| 1 |
What C is the name given to the French speaking inhabitants of Louisiana?
Cajuns |
| 2 |
What 'ology is the study of bumps on the head?
Phrenology |
| 3 |
What O is the opposite of the word transparent?
Opaque |
| 4 |
What name is given to the science of grape growing?
Viticulture |
| 5 |
What is the alternative name of the tree known as the mountain ash?
Rowan |
| 6 |
What part of an insects body joins its head to its body?
Thorax |
| 7 |
What name is given to the light winds which blow across the equatot?
Doldrums |
| 8 |
What is the name of the largest artery in the human body?
Aorta |
| 9 |
By what name is a Tibetan ox better known?
Yak |
| 10 |
What is the name of the science of the study of time?
Chronology |
| 11 |
What word means favouring of relatives or friends?
Nepotism |
| 12 |
What name is given to the ova of frogs?
Spawn |
| 13 |
Which word of Hindu origin literally means dust coloured?
Khaki |
| 14 |
What L is the Latin word for liquid?
Latex |
| 15 |
What is the Latin for I (refering to the self)
Ego |
| 16 |
If a face was described as rugose, what would it be?
Wrinkled |
| 17 |
What in airforce slang is a kiwi or penguin?
A non flying member of the airforce. |
| 18 |
What drug is known in the U.S as doobie?
Marijuana |
| 19 |
What in boxing parlance is a pug?
A boxer |
| 20 |
What type of creature is a balisaur?
A badger |
| 21 |
What is a badigeon used for?
Repairing masonry |
| 22 |
What is a bellarmine a type of?
Jug |
| 23 |
What in New Zealand is a kumera?
A sweet potato |
| 24 |
What is a hornbeam? A bird or a tree?
A tree |
| 25 |
What is geoponics?
The science of agriculture |
| 26 |
What were fuggers?
German merchants |
| 27 |
What type of creature is a galah - a cockatoo or a kangaroo?
Cockatoo |
| 28 |
What is farina?
A type of meal or flour |
| 29 |
If something is dendriform, what is it shaped like?
A tree |
| 30 |
What is chiminage?
A toll for passing through a forest |
| 31 |
What animal is affected by the disease braxy?
Sheep |
| 32 |
What item of clothing is also known as a filibeg?
A kilt |
| 33 |
What would you do with a zloty in Poland?
Spend it |
| 34 |
What does the phrase mae culpa mean?
My fault (I am guilty) |
| 35 |
What sort of creature is a scup?
A fish |
| 36 |
What type of animal is a kob?
An antelope |
| 37 |
What O is the name given to a piece of music opening a concert?
Overture |
| 38 |
What name is given to the syrup made from pomegranite juice used in various cocktails?
Grenadine |
| 39 |
What is the name for a small group of whales or seals?
A pod |
| 40 |
What in Ireland is a loy?
A spade |