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LL42 MD21In the UK, this is the term for a sweater or thick shirt pulled over the head, whilst in the US and Canada, it's a sleeveless, collarless dress worn over a blouse or shirt. Click hereJUMPER678069581.2
LL41 MD2What figure of speech -- a boring or hackneyed remark used so often as to become insincere or obvious -- is named after a type of salt?BROMIDE13261321.0
LL39 MD17What is the legal term for the surrender or handing over of persons or property, in particular from one jurisdiction to another. Extradition -- the handing over of criminal suspects -- is one type.RENDITION335332101.4
LL38 MD16This is the linguistic term for a poem (or any writing) in which the first letter, syllable or word of each line in the text spells out another message. It is also a term for a specific type of puzzle which uses this or a similar form.ACROSTIC416342231.5
LL38 MD11What is the name for the non-standard punctuation mark in the English language which is a combination (via a superimposition) of the question mark and exclamation point?INTERROBANG12181122.0
LL37 MD4This Yiddish term, which means 'little town', is typically used to represent a small town with a large Jewish population in pre-WWII central and eastern Europe. Happy Passover!SHTETL476549331.5
LL36 MD17What is the plural of the Latin noun pars in the nominative case?PARTES511302.0
LL36 MD5What is the pluperfect tense of the verb 'to see' in the first person singular?I HAD SEEN345131191.2
LL36 MD3De quelle couleur est le drapeau français (en français)?BLEU, BLANC ET ROUGE769280531.1