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1. 'Five-finger discount' is US slang for what crime ?
2. In what Cumbrian village did Poet William Wordsworth live, in Dove Cottage from about 1799, and which was central to the Lake Poets ?
3. What colour is puce: dark red; pale yellow; pale green; or beige ?
4. At what fret on a standard six-string guitar is half the string length and therefore also the octave note and octave harmonic ?
5. What number is neutral on the pH acid/alkali scale ?
6. How many microns are in a metre ?
7. What four words appear on the rectangual logo molded into most plastic CD cases ?
8. What do these words have in common: moped, chortle, smog and brunch ?
9. What name (in English was given to the capsule which brought the 33 Chilean miners to the surface in the San Jose rescue on 13 October 2010 ?
10. In Gustav Holst's orchestral suite 'The Planets' what planet from the (our) Solar System is missing ?
11. In which country is Lake Banyoles, site of the 1992 Olympic rowing events ?
12. What chemical element is a pure diamond ?
13. Which character is the science officer of the Starship Enterprise (in the original Star Trek TV series) ?
14. What (aside from slight variation with temperature and air pressure) is the metric weight of a litre (1,000cc) of water ?
15. What (usually wooden item) securely holds a set of spirit decanters, and is named after a mythical Greek king, condemned to stand surrounded by unreachable water and fruit ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
1. 'Five-finger discount' is US slang for what crime ? Shoplifting
2. In what Cumbrian village did Poet William Wordsworth live, in Dove Cottage from about 1799, and which was central to the Lake Poets ? Grasmere
3. What colour is puce: dark red; pale yellow; pale green; or beige ? Dark red
4. At what fret on a standard six-string guitar is half the string length and therefore also the octave note and octave harmonic ? 12
5. What number is neutral on the pH acid/alkali scale ? 7
6. How many microns are in a metre ? 1 million
7. What four words appear on the rectangual logo molded into most plastic CD cases ? Compact Disc Digital Audio
8. What do these words have in common: moped, chortle, smog and brunch ? Portmanteau words
9. What name (in English was given to the capsule which brought the 33 Chilean miners to the surface in the San Jose rescue on 13 October 2010 ? Phoenix
10. In Gustav Holst's orchestral suite 'The Planets' what planet from the (our) Solar System is missing ? Earth
11. In which country is Lake Banyoles, site of the 1992 Olympic rowing events ? Spain
12. What chemical element is a pure diamond ? Carbon
13. Which character is the science officer of the Starship Enterprise (in the original Star Trek TV series) ? Spock
14. What (aside from slight variation with temperature and air pressure) is the metric weight of a litre (1,000cc) of water ? 1kg
15. What (usually wooden item) securely holds a set of spirit decanters, and is named after a mythical Greek king, condemned to stand surrounded by unreachable water and fruit ? Tantalus
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