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1. Not a typo - of what is metrology the science?
2. In Ancient Egypt, a palm was the measure of the width of four fingers, equivalent to how many millimetres(inches)?
3. An ell, of varying standard length depending on what country it was used in, originated from the word elbow and measured from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. It was (and is) almost exclusively used to measure what?
4. Pes is the Latin word for what body part, also a common measure of length?
5. The central playing area (pitch) of what sport is one chain (22 yards) in length?
6. Though it sounds like a beach suburb in Florida, and was also known as a cubit, in Ancient Egypt the measure of 28 digits (fingers) was called a meh niswt, which translated as what noble sounding name?
7. Not something that would leave an unpleasant taste is the anthropic linear measure span, used to measure 23cm (9 inches), and known in Nepal by what name?
8. A hand is the measure of five fingers, roughly four inches, used mostly to measure the height of what?
9. A cubit, known mostly for the measurement used when Noah built the ark, is roughly 45cm, or how many inches?
10. Two of which linear measure gave Samuel Clemens the name by which the world knows him best, Mark Twain?
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