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Q1. To which of these does the word "Molotov" not refer?

A
A type of home-made bomb, consisting of petrol in a bottle
B
An appointee to the Petrograd Soviet in 1917
C
A drink made with a base of gin and absinthe
D
A city in the Ural range of mountains
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Q2. To jeopardise something is to put it at what?

A
The head of the list
B
Risk
C
A point of balance
D
The back of the drawer
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Q3. What, following 1833, was a cause of an increasing presence of ethnic Indians and Chinese in the West Indies?

A
Campaign to change the demographic of the populations
B
Work on sugarcane plantations
C
Opening of new trade routes
D
Local demand for different ethnic cuisines
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Q4. What distinguishes the Ladby ship buried in a mound on Funen, Denmark?

A
It is Denmark's only recorded Viking burial in an actual ship
B
It was a Kievan ship
C
It was the first known to use copper in its construction
D
The bodies of the rowers were found in situ
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Q5. Which of these words means "a military display"?

A
Collage
B
Tapestry
C
Applique
D
Tattoo
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Q6. What is the term for the attribution of human characteristics to non-human creatures and beings, phenomena, material states and objects or abstract concepts (e.g. animals, plants and forces of nature such as winds, the rain or the sun)?

A
Anthropomorphism
B
Winnie the Pooh syndrome
C
Endomorphism
D
Androgynism
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Q7. The term "blue collar" refers to what?

A
Sportsmen
B
Unqualified office workers
C
Moth attacks on overalls
D
Manual workers in industry
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