Daily Cuppa and Quiz: December 12, 2022

#WordoftheDay - Alliumphobia: Fear of garlic

1. Which Sanskrit word means 'awakened one'?
2. In Greek mythology, Pygmalion was the king of which Island?
3. Popular in Victorian times, what is the name of the toy made of a disc or card with a picture on each side attached to two pieces of string, when turned would appear as one picture?
4. Dydd Gwener is Welsh for which day of the week?
5. The village of Blenheim, the scene of a 1704 battle, is in which mainland European country?
6. In which British city is the University of Strathclyde?
7. Wootten and Belpaire are types of 'what' found in steam locomotives?
8. Leroy Anderson produced most of his 1950s work with the orchestra in which city? New York, Houston, Boston, Chicago
9. Madrid is the capital city of which country?
10. Who has been shown the most yellow cards while playing for the England football team?

Answers for December 11:
Questions: 1.What is the raised ridge down the centre of a Backgammon board called? 2.In the novel 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', what was left of the Cheshire cat after the rest of it had disappeared? 3.February 30th was a real date in which Scandinavian country? 4.Who starred as mathematician John Nash in the 2001 film 'A Beautiful Mind'? 5.Josip Broz was the original name of which Yugoslav statesman? 6.What does the term 'ossicle' mean? Tiny bone, Large bone, Ear bone, Small muscle 7.In the NATO phonetic alphabet, which word represents the letter I? 8.Which of these is not a variety of Tomato? Early Girl, Herald, Albert, Eurocross 9.A flock of which birds is called a gaggle? 10.What is the capital of Liberia?
Answers: 1.The Bar 2. Its grin/smile 3. Sweden 4. Russell Crowe 5. Marshall Tito 6. Tiny bone 7. India 8. Albert 9. Geese 10. Monrovia