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1 If matricide is the act of murdering your own mother, what is regicide?
A The killing of a king (in the strict British sense, it is the judicial execution of a king after a trial. I don’t know of and can’t find a term for killing a queen)
2 Where in England is Brunel University?
A Uxbridge.
3 To protect it from imitation, which Swiss chocolate bar was granted a patent in 1909?
A Toblerone.
4 Which record label is associated with a palm tree logo?
A Island Records, founded by Chris Blackwell and Graeme Goodall in 1959 in Jamaica.
5 To which area of medicine does Pædiatrics refer?
A Treatment of children’s diseases
6 Java, Columbian, and Kenyan are all types of what?
A Coffee (coffee bean)
7 Which piece of farm equipment takes its name from the Latin for ‘to drag’?
A Tractor from Late Latin: one who pulls (from trahere – to drag)
8 What nickname is bestowed on members of the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity?
A Moonies (The nickname “Moonies” is derived from the name of the founder of the Unification Church, Sun Myung Moon.)
9 24 Sussex Drive is the official residence of the Prime Minister of what country?
A Canada (Ottawa, Ontario) – originally called Gorffwysfa and usually referred to simply as 24 Sussex.
10 What is measured in units named Curies?
A Radioactivity (The curie unit was named after Marie Skłodowska-Curie and her husband, Pierre Curie).