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Below are a series of statements and all you have to do is decide whether they are true or false, good luck!

 

1) True or false, gatophobia is the fear of cats?

 

2) Abel Magwitch is a Dickens character from the book David Copperfield.

 

3) The Elgin Marbles are a set of glass spheres discovered on the island of Elgin off the coast of Scotland.

 

4) Pancho Villa was the residence of drug lord Pablo Escobar who at the time of his death was the richest criminal in history amassing an estimated $30 billion.

 

5) The meaning of place names containing ‘chester’ was that they were originally a walled camp.

 

6) The Adirondacks is a mountain range in the north-eastern New York State.

 

7) The largest lake in the world is Lake Superior bordered by Canada and the USA.

 

8) Sherry takes its name from the town of Jerez in Spain.

 

 

 

Answers

1) True or false, gatophobia is the fear of cats?

True

 

2) Abel Magwitch is a Dickens character from the book David Copperfield.

False (Great Expectations)

 

3) The Elgin Marbles are a set of glass spheres discovered on the island of Elgin off the coast of Scotland.

False (set of sculptures from the Parthenon in Greece)

 

4) Pancho Villa was the residence of drug lord Pablo Escobar who at the time of his death was the richest criminal in history amassing an estimated $30 billion.

False (Mexican revolutionary)

 

5) The meaning of place names containing ‘chester’ was that they were originally a walled camp.

True

 

6) The Adirondacks is a mountain range in the north-eastern New York State.

True

 

7) The largest lake in the world is Lake Superior bordered by Canada and the USA.

False (Caspian Sea)

 

8) Sherry takes its name from the town of Jerez in Spain.

True