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1. What is the meaning of the word pachyderm, a word sometimes used to describe the elephant?
 
Having a trunk
Having tusks
Grey-skinned
Thick-skinned

It can also be used to describe the rhinoceros or the hippopotamus
 
 
2. A Roman soldier wore greaves to protect what?
 
His ears
His eyes
His legs
His shoulders

They were like metal shin guards
 
 
3. What type of animal is a dhole?
 
An antelope
A cat
A dog
A horse

It's also known as the Asiatic Wild Dog
 
 
4. What would an Eskimo, or Inuit, do with his mukluk?
 
Drink it
Eat it
Travel in it
Wear it

It's a soft boot made from reindeer skin or sealskin
 
 
5. In Italian cuisine, farfalle is pasta shaped like what?
 
Bells
Butterflies
Flowers
Shells
 
 
6. A scrod is a young what?
 
Cod
Lobster
Medical student
Schoolboy
 
 
7. What is measured by a nilometer?
 
The circumference of a camel's hump
The distance between sand dunes
The height of the Pyramids
The water level of the River Nile
 
 
8. What type of weapon was a fusil?
 
A catapult
A musket
A spear
A sword
 
 
9. What is a gricer's hobby?
 
Board games
Collecting birds' eggs
Marbles
Train spotting
 
 
10. What word is used to describe something pertaining to the planet Jupiter?
 
Jovial
Jovian
Juperian
Jupitrian
 
 
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