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1. Why was English Queen Elizabeth I so upset that King Philip II of Spain sent her an armada?
2. An obituary printed in error horrified Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, and he decided to make a posthumous donation of his wealth to set up the Nobel Prizes and therefore leave a more positive what?
3. Flanders and Swann sang a song about finding armadillos on Salisbury Plain. Why would this be unusual?
4. Itzhak Perlman's legato technique was impressive. What does that mean?
5. In Medieval England, a knight would employ an esquire to be attendant on him. That person's role, from the Latin for "arms-bearer" would be known as what?
6. In a book about World War I, Winston Churchill said, "There is required for the composition of a great commander not only massive common sense and reasoning power, not only imagination, but also an element of legerdemain, an original and sinister touch, which leaves the enemy puzzled as well as beaten". What did he mean by legerdemain?
7. Perhaps C. S. Lewis could have called his book "The Feline, the Enchantress and the Armoire". What is an armoire?
8. On the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List, and associated with gamelan music, what is a 'legong'?
9. The England cricket team's travelling supporters called themselves a rhyming name that featured an organised military force. What was it?
10. What 'leg' word describes the plants from which we get peas, beans, and peanuts?
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