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1 What is the name for a twisting groove down the inside of the barrel of some guns?
A Rifle or rifling
2 What is the name for the thin line of cloud that forms behind an aircraft at high altitudes?
A Contrail also vapour trail, short for condensation trail. Contrails form when water vapor from an aircraft’s exhaust condenses and freezes into ice crystals in the cold, high-altitude air.
3 Which five-letter word can mean to shoot at, to criticise or as a noun for a species of wading bird with a long straight bill?
A Snipe
4 Whose nose is pecked off in the nursery rhyme Four and Twenty Blackbirds?
A The maid’s
5 Which letter does a single dot represent in Morse code?
A E
6 The Ford Mondeo replaced the Sierra in the early 1990s. Which model had the Sierra replaced in 1982?
A Cortina
7 The medical condition of Ataxia refers to the loss of which type of co-ordination?
A Muscular. Ataxia is a neurological disorder characterised by a loss of coordination in voluntary muscle movements. It’s not a disease itself, but rather a symptom of an underlying condition or disorder, often caused by damage to the cerebellum.
8 What does the Latin expression “caveat emptor” mean?
A Let the buyer beware. The buyer is responsible for ensuring the goods are not defective and meet their needs.
9 The term Paralympics is a contraction of which two words?
A Parallel Olympics. The word “Paralympic” derives from the Greek preposition “para” (beside or alongside) and the word “Olympic”.
10 Which bodily condition is relieved by taking carminative drugs?
A Flatulence (wind, gas, farting)