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1. The phalanges are the bones in the fingers and thumbs. Assuming that you are blessed with two hands and the usual number of fingers, how many phalanges are there in your two hands?
2. What is the name for the five bones that you can feel running through the back of the hand?
3. One of Henry VIII's wives is said to have had six fingers on each hand. Which wife?
4. In "The Addams Family", the household included a disembodied hand. What was the name of this hand?
5. Which of these animals has a front limb based on the same vertebrate pentadactyl (five-fingered) limb that we see in humans?
6. What is the name of the white, or pale, crescent-shaped area often found at the base of each fingernail?
7. Which part of the British Isles (Great Britain and Ireland) has a Red Hand, or Bloody Hand, as a symbol on its flag?
8. The 1981 horror film "The Hand" was based on which novel by Marc Brandell?
9. "Hands" is the title of a solo album by Bumblefoot. In 2006, this performer became a guitarist with which group?
10. A different sort of hand... In the game of Contract Bridge, what hand of cards is described as a "Yarborough"?
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