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1 The Grey Funnel Line, is the sailors’ nickname for which organisation?
A Royal Navy
2 What is the term applied to some sudden and irresistible act of nature that could not have been foreseen?
A Act of God
3 How many hours behind GMT is New York?
A Five – Greenwich Mean Time
4 What type of pilot translates from the Japanese word for “Divine wind”?
A Kamikaze – (kami is the word for “god”, “spirit”, or “divinity”, and kaze for “wind”).
5 Firedamp in coalmines, is predominately which flammable gas?
A Methane (the ‘damp’ is an anglicised version of ‘dampf’, the German word for ‘vapour’)
6 By what title is the Chief Legal Adviser to the Crown in England and Wales known?
A The Attorney General
7 What is a general factotum?
A A servant (having many diverse activities or responsibilities)
8 What word is a part of your body as well as a type of orange?
A Navel (Navel oranges are characterised by the growth of a second fruit at the apex, which protrudes slightly and resembles a human navel)
9 Which Ancient Greek storyteller is famous for his fables, the telling of which continues to this day?
A Aesop – almost certainly a legendary figure
10 Who, according to religious texts (Old Testament, Hebrew Bible and the Qur’an), was the first-ever murder victim?
A Abel, who was murdered by his brother, Cain (the sons of Adam)