MINI QUIZ

1. What sort of creature is a sidewinder? 2. Which hypothetical substance did alchemists seek for its ability to turn base metals into gold?

3. What name is given to the hunters and gatherers who inhabited Australia before European settlement?

4. Which synthetic fibre was introduced commercially in 1938?

5. Which English preacher wrote The Pilgrim's Progress?

6. What does the abbreviation JP stand for? 7. Which fictional detective is featured in A Study in Scarlet and The Hound of the Baskervilles?

8. What name is given to a score of 40-40 in a tennis game?

9. In Greek mythology, by which part of Achilles's body did his mother hold him when she dipped him in the River Styx? 10. Which actress and royal mistress was

known as the Jersey Lily?