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1. The lovely bleeding heart plant is also known by which term associated with the fairer sex at their toilette?
2. Dating back at least to the days of Tudor England, and served up at their famous feasts, what type of product was known as lamb's wool?
3. Remaining with Tudor times momentarily, what were all guests expected to bring to any feast?
4. When the steamship Mahratta ran aground in the English Channel in 1939, it was later found she was resting on top of another ship that had run aground there in 1909. What was that ship's name?
5. The leaves of pineapples, those horrible spiky fruits that can put your eye out in an instant, are used in the Philippines to make which lovely product?
6. Ten days after his death in 1799, why did the Jefferson Republicans veto the idea of building a monument to honour the memory of George Washington?
7. Which novelty singer, who became quite popular in the late 1960s for a time, was also known as Larry Love, the Singing Canary?
8. In earlier times what rather unfortunate pest-related term was once given to a Basal-cell carcinoma?
9. Perfect for a Fun Trivia site: When Matilda Barton (born 1990) flew away to heaven in 2006, she held the title as the world's oldest - what?
10. One of the interesting European fashions from the late 1600s that came in quite handy, was which of the following?
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