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1. What word meaning 'across' prefixes the following to make six new words: mission, parent, script, late, fix and fuse ?
2. What did Cambridge City Council ban from its street signs in 2014, and subsequently reinstate after mockery/protest: Pointing fingers; Abbreviations; Apostrophes; or 'Oxford' ?
3. What big-grossing 2007 film, styled like its 1990s comic book series, having a sequel 'Rise of an Empire', fictionalized the Battle of Thermopylae in the Persian Wars ?
4. Actor Nicholas Courtney, who died age 81 in February 2011, played what iconic military role in over a hundred Dr Who episodes ?
5. What does the cockney rhyming slang, Butcher's, traditionally mean ?
6. Originally meaning 'as if in this manner', by what name is the second Sunday of Easter known, which provided the name of a deformed tragic character from a classic book ?
7. What type of creature, recognized as the suborder Lacertilia, includes species: skink, monitor, agama and Komodo dragon ?
8. From the Greek meaning 'against', and 'a name', what is a word called which has the opposite meaning to another word ?
9. Which island group is known by the French as Iles Normande ?
10. Born Joseph Frank, by what name was the US silent film comic actor noted for his deadpan expression and pork-pie hats better known ?
11. What was the previous name of Taiwan, the island off the southeast coast of mainland China ?
12. Which planet in our solar system has the shortest year ?
13. In which European country did the 16th Century St Bartholomews Day Massacre take place ?
14. What is an angle called which is larger than 180 degrees and smaller than 360 degrees ?
15. According to the gospel of Luke, Zachariah and his barren wife Elizabeth were the parents of which great Biblical character ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
1. What word meaning 'across' prefixes the following to make six new words: mission, parent, script, late, fix and fuse ? Trans
2. What did Cambridge City Council ban from its street signs in 2014, and subsequently reinstate after mockery/protest: Pointing fingers; Abbreviations; Apostrophes; or 'Oxford' ? Apostrophes
3. What big-grossing 2007 film, styled like its 1990s comic book series, having a sequel 'Rise of an Empire', fictionalized the Battle of Thermopylae in the Persian Wars ? 300
4. Actor Nicholas Courtney, who died age 81 in February 2011, played what iconic military role in over a hundred Dr Who episodes ? The Brigadier
5. What does the cockney rhyming slang, Butcher's, traditionally mean ? Look
6. Originally meaning 'as if in this manner', by what name is the second Sunday of Easter known, which provided the name of a deformed tragic character from a classic book ? Quasimodo
7. What type of creature, recognized as the suborder Lacertilia, includes species: skink, monitor, agama and Komodo dragon ? Lizard
8. From the Greek meaning 'against', and 'a name', what is a word called which has the opposite meaning to another word ? Antonym
9. Which island group is known by the French as Iles Normande ? The Channel Islands
10. Born Joseph Frank, by what name was the US silent film comic actor noted for his deadpan expression and pork-pie hats better known ? Buster Keaton
11. What was the previous name of Taiwan, the island off the southeast coast of mainland China ? Formosa
12. Which planet in our solar system has the shortest year ? Mercury
13. In which European country did the 16th Century St Bartholomews Day Massacre take place ? France
14. What is an angle called which is larger than 180 degrees and smaller than 360 degrees ? Reflex angle
15. According to the gospel of Luke, Zachariah and his barren wife Elizabeth were the parents of which great Biblical character ? John the Baptist
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