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1. In Scrabble what's the only conventional English number whose spelling is its score (without bonus points)? Twelve
2. What slightly eponymously US discount store brand/corporation was founded by Farmer's son Sebastian Kresge c.1900? K-Mart
3. Atomic weight is expressed/measured to a standard based on the common isotope (12) of which element? Carbon
4. What two official Roman ceremonies were awarded to generals of battle victories, major and minor, which have bcome common words meaning respectively achievement, and audience appreciation? Triumph and Ovation (originally Latin, triumphus and ovatio)
5. What type of aperitif is named from German 'wormwood', the additive in the original medicinal form? Vermouth (from 'wermut', via French)
6. Common in Middle East and North Africa, what is a souq (also souk, shuk, suk, sooq, suq, etc)? Marketplace
7. What popular office product/brand did Bette Nesmith Graham (mother of Monkee Mike Nesmith) invent and later sell to Gillette for nearly $50m in 1979? Liquid Paper (or less accurately, 'correction fluid', or equivalent)
8. Ido is the relatively unpopular improved version of what, first devised by Polish physician Ludwik Lazarus Zamenhof (1859-1917)? Esperanto (the world's most successful artificial constructed international language)
9. Which two organic stimulants formed the basis of the original Coca-Cola drink? Cocaine (from the coca leaf) and Caffeine (from the cola nut)
10. What genericized brand, registered 1909, refers to a horn alarm, derived from onomatopoeaic Greek for making a loud sound? Klaxon (from klaxein - similar to English clang)
11. The term and tactical use of a 'nightwatchman' arises in which sport? Cricket (a lower-order batsman brought into bat at the end of a day, so as not to expose a higher-order batsman to poor light, tiredness, etc)
12. Which 'BRIC' country re-elected female president Dilma Rousseff of the Workers' Party, 2014? Brazil
13. What is the unit of measurement for a chemical element's combining power with other atoms to form compounds/molecules? Valence or Valency (which produces the numbers alongside the letter symbols in chemical formulae)
14. Latin 'collum' refers to which part of the human body? Neck (hence collar)
15. Which country's coins featured images of salmon, bull, red deer, woodcock and hunter, before replacement by the Euro? Ireland
16. Cantaluppi near Rome is noted for introducing which orange food to Europe from Armenia? Melon (or specifically the Cantaloupe melon, hence its name)
17. 'Suspiral' - a waste storage/drainage invention in the 1600s - evolved into what better known term/concept? Cesspool (or by extension, Cesspit)
18. What expression means: rob, support, delay, and show? Hold up
19. What vocal musical term means literally 'in the style of the church/chapel'? A Cappella (voices only, without instruments)
20. Name the 1879-founded magazine, and religion, with reputedly the highest international circulation of any monthly printed publication (two answers required)? The Watchtower published by Jehova's Winesses (2000s distribution exceeded 50million copies/mth)
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Did they use our forum smileys on their coins?