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1. What is a temporary doctor or dentist or other professional stand-in, from Latin 'place holding' ?
2. What old English word refers typically to a person's pale complexion but in origin and other contexts may also mean dark ?
3. In media 'small ads' what do the similar abbreviations ONO and OBO mean (two answers required) ?
4. The standard international maritime/aeronautical term 'SOB' for the number of people aboard a ship a plane means what in full ?
5. Ashtanga Vinyasa, Bikram, and Hatha Vidya are styles of what ?
6. What word prefixes business, room, case, and down to produce four other words ?
7. What financial term, especially referring to state/government revenues, derives from Roman/Latin meaning a rush basket or purse ?
8. Traditionally made of paper over a wooden frame what is a Japanese 'shoji' ?
9. The pseudo-Latin expression 'hax pax max Deus adimax' used in conjuring from the 1600s developed into what modern term referring to 'kidology' or nonsensical explanation ?
10. In computing and file-sharing what does P2P stand for ?
11. The Amazon website logo includes what, in addition to the word ?
12. The German 'Dosenwerfen', the French 'Chamboule-tout', and the British 'Aunt Sally' are: Puddings; Games; Knitting-styles; or Weapons ?
13. What river in SW Europe rises in the Swiss Alps and flows over 500 miles through Lake Geneva, Lyons, to the Mediterranean west of Marseilles ?
14. Bob, bowl, bun, chignon, and tonsure are types of what ?
15. What, resembling a tomato and pepper hybrid, is the edible fruit produced by Diospyros trees, source of ebony wood ?
Answers will be provided next Thursday evening after 21:00.
1. What is a temporary doctor or dentist or other professional stand-in, from Latin 'place holding' ? Locum Tenens
2. What old English word refers typically to a person's pale complexion but in origin and other contexts may also mean dark ? Wan
3. In media 'small ads' what do the similar abbreviations ONO and OBO mean (two answers required) ? Or Nearest Offer and Or Best Offer
4. The standard international maritime/aeronautical term 'SOB' for the number of people aboard a ship a plane means what in full ? Souls On Board
5. Ashtanga Vinyasa, Bikram, and Hatha Vidya are styles of what ? Yoga
6. What word prefixes business, room, case, and down to produce four other words ? Show
7. What financial term, especially referring to state/government revenues, derives from Roman/Latin meaning a rush basket or purse ? Fiscal
8. Traditionally made of paper over a wooden frame what is a Japanese 'shoji' ? Sliding door
9. The pseudo-Latin expression 'hax pax max Deus adimax' used in conjuring from the 1600s developed into what modern term referring to 'kidology' or nonsensical explanation ? Hocus-pocus
10. In computing and file-sharing what does P2P stand for ? Peer To Peer
11. The Amazon website logo includes what, in addition to the word ? Arrow
12. The German 'Dosenwerfen', the French 'Chamboule-tout', and the British 'Aunt Sally' are: Puddings; Games; Knitting-styles; or Weapons ? Games
13. What river in SW Europe rises in the Swiss Alps and flows over 500 miles through Lake Geneva, Lyons, to the Mediterranean west of Marseilles ? Rhône
14. Bob, bowl, bun, chignon, and tonsure are types of what ? Hairstyle
15. What, resembling a tomato and pepper hybrid, is the edible fruit produced by Diospyros trees, source of ebony wood ? Persimmon
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