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1 Known officially as the Great Spring Show, which annual event started in 1862?
A Chelsea Flower Show
2 How are the states of Ajman, al-Fujairah, Ras-al Khaimah, Sharjah, Umm al-Quwain, and two others collectively known?
A United Arab Emirates
3 What sort of Tuesday did the Rolling Stones sing about in their 1967 hit?
A Ruby
4 What do the Americans call what we call a gear lever?
A Shift stick
5 In the radio term AM what does the ‘M’ stand for?
A Modulation (Amplitude modulation) (FM frequency modulation)
6 Which country didn’t have a 30th December in 2011?
A Samoa (as from midnight 29th December 2011, the country moved forward time zones)
7 Derailleur systems are the gears on what type of device?
A Bicycles (known as gears in the bike world, they are technically sprockets since they are driven by a chain, and are not driven by one another)
8 The effectiveness of what type of product is measured in terms of SPF?
A Suntan lotion (Sun Protection Factor)
9 Which popular snack food has a shape mathematically known as a ‘hyperbolic paraboloid’?
A Pringles
10 To which organisation would you apply to become a lighthouse keeper in England and Wales?
A Trinity House (The Corporation of Trinity House is the official General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, and other British territorial waters)