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1 What is the name of the product once marketed on TV with the slogan “A drink’s too wet without one”?
A McVitie’s Rich Tea Biscuits
2 What notable event happened in Blackpool on the 18th Sept 1879?
A The illuminations were switched on for the first time
3 A gurdwara is a place of worship for the people of which faith?
A Sikhism / Sikhs
4 According to the Book of Exodus, what was contained in the chest known as the Ark of the Covenant?
A Ten Commandments (the Tablets of Stone on which they were inscribed)
5 In punctuation, which symbol common in this day of computing, is the ‘solidus’?
A Forward slash (the correct name for this punctuation mark in British English is ‘oblique’ or ‘stroke’)
6 About which pastime is Oscar Wilde reputed to have said: “The unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable”?
A Foxhunting
7 In which Arab state is Al Jazeera, the satellite TV station based?
A Qatar
8 Hosni Mubarak was the president of which country when, due to popular unrest in 2011, he was toppled from power?
A Egypt
9 What is the meaning of the acronym NAAFI, the recreational establishments used by the British Armed Forces?
A Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes
10 What is the name of the traditional long, wide-sleeved, sashed garment worn by Japanese women?
A Kimono (literally means a “thing to wear) (it was also usual for men and children to wear them)