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Quiz of the week

1) Which is Britain’s largest bird of prey?

2) Which medieval English king was the son of an empress?

3) The word muscle derives from the Latin name for which pest?

4) Who sat on a tuffet?

5) Which is the world’s northernmost capital city?

Word of the week

Pulchritude (noun) Beauty

100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE September 2, 1922

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