZE
1. What word can go before "beans", "quartet" and "vest"?
String
2. What toy, when it was first introduced, was called Automatic Binding Bricks?
Lego
3. In the world of DIY, what do the letters ‘MDF’ stand for?
Medium Density Fireboard
4. Which ancient Greek word meant "I’ve found it?
Eureka
5. Which one word means very thin sheet metal, to baffle or thwart, and a blunt sword?
Foil
6. What is the Italian word for a square or marketplace?
Piazza
7. Which word means to gulp down food, to fasten and to break away?
Bolt
8. Sing Sing is located in New York State. What is it?
A PRISON
9. Nancy Astor once said to Winston Churchill “If I were married to you, I’d put poison in your coffee”. Churchill allegedly replied “If you were my wife,---- ---- -----“. Please give the last three words of this famous quote.
I’D DRINK IT
10. What is the Japanese word for “Divine Wind”?
KAMIKAZE
Words 2
- WORDS
1. What does a milliner make?
HATS
2. What name connects a rose, a vegetable and a hazard to shipping?
ICEBERG
3. What word can be, a measurement on a ship, a support or a type of
smile?
BEAM
4. What do the initials I. O. U. stand for?
I OWE UNTO
5. In what state would you be if you were crapulent?
DRUNK (OR SICK THROUGH EXCESS)
6. In the phonetic alphabet which word is used to represent the
letter “I”?
INDIA
7. Which country boasts the World’s best selling Newspaper, with up to
14 million sales per day?
Japan
8. What word meaning "I forbid" in Latin means the right to prevent an
action being taken?
Veto
9. What name is given to an area 100m x 100m?
A HECTARE
10. Americans call it a "Skillet" what do we call it?
Frying pan
1. What does a milliner make?
HATS
2. What name connects a rose, a vegetable and a hazard to shipping?
ICEBERG
3. What word can be, a measurement on a ship, a support or a type of
smile?
BEAM
4. What do the initials I. O. U. stand for?
I OWE UNTO
5. In what state would you be if you were crapulent?
DRUNK (OR SICK THROUGH EXCESS)
6. In the phonetic alphabet which word is used to represent the
letter “I”?
INDIA
7. Which country boasts the World’s best selling Newspaper, with up to
14 million sales per day?
Japan
8. What word meaning "I forbid" in Latin means the right to prevent an
action being taken?
Veto
9. What name is given to an area 100m x 100m?
A HECTARE
10. Americans call it a "Skillet" what do we call it?
Frying pan
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
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
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