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Q1. What is the name of a free improvisatory passage inserted near the end of a composition to create a feeling of suspense before the final cadence?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in December 2012
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Rallentando
B
Decoration
C
Pizzicato
D
Cadenza
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Q2. What scale measures the hotness or piquancy of a chili pepper, as defined by the amount of capsaicin it contains?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2011
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Torino Scale
B
Scoville scale
C
Richter scale
D
Beaufort scale
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Q3. A 1966 British children's TV series featuring stop-motion puppets, and each episode began with a music box playing, accompanied by "Here is a box, a musical box, wound up and ready to play. But this box can hide a secret inside. Can you guess what is in it today?" Which of these was it?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2011
A
Playschool
B
The Magic Roundabout
C
Rainbow
D
Camberwick Green
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Q4. What relationship had the Sword of Damocles to Damocles?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in January 2011
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He was killed by it in battle
B
He used it in battle
C
It was discovered by him
D
It hung over his head
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Q5. Who, the highest paid of any performer in music hall in the early 20th century and knighted in 1919, wrote "I Love A Lassie", "Stop Yer Ticklin' Jock" and "Roamin' in the Gloamin'"?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in March 2010
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Stanley Holloway
B
Charlie Chaplin
C
Stan Laurel
D
Harry Lauder
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Q6. Which of these sports uses an oval ball?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in March 2011
A
Tennis
B
Polo
C
American Football
D
Petanque
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Q7. Mt Rushmore is near which US city?

Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2010
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Keystone, South Dakota
B
Tombstone, Arizona
C
Las Vegas, Nevada
D
Charleston, North Carolina
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