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1. I am a humble person and don't ask or want for much. I have modest hobbies but one thing I do like is 'paizogony'. What is one of my favourite pastimes?
2. With the Discovery Channel being a favourite of mine, I often see some weird and wonderful creatures. One recently was called a 'pagurian' creature. What was it?
3. One of my friends at work has just left to pursue a career in the theatre. He is starting out as a 'pittite'. What is he working as?
4. Whilst I was in Ireland recently, I decided to go to a rural pub and enjoy real Irish life. Whilst there I listened to a 'planxty'. On what instrument was it played?
5. I once lived in a Lancashire town in North West England and opposite my house was a 'printery'. Although a printery can be a printing office or print works, it is more often used for the specific thing it prints. So what did they print there?
6. Watching the Discovery Channel, as I often do, there was a programme on about ancient Greece. In it they kept referring to a 'Pnyx'. What was a Pnyx?
7. On a Discovery Channel programme, about ancient Greece, I saw an old Athenian wearing a 'petasus'. What item of clothing did he have on?
8. On the same Discovery Channel that I was watching about ancient Greece, the following programme was about the 17th Century. The programme followed a 'picaroon' as he went about his illegal activities. What was he?
9. Later on on the Discovery Channel, after I had watched about Ancient Greece and the picaroon, there was a programme about British rule in India. They kept referring to a particular item as a 'punkah'. What was it?
10. After I had watched the Discovery Channel for hours on end, I decided to go down my local pub. Whilst chatting to a guy he suddenly said that he had to go and 'pumpship'. Where did he have to go all of a sudden?
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