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1 What colour flag is used in Europe to signify a clean beach?
A Blue Flag. It signifies a clean beach that meets high standards for water quality, environmental management, safety, and environmental education.
2 What was Casanova’s final, and most stable, “day job” in later years?
A Librarian, working for Count Waldstein at Dux Castle in Bohemia, where he wrote his famous autobiography.
3 Which hand do soldiers use to salute?
A Right hand. Personnel may salute with their left hand only if an injury or disability incapacitates their right hand.
4 Which legendary character has snakes for hair?
A Medusa, a figure from Greek mythology. She was one of the three monstrous Gorgon sisters, and her appearance was so hideous that anyone who gazed directly into her eyes would be instantly turned to stone.
5 What is measured with a Snodgrass gnathodynamometer?
A Jaw bite force or masticatory force, which is the strength of the chewing muscles.
6 What is the literal translation of the Latin phrase, “Vox Populi”?
A voice of the people, part of the longer expression “Vox populi, vox Dei,” which means “the voice of the people is the voice of God”.
7 Which trust has more members than all the UK political parties combined?
A The National Trust. As of 2023/24, the National Trust, a conservation charity, had over 5.38 million members.
8 Kensington gore is a theatrical and film term for what?
A Artificial blood. It is a pun on the name of a street in London, Kensington Gore, and became a popular brand of fake blood in the mid-20th century, eventually becoming a generic term for stage blood.
9 The French call it “un chapeau melon”. What do the British call it?
A A bowler hat, while Americans call it a derby hat.
10 What is the collective noun for a group of owls?
A Parliament. Other, less common terms include a wisdom, congress, or stare of owls.