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1. "I was coming home from kindergaren -- well, they told me it was kindergarten. I found out later I had been working in a factory for ten years. It's good for a kid to know how to make gloves." Which female comedienne said these words?
2. Perfumed gloves became fashionable in the 16th and 17th centuries. In 1656, a Guild of Glove- and Perfume-Makers was established in Paris - but during which French king's reign?
3. Mittens had a sister, Moppet, and brother, Tom, who was quite naughty. They climbed up the rockery and, "Mittens laughed so hard she fell off the wall". This charming tale was written, of course, by Beatrix Potter, but what is the name of Mittens' mother?
4. You didn't want to get on the bad side of a Medieval knight - they were notorious for taking offence and challenging their fellow Knights to duels. The offended knight would remove his hand protection and throw it at the feet of his opponent who would have to pick it up to accept the challenge. This was known as "Throwing down the ...?"
5. It's sad to be so poor that you can't afford the correct evening dress, but which Little Woman put this brave spin on her family circumstances, "I don't believe fine young ladies enjoy themselves a bit more than we do, in spite of our burned hair, old gowns, one glove a-piece and tight slippers ..."?
6. She is most famous for singing whilst provocatively removing a long black opera glove as the eponymous heroine of a 1946 classic movie. Who was this alluring screen siren?
7. You have been having trouble with your noisy neighbour for months; you've always been polite, but he has developed a zest for "rock around the clock", playing rock music at three o'clock in the morning and you've decided that "the gloves are off". What do you do?
8. The King of Fantasia is a very effective and efficient monarch, but his subjects barely notice this about him because he is so kind and gentle. He rules with a ...?
9. The wearing of opera gloves in the nineteenth century and well into the Edwardian era was very popular for society ladies. Naturally, a whole school of ettiquette grew up to encompass these formal items of dress. For which of these activities was it acceptable to remove your gloves?
10. Opera gloves are traditionally over 20 inches long, so taking them on and off is a bit of a headache. Instead, these gloves have a special button opening on the inside of the wrist so that the hand can come out of the glove if necessary. What is the name given to this special opening?
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