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Published 12th April 2021

 

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Questions

1) For playing which instrument did Larry Adler become famous?

 

2) Referring to trading in investments, what does the A in the acronym AIM refer to?

 

3) In what decade did the Threepenny bit cease to be legal tender?

 

4) How many degrees of angle in total does a triangle have?

 

5) If something is described as ‘stellate’, what shape does it have?

 

6) What unit of length of 18 inches was referred to in the Bible and is roughly the length of an average man’s forearm?

 

7) How many US states border Alaska?

 

8) What were the Rainhill Trials, held in 1829?

 

9) Which Scottish airport has the code ABZ?

 

10) What did Laura Greene, Ulrika Jonsson and Trish Williamson do on television?

 

 

Answers

1) For playing which instrument did Larry Adler become famous?

Mouth Organ

 

2) Referring to trading in investments, what does the A in the acronym AIM refer to?

Alternative (Investment Market)

 

3) In what decade did the Threepenny bit cease to be legal tender?

1970’s

 

4) How many degrees of angle in total does a triangle have?

180

 

5) If something is described as ‘stellate’, what shape does it have?

Star shaped

 

6) What unit of length of 18 inches was referred to in the Bible and is roughly the length of an average man’s forearm?

Cubit

 

7) How many US states border Alaska?

None

 

8) What were the Rainhill Trials, held in 1829?

Competition to choose the design of the locomotive engine for the Liverpool to Manchester Railway

 

9) Which Scottish airport has the code ABZ?

Aberdeen

 

10) What did Laura Greene, Ulrika Jonsson and Trish Williamson do on television?

Present the weather