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Our Quizmaster Himself: Tom Brewer

Tom's Summer 2008 Quiz

Once again that most erudite and knowledgeable of our Redbridge Marquetry Group's Marquetarians,  Tom Brewer, has put his highly educated brain to the task of tasking our brains with a brand new general knowledge Summer quiz.

Tom has put together another twenty questions designed to get your "thinking cap" spontaneously combusting with a highly enjoyable hour or two of over work! (Mine's already in cinders from the last quiz!!!)

The answer to each question can be found by clicking the "answer box" to the right of your selected question - but, don't cheat by clicking the box before you have worked out the answer - it's not really cricket you know!!

When you have read the answer, click the box again to close the answer, in case someone else reads it over your shoulder before they themselves attempt the quiz!

1/. What is the origin of the word 'Tsunami'?

2/. What is Graphology?

3/. What pigment gives the green colour to plants and grass?

4/. On a weather map, what line links areas of equal rainfall?

5/. Where was the first English settlement in America, founded in 1607?

6/. What is a Chandler?

7/. What part of the body is treated by Rhinoplasty?

8/. What is a Theremin?

9/. Which country's flag shows a Cedar tree?

10/. Who shot Abraham Lincoln?

11/. What is a Leveret?

12/. What is a fear of cats?

13/. Which vegetable has the Latin name of Solanum Tuberosum?

14/. When did the French Revolution begin?

15/. How many counties are there in England?

16/. When did ABBA win the Eurovision contest?

17/. Which ancient measurement was based on the length of the forearm?

18/. Where is Michelangelo's David permanently kept?

19/. What dates were the Great Plague and the Fire of London?

20/. What is the origin of the word 'Hippopotamus'?

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