GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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1 A man to whom the honorific “Sir” is conferred, is called a what (6)

8 What is another term for a beekeeper (8)

9 What is considered to be a trying experience (6)

10 Which fighting military units are known as “footsloggers” (8)

11 What do we call routine work around a house or farm (6)

13 Which term describes something neither good nor bad (8)

16 One who devises decorative patterns, etc, is called a what (8)

19 Name a particular method of defensive unarmed combat (6)

22 What is a type of bore, whose shaft penetrates an aquifer, making the water level rise (8)

24 Name an alternative term for a motor (6)

25 Which other word is used for frying pans (8) 26 Name the Australian engineer who invented the orbital engine in the early 1970s, Ralph ... (6)

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2 Near which pole do polar bears live (5)

3 Who wrote “The Female Eunuch”, Germaine

... (5)

4 Which object is supposed to possess occult powers (8)

5 What do we call a slight or petty quarrel (4)

6 Who took the part of “The Godfather”, in 1972, Marlon ... (6)

7 What is a person who lends money at an exorbitant rate of interest (6)

12 Which word is the singular for “opera” (4)

14 What precedes sunrise (8)

15 Name a particular carbonated soft drink (4)

17 What was the reputed exclamation of Archimedes (6)

18 What are standards of excellence (6)

20 In signalling, which word implies “message received and understood” (5)

21 What is a pick-me-up (5)

23 In the ancient Roman calendar, what is the 15th day of March, etc, known as (4)