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1. You are in the Far East with your small children. You need a nurse to care for your children. What do you ask for?
2. You are in a medieval church and singing a Latin hymn on the day of judgement. The first two words of the hymn can be translated into English as "day of wrath." How does this hymn appear in crossword puzzles?
3. You are traveling through Maine to visit your nephew at the University of Maine. If you worked crossword puzzles, you would know that this school is in what city?
4. Most authors are best known by their surnames. What is the first name of the famous mystery writer that commonly appears in crossword puzzles as "Perry's creator"?
5. We tell time quite easily today with digital displays. But crossword puzzles don't use numbers. How would you answer the clue "High noon for Nero"?
6. Here is an easy one. You are just learning Latin in school. You are taught a very basic verb in order to learn conjugation. What is the first person singular form of this verb clued in crossword puzzles as "Latin primer"?
7. Your great-grandmother recently died and her maiden name was Sratachegornskiowitz. The newspaper says in order to print this name you must shorten the obituary. What common crossword puzzle word can you use that means "born as"?
8. What Greek letter is commonly refered to as "the end" in crossword puzzles?
9. You are in Florida and go to the exotic bird farm. A group of black cuckoos go into a frenzy and frighten your kids. What common crossword puzzle word is defined as a "black cuckoo"?
10. Most daily crossword puzzles are 15 spaces square. A common answer that goes all the way across or down answers a question about this quiz. How often are the answers to this quiz used in everyday speech?
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