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1 In 2009, Gordon Brown appointed former civil servant John Chilcot to head an inquiry into what?
A The Iraq War – later published in 2016 with a public statement by Chilcot
2 What is the name of the South American outer garment, made from a woollen blanket with a hole in the middle?
A Poncho (It often has an extra piece of fabric serving as a hood)
3 What is meant by the verb jaculate (Jac´u`late)?
A To throw, hurl, or cast, as a dart or javelin; to emit
4 How many Apollo missions have landed people on the moon?
A Six (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17) (12 people landed on the moon)
5 Because of its metallic lustre, what is the colloquial name of the mineral iron pyrites?
A Fool’s gold
6 How many years of marriage is a platinum wedding anniversary?
A 70 (a platinum jubilee is 100 years)
7 What is the name of the flexible strip of leather on which a barber strokes a cutthroat razor?
A Strop (razor strop. It doesn’t sharpen the blade but straightens and polishes the blade)
8 How many times does the letter ‘P’ occur in the first line of the tongue twister Peter Piper?
A Nine (Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers)
9 What is the UK equivalent of what they call a ‘Withholding Tax’ in the United States?
A PAYE (Pay As You Earn)
10 The Bank Holidays Act of 1871, established which four Bank Holidays in England and Wales?
A Easter Monday, Whit Monday, the first Monday in August, and the 26th of December (both Christmas Day and Good Friday were traditional days of rest and Christian worship and did not need to be included in the Act) (New Year’s Day didn’t become a bank holiday until 1974)