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1. Dating back to the 17th century, can you define the relatively light-hearted meaning of the word, "Picaro"?
2. Is it true that the state of New Mexico in the US was named after the country of Mexico?
3. "Yonks" as it is commonly used, is a slang word meaning what?
4. So concerned was Benjamin Disraeli for the comfort of the diminutive Queen Victoria on her visit to his home in 1877, that he altered a piece of his furniture in which way?
5. The bewildered, disoriented behaviour of some boxers in the ring is given which colloquial term?
6. Amazingly so, the consumption of ketchup sauce was popular in the United States for quite some time before the consumption of - what?
7. The bane of council workers in the modern age, what are fatbergs?
8. Some Jewish scholars believe that which fruit or vegetable was the forbidden one in the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden?
9. Relating to an annual music event in England, what is the "Prommers Stamp"?
10. Formed in the USA in 1923, which club sought to protect women, not only from themselves, but also from wicked gentlemen?
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