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1. The lead of a pencil isn't lead at all. It's graphite, a form of carbon. Its name came from the Greek "graphein" meaning what?
2. Staedtler pencils have been made in large quantities since 1835. In which German city did J.S. Staedtler first open a factory for the mass manufacture of wooden pencils?
3. The plant Cupressus sempervirens 'Glauca' is commonly known as which tree?
4. From which Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan movie is this quote: "It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address."?
5. If you were to ask for a pencil in French you'd ask for le ______ ?
6. Which American novelist whose works include "Cannery Row" would use as many as 60 pencils in a day while writing?
7. The pencil skirt became a fashion item in the post WWII era and is still very popular. Which designer introduced the pencil skirt to the world?
8. Which Andrew Griffiths book of 2008 tells the tale of a destructive and malevolent pencil used by a child at school?
9. Which actress born in 1969 is nicknamed "The Pencil" due to her slim frame?
10. "Maybe suave Errol Flynn or the Sheik of Araby, If only I had a pencil thin moustache" are lines from a song called "Pencil Thin Moustache". Who wrote and then recorded this song in 1974?
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