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1. According to an analysis of the "Oxford English Corpus" undertaken by Oxford Online, in conjunction with the "Oxford English Dictionary", what is the most commonly appearing word in the English language?
2. Which of the following is NOT a common meaning of the word murder?
3. In Greek mythology, what would happen if you looked at Medusa?
4. What is the correct spelling of the day following Monday and coming before Wednesday?
5. What kind of mythology features the wise and prophetic Odin and a tree called Yggdrasil, and has been the lyrical inspiration of an extreme sub-genre of heavy metal?
6. Which word, often associated with injury or surgery, is derived from the word 'schara', a Greek term meaning 'place of fire'?
7. Whose 1967 painting "Stockbridge Main Street at Christmas" depicted a small town during the holiday season?
8. In Roth v. United States (1957) the Supreme Court of the United States defined obscene material as where the "dominant theme taken as a whole appeals to the prurient interest." What does prurient mean?
9. You won't have much fun at the end of October if you suffer from samhainophobia. What is it the fear of?
10. In Don Aslett's book "Done!: How to Accomplish Twice As Much in Half the Time" (2005) he says, "I headed out to the barn for a ten-minute milking job, and the cow took off and ran to the far end of the north forty." What is the north forty?
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