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1. What type of fruit is York Imperial?
2. Georgetown is the capital of which South American country?
3. Which is the driest desert on earth?
4. Which country has the largest coastline?
5. In ‘taking the Chiltern Hundreds’ what employment have you just resigned from?
6. What was the period of industrial unrest during the winter of 1978-9 known as?
7. If you are forced to do something humiliating you are said to eat…. Which bird?
8. If you are given ‘carte blanche’ what restrictions are placed on your actions?
9. Which disgraced celebrity wrote the book ‘As it Happens’?
10.What is the lowest rank of commissioned officer in the Royal Navy? 1. What´s always found on the ground but never gets dirty?
2. A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
3. What disappears as soon as you say its name?
4. How can the number four be half of five?
5. A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?
6. How is seven different from the rest of the numbers between one and ten?
7. A man describes his daughters, saying, “They are all blonde, but two; all brunette but two; and all redheaded but two.” How many daughters does he have?
8. If there are three apples and you take away two, how many apples do you have?
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1 Terminable (6) 4 Irrational fear (6) 9 Laughable (7) 10 Muslim god (5) 11 Correspondence of word sounds (5) 12 Corpse (7) 13 Secret weapon (5,4) 17 Chinese cabbage (3,4) 19 Add (3,2) 21 Broadcasting (2,3) 22 Reading desk (7) 23 Interfere (6) 24 Deprived of (6) 1 Commotion (6) 2 Inquisitive (5) 3 Representation (7) 5 Stockpile (5) 6 Inamorata (7) 7 Cling (6) 8 Tangible (11) 13 Target (4,3) 14 Diplomatic official (7) 15 Choose not to participate (3,3) 16 Harpsichord-like instrument (6) 18 Large crowd (5) 20 Motif (5)
