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Question 1 of 10 01 Which two everyday words are blended to form the meal name “brunch”?
A Breakfast and dinner B Lunch and dinner C Breakfast and supper D Breakfast and lunch
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Question 2 of 10 02 Which two words combine to make “smog”, a term for polluted air?
A Soot and fog B Smell and fog C Smoke and haze D Smoke and fog
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Question 3 of 10 03 “Motel” is a blend of which two words?
A Mobile and hotel B Motorway and hotel C Motor and hostel D Motor and hotel
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Question 4 of 10 04 Which two elements combine in the name “Brexit”?
A British and exit B Britain and exit C Britain and exodus D Britain and exit poll
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Question 5 of 10 05 Which familiar word is first recorded in Dr Seuss’s 1950 book If I Ran the Zoo?
A Dork B Goof C Nerd D Geek
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Question 6 of 10 06 What word for a unit of cultural imitation did Richard Dawkins coin in 1976?
A Meme B Viral C Icon D Trend
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Question 7 of 10 07 Horace Walpole coined which word after reading a tale of three princes from Serendip?
A Sympathy B Serendipity C Sensation D Sincerity
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Question 8 of 10 08 Which word for an artificial worker first appeared in Karel Čapek’s play R.U.R.?
A Android B Cyborg C Automaton D Robot
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Question 9 of 10 09 Which English word for a short promotional description was coined by Gelett Burgess in 1907?
A Puff B Synopsis C Teaser D Blurb
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Question 10 of 10 10 Which particle’s name did Murray Gell-Mann take from “Three quarks for Muster Mark” in Finnegans Wake?
A Gluon B Lepton C Quark D Muon
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