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1 What word describes a mammal that has both male and female reproductive organs?
A Hermaphrodite
2 What is the only bird to feature in the names of Chinese years?
A The Cock or Rooster
3 In which European city is the headquarters of both the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movements?
A Geneva (Switzerland)
4 What is the middle colour of a rainbow?
A Green (Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet), Green is the fourth colour in the sequence, with three colours before it (red, orange, yellow) and three after it (blue, indigo, violet).
5 What term is the male equivalent to a ‘yonic symbol’?
A Phallic symbol (Yoni is the Sanskrit word for the vagina). The rose is a yonic symbol associated with generation, fecundity, and purity.
6 Which multi-national corporation owns amongst others, the brands Duracell, Braun, Gillette and Iams dog and cat food?
A Procter & Gamble
7 In which year did the £1 note issued by the Bank of England cease to be legal tender?
A 11th March 1988.
8 What system of voting was the subject of the 2011 Referendum?
A Alternative Vote (held on Thursday 5th May 2011)
9 What is the zodiacal sign for those born on Christmas Day?
A Capricorn
10 When we want something ‘quid pro quo’, what do we want?
A something for something (translation, ‘this for that’) (give and take, tit for tat etc.)