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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!

 

Questions

1) A Dublin theatre manager made a wager that he could introduce a new word into language within 24 hours in 1782, the word he made up was Quiz.

 

2) ‘Achtung’ is the German word for stop.

 

3) The term ‘spud’ which we now often refer to a potato as was originally actually a tool used for digging up potatoes.

 

4) Ballistophobia is the fear of missiles.

 

5) ‘The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail.’ is the first line of ‘The Old Man and the Sea’

 

6) A Miller’s Thumb is a small bird closely related to the Hummingbird.

 

7) The group The Commodores were previously called the Mighty Mystics.

 

8) The highest rank in the RAF is  Air Chief Marshall.

 

 

Answers

1) A Dublin theatre manager made a wager that he could introduce a new word into language within 24 hours in 1782, the word he made up was Quiz.

True

 

2) ‘Achtung’ is the German word for stop.

False (look out, beware)

 

3) The term ‘spud’ which we now often refer to a potato as was originally actually a tool used for digging up potatoes.

True

 

4) Ballistophobia is the fear of missiles.

True

 

5) ‘The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail.’ is the first line of ‘The Old Man and the Sea’

False (Jaws)

 

6) A Miller’s Thumb is a small bird closely related to the Hummingbird.

False (Fish)

 

7) The group The Commodores were previously called the Mighty Mystics.

True

 

8) The highest rank in the RAF is  Air Chief Marshall.

False (Marshal of the Royal Air Force)

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