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1 What do the initials EPNS on silverware mean?
A Electroplated nickel silver, indicating that the item is a silver-plated piece made with a nickel silver base metal.
2 Which animal is always listed first in dictionaries?
A Aardvark. It’s a nocturnal burrowing animal, also known as an anteater.
3 Which number is represented by ‘101’ in the binary system?
A Five. Binary addition works like decimal addition, but the number can have only zeros and ones as digits
4 Chantilly in France is famous the world over for producing what?
A Lace, a handmade bobbin lace
5 Who founded a Communist state in Cuba in 1959?
A Fidel Castro. The leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008.
6 Where was the 1988 railway accident involving two collisions between three commuter trains killing 35 people?
A Clapham Junction (08:10 on the morning of Monday, 12 December 1988)
7 What do the initials J.P. mean when appended to someone’s name?
A Justice of the Peace
8 Which country first issued a fatwa, or death decree, against author Salman Rushdie?
A Iran, fatwa is a religious edict
9 Who beat Walter Mondale in the U.S. Presidential election in 1984?
A Ronald Reagan – Reagan carried every state except for Washington, D.C., and Mondale’s home state of Minnesota.
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