Repeat - is there an echo in here? Quiz

Answer: cue queue

A queue is also a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head.

Answer: Hayes' haze

Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the nineteenth President of the United
States from 1877-1881.

Answer: can't cant

A contraction is a "shortening of a word, syllable, or word group by omission of a sound or letter". It can also be a pain (get it? labor pain?)

Many thanks to Sallyo, who tells me the question doesn't work at all if you happen to be an Aussie. Apparently our friends from down under pronounce these two words quite differently: can't is "car-nt" and cant is "can-t". That's why I added "American accent" to the clue.

Thanks Sallyo, and apologies to the Aussies.

Answer: principal's principles

Remember, the principal is your PAL.

Answer: bough bow

The BOW of a ship is also called the STEM, and branches grow from a STEM. Interesting coincidence, no?

Answer: warship worship

Command of a frigate was the coolest billet you could have as a Captain in His Majesty's Royal Navy around 1800. Autonomy, excitement, and the potential for prize money made it much more favorable than blockade duty off the coast of France.

Answer: Tux tucks

The tuxedo originated in October 1886 when a fella named Griswold Lorillard wore a tail-less dinner jacket (instead of the traditional white-tie and tails) to the Autumn Ball, held at the Tuxedo Park Club in New York.

Answer: use yews

The heavy fine-grained wood of the English Yew was a superb material for making longbows.

Answer: bussed bust

"Speed" features a bus that cannot slow down below 50 mph, a mad bomber, a hunky hero, a politically correct set of hostages, and explosions. There's also a sidekick who gets shot and the obligatory pretty girl who kisses the dirty sweaty hero in the end. Run, don't walk to a video store near you to rent this fast-paced thriller!

Answer: ducked duct

Is it "duct tape" or "duck tape"? The debate rages on...

According to authors Jim Berg and Tim Nyberg, authors of "The Duct Tape Book," duct tape's original name was duck tape.

During World War II the U.S. military needed a waterproof tape to keep the moisture out of ammunition cases. The Johnson and Johnson Permacel Division was enlisted to manufacture the tape. Because it was waterproof, everyone referred to it as "duck tape" (like water off a duck's back).

Military personnel found that the tape was good for lots more than keeping out water. They used it for Jeep repair, repairing guns, strapping equipment to their clothing . . . the list is endless.

After the war, the housing industry was booming and someone discovered that the tape was great for joining heating and air conditioning ductwork. So, the color was changed from army green to the silver color we are familiar with today, and people started to refer to it as "duct tape" So, either name is appropriate.

Duct tape has almost unlimited uses, but the one thing it should not be used on is ducts. A 1998 report from scientists at Berkeley Labs in California showed that duct tape failed miserably as a tape for connecting or sealing heating and air conditioning ducts. It just couldn't take the heat, they reported.