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1. If you have ever borrowed money, you have likely entered into a "death pledge". What is the usual word that is derived from a death pledge?
2. In the 1950s and 1960s, music was changed forever by a singer whose name is derived from words meaning "The dwarf in the priest's yard". Who is he/she?
3. The originators of a popular libation station originally wanted to name their store after Captain Ahab's vessel, the Pequod. Instead, sanity prevailed and they named their establishment after the chief mate of the Pequod. What is the name of this famous chain?
4. As a Roman general in the Germanic campaigns, I heard one of my cohorts whispering rebellion. Of course I executed a bunch of them as an example, and a word or phrase describing my technique of discipline persists to this day, although often inaccurately used. What is it?
5. In the 1400s in jolly old England, I would set a pack of (fresh) hounds after a quarry. Now I would engage in an activity of the same name in the Olympics. What am I doing?
6. Back to names. Did you know that "he who listens to the cows" was a judge on "American Idol"? Who is this seemingly bovine fan?
7. Probably the one person who made up the most English words is John Milton, author of "Paradise Lost". Which of the following words was one coined by Milton?
8. Now for an easy one: Why is the Mad Hatter really quite mad?
9. I live somewhere in the English speaking world where the locale is named after a country ruled by a beautiful woman, leading an army of ruthless female warriors and warring griffins. Where do I live?
10. Somewhere between North America and South America there is a country whose name translates to "Place of Many Fish". Where am I?
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