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1 Whom did The Scout Association officially appoint Chief Scout on 11th July 2009?
A Edward ‘Bear’ Grylls (the role is now merely a nominal and titular ceremonial figurehead)
2 What is the world’s biggest-selling copyrighted board game?
A Monopoly (created during the Great Depression, it has since sold over 200 million sets worldwide)
3 We use oven gloves in the kitchen; what do they call them in the United States?
A Potholders
4 What apparently does exactly what it says on the tin?
A Ronseal products
5 What is the name for a band of soldiers taking part in a military operation where the risk of fatalities is very high?
A Forlorn hope
6 What eight-letter word describes a deep crack or fissure in glacial ice?
A Crevasse (not fracture)
7 Which carmaker produces the Panamera luxury four-door saloon?
A Porsche
8 What is the opposite of Utopia?
A Dystopia
9 Which plucked string instrument is predominant in Greek music?
A The bouzouki (the baglamas or baglamadaki is a version of the bouzouki pitched an octave higher)
10 First discovered in 2009, what is kepler-22b?
A A habitable planet (600 light-years away)