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1. In terms of sport, what does the abbreviation AAA refer to?
2.The Adelaide Cup horse race has been competed for since which year? 3. A good invention is often said to be the best thing since what? 4. How far can light travel in one second? 5. In which county is Alnwick Castle? 6. Which entertainer is known as The Boss?
7. What is the meaning of the latin phrase Carpe diem? 8. What english word means couteau in French and cuchillo in Spanish? 9. What was the world’s first National park? 10. Sodium Chloride is better known as what?
11.Although he did not invent it, who was the first to mass produce the ball-point pen? 12. Which British inventor was known as ‘The Father of Steam’? 1. What time is it when an elephant sits on a fence?
2. I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?
3. I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
4. What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month?
5. What kind of room has no doors or windows?
6. What is red and smells like blue paint?
7. A man is trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits: two doors. Through the first door, there is a room constructed from magnifying glass. The blazing hot sun instantly fries anything or anyone that enters. Through the second door, there is a firebreathing dragon. How does the man escape?
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1 Vehicle-based market (3,4,4) 9 Newspaper dispenser of personal advice (5,4) 10 Court (3) 11 Append (3,2) 13 Clothing (7) 14 One-off (6) 15 Bestial (6) 18 Mounted bullfighter (7) 20 Scoff (5) 21 Prosecute (3) 22 Tattered (9) 24 Use the facilities (5,1,5) 2 Fuss (3) 3 Blacklist (7) 4 Pertaining to the eye (6) 5 Prepare (3,2) 6 Small letters (9) 7 Grammatical solecism (11) 8 Fruitless task (5,6) 12 Very low-priced (4,5) 16 Strict (7) 17 South African sportsman (6) 19 Evil spirit (5) 23 Malleable metal (3)
