Words 5

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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