9. TRIVIA.1. How many lines are there in a traditional Shakespearian sonnet? 2. Silly mid-off and square leg are positions in which sport? 3. Who is the current Chancellor of the Exchequer Chan·cel·lor of the Exchequer n. The senior finance minister in the British government and a member of the prime minister's cabinet. Chancellor of the Exchequer Noun Brit ? 4. Which of these words means "a pleasanter way of describing something unpleasant" - euphemism, sibilance sib·i·lant adj. Of, characterized by, or producing a hissing sound like that of (s) or (sh): the sibilant consonants; a sibilant bird call. n. or tautology tautology In logic, a statement that cannot be denied without inconsistency. Thus, “All bachelors are either male or not male” is held to assert, with regard to anything whatsoever that is a bachelor, that it is male or it is not male. ? 5. In music, how many crotchets are in a semibreve? 6. Which Tim Burton animated film features the character Jack Skellington? 7. Which day of the week derives its name from the Viking god Thor? 8. What weather phenomenon does the word "precipitation" describe? 9. Which type of primates are renowned for their brightly-coloured hindquarters? 10. Which major battle between the Normans and the Saxons took place in 1066? |
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