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FACE MASKS
1 WHEN was use of the term ‘face mask’ first recorded?
A. 1754
B. 1888
C. 1906
D. 1998
2 DURING World War II, the Government called for face masks to be worn in:
A. Spitfires
B. Underground shelters
C. The Cabinet War Rooms
D. The House of
Commons 3 SALES of what have halved in the wake of widespread face-mask use?
A. Earrings
B. Eye make-up
C. Whitening toothpaste
D. Lipstick
4 TRUE OR FALSE: The ‘world’s most expensive’ face mask did not comply with government safety regulations. 5 WHICH of these animals uses a flap of skin as a face mask during courtship?
A. Duck-billed platypus
B. Indian giant squirrel
C. Wrinkle-faced bat
D. Flamboyant cuttlefish
6 TRUE OR FALSE: The design of the first mask the Queen wore in public was
inspired by her china collection. 1) A. 1754 THE Oxford English Dictionary says it was first used in the Lexicon Aristophanicum, a book written to further ‘understanding of the Greek language’.
2) B. Underground shelters
IN DECEMBER 1940, as flu season was getting under way, the Government recommended the use of face masks for the 150,000 or so people sleeping in Tube stations. A Ministry of Information film declared: ‘If the shelter doctor or nurse gives you a mask, well, wear it!’
3) D. Lipstick
SALES, which used to reach more than £100 million a year, were down 49 per cent between August and October, according to research firm NPD Group.
4) False
A CHINESE businessman commissioned Israeli jewellery brand Yvel to make a bespoke bejewelled face mask. He said it had to be compliant with U.S. and EU safety guidelines, as well as be the most expensive protective face mask in the world. It is made of 250g of 18k gold, is set with 3,608 natural black and white diamonds, and is worth £1 million.
5) C. Wrinkle-faced bat
THE bats cover the lower half of their faces with white-furred flaps of skin that resemble masks, then sing ultrasonic songs.
6) False
IN NOVEMBER, Her Majesty publicly wore a mask for the first time, when she visited Westminster Abbey for the centenary of the Unknown Warrior’s burial. It was black.