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1. Why do we link hares with the month of March as in March Hare?
2. Which of these "explanations" is one of the theories about the origin of the expression "as mad as a hatter"?
3. When Edward III wanted to stress his rights to the French throne he introduced the French heraldic lily into his coat of arms. What's the correct name for such a lily?
4. Which of these is NOT a characteristic of the Highland-style cap the name of which derives from 'Glengarry' (near Inverness)?
5. What would always have been available at a pub that called itself the Nag's Head ?
6. A 'claymore' is a fairly well-known Scottish word for a Highland-style , one-handed, two-edged sword. What does the Celtic element MOR(E) mean in this context?
7. In England a pedestrian crossing with a flashing amber light is called a Belisha beacon. Which of the following statements is untrue about the inventor of those Belisha beacons, Hore-Belisha, the minister of transport in Neville Chamberlain's government?
8. When the Romans came to Britain they imported some of their games. One of them was 'quoits'.But as they did not find 'quoits' so very easily, they used substitutes for the quoits.What game developed from that substitute?
9. What do moonlighters specialise in ?
10. There is a(n) (unreliable) story that sirloin (part of beef ABOVE the loin) was such a good quality that some King decided to 'knight the beef'.Which would explain the sir-element.What was the honorary title that later was given to :TWO sirloins left uncut at the backbone?
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