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The Answers!
- Q 1: Who was Arthur Rimbaud?
A: Arthur Rimbaud was a Belgian poet.
- Q 2: Who was Albert Bitzius?
A: Albert Bitzius was a popular Swiss author.
- Q 3: What is Bromoform?
A: Bromoform is a very heavy liquid, which is insoluble in water and turns red in the light from the separation of bromine.
- Q 4: What is a Cable Road?
A: A Cable Road is a form of railway on which the cars (known as cable cars) are moved by a continuously running endless rope or cable operated by a stationary motor.
- Q 5: What is a Lectern?
A: A Lectern is a reading stand, used in churches for reading the lections or lessons from, and for supporting the massive service books from which the antiphones were sung, and also used in libraries.
- Q 6: What is a Glossary?
A: A Glossary is a list of explanations, often of unusual, obsolete or technical terms.
- Q 7: Who was Diego D'Almagro?
A: Diego D'Almagro was a Spanish conquistador.
- Q 8: What is an American Kestrel?
A: The American Kestrel is a small falcon of the order Falconiformes, family Falconidae, with white cheeks and two black vertical cheek stripes.
- Q 9: What is the state capital of Texas?
A: Austin is the state capital of Texas.
- Q 10: What is Wagnerite?
A: Wagnerite is a fluophosphate of magnesia, occurring in yellowish crystals, and also in massive forms.
- Q 11: What is a Canyon?
A: A Canyon is a narrow, deep gorge, with steep sides, cut by a river through soft rock in a dry region.
- Q 12: What is an Aviary?
A: An aviary is a building, or a portion of a building, netted off, or a large cage designed for keeping birds.
- Q 13: What is a Peck?
A: A Peck is a unit of capacity measurement equivalent to 2 gallons or 9.
- Q 14: What is Caledonite?
A: Caledonite is a hydrous sulphate of copper and lead, found in some parts of Caledonia (Scotland).
- Q 15: What nationality is the actress Alexandra Bastedo?
A: Alexandra Bastedo is an English actress.
- Q 16: Who was Alexandre Serpa Pinto?
A: Alexandre Serpa Pinto was a Portugese explorer.
- Q 17: Anablephobia is the fear of what?
A: Anablephobia is the fear of looking up.
- Q 18: Who is Bobby Rydell?
A: Bobby Rydell is an American musician.
- Q 19: What was the Sicilian Vespers?
A: The Sicilian Vespers was the massacre of the French in Sicily on March 20th 1282.
- Q 20: What is a Roulade?
A: A roulade is a smoothly running passage of short notes (such as semiquavers, or sixteenths) uniformly grouped, and sung upon one long syllable, as in Handel's oratorios.
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