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1 What number do five dots represent in Morse code?
A Five
2 In which city can you visit Europe’s first full-sized Barbie house?
A Berlin https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Attraction_Review-g187323-d4378562-Reviews-The_Dreamhouse_Experience-Berlin.html
3 Which seaside amusement park, which dates back to 1880, re-opened its gates after an £18m redevelopment?
A Dreamland in Margate
4 What do the French call a walkie-talkie?
A Talkie-walkie (apparently)
5 What have local environmental officers asked residents of Alberta province in Canada to stop flushing down the toilet?
A Goldfish (apparently flushed goldfish are surviving and multiplying at an alarming rate)
6 From what do sufferers of hylophobia have an irrational fear?
A Forests (aka Xylophobia, Ylophobia, and Dendrophobia, is a defined by an irrational fear of wood, forests or trees)
7 What is the epicarp of an orange?
A The skin or peel – the outermost layer of the fruit
8 According to the RSPB, which one of the UK’s most threatened birds has had more recordings in 2015 since the 19th century?
A Bittern
9 A London branch of Tesco has apologised for putting which product in a promotion to mark Ramadan Mubarak?
A Smokey-bacon Pringles
10 According to researchers at Reading University, what contributes £150m more to the British economy than the Monarchy?
A Bees (their pollination of plants)