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QUIZ

Thomas Eaton

1 Mauritania, in 1981, was the last country to do what?

2 Which Commons speaker was a former professional dancer?

3 Who contested Kadesh, history’s biggest chariot battle?

4 What is sullied by the addition of olive brine?

5 Which singer had the

PUZZLES

Chris Maslanka

1 Wordpool

Find the correct definition: CUBEB

a) pepper plant

b) any squat form

c) the cube of b

d) uncut gemstone

HIGHT

a) altitude

b) depth

c) 8.5

d) named

2 Wordcentre

Identify the word from its centre: ***POLICE***

CHESS

Leonard Barden

Hastings on England’s south coast is the grandpa of international chess tournaments, first

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