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1. Which instrument is used to measure the strength of earthquakes? Answer = 2. In which country is the source of the Amazon? Answer = 3. What name is given to the cultivation of plants without soil? Answer = 4. What was the Christian name of the Mr. Marks who set up penny bazaars with Thomas Spencer in 1887? Answer = 5. Which stretch of water separates Denmark from Sweden? Answer = Oresund 6. Which two cartoon characters were used by the Ministry of Food during WW2 to promote the benefits of vegetables? Answer = 7. Who had a Top Ten hit with Jo le Taxi? Answer = 8. Who chose Ottawa to be the capital of Canada? Answer = Vic 9. The volume of what shape is equal to a third of the area of its base multiplied by its height? Answer = 10. Androphobia is the fear of who or what? Answer = Men 11. How many years of marriage are celebrated in a china wedding anniversary? Answer = 20 12. Which former Prime Minister was created Earl of Stockton in 1984? Answer = I’ll bet you didn’t know …. A bumblebee can fly at speeds of up to 11 km per hour. Answer = I didn’t – but as a child I could run faster

OK Martyn, here's the info I mentioned about Second Street vs. Plessey Street. It's a long document but I think it's worth posting for future reference: 1911 census, the enumerators round followed this route around the colliery: First Street 1-32 (3 rooms), 1st Second Street 1-27 (4 rooms), 2nd Second Street 1-30 (3 rooms), Third Street 1-25 (4 rooms) Addresses given by a) Residents and b) Enumerator for dwellings in Second Street Netherton1911 census. Details in brackets are amendments to the residents entry made by the enumerator. Deletions made in the form of crossing out also made by the enumerator and the address amended to match his own records. I can add here that even one resident of First Street gives his address as Plessey Street. So great was the confusion. Note that two residents refer to their address as Plessey Street “West”. I find this odd as it would have been the eastern part of Second Street adjacent to First Street. a)Resident b)Enumerator (1st) Second Street 1st Second Street 2 Plessey Street 2 Second Street 2 Plessey Street 2 1st Second Street 2 Plessey Street West 2 1st Second Street 3 Plessey Street 3 1st Second Street 4 Plessey Street West 4 1st Second Street 5 Plessey Street 5 1st Second Street 6 1st Second Street 6 1st Second Street 7 Plessey Street 7 1st Second Street 9 (1st) Second Street 9 1st Second Street 10 Plessey Street 10 1st Second Street 12 Second Street 12 Second Street 13 (1st) Second Street 13 1st Second Street 14 (1st) Second Street 14 1st Second Street 15 Plessey Street 15 1st Second Street 17 (1st) Second Street 17 1st Second Street 19 (1st) Second Street 19 1st Second Street 20 (1st) Second Street 20 1st Second Street 21 (1st) Second Street 21 1st Second Street 22 (1st) Second Street 22 1st Second Street 23 (1st) Second Street 23 1st Second Street 24 (1st) Second Street 24 1st Second Street 25 (1st) Second Street 25 1st Second Street 26 Plessey 26 1st 2nd Street 27 1st (Second) Netherton 27 1st 2nd Street 1 (2nd) Second Street 1 2nd Second Street 2 (2nd) Second Street 2 2nd Second Street 3 2nd Second Street 3 2nd Second Street 4 Plessey (2nd Second) Street 4 2nd Second Street 5 2nd Second Street 5 2nd Second Street 6Plessey (2nd Second) St. 6 2nd Second Street 7 Second Single(Second) Street 7 2nd Second Street 8 Second Street 8 2nd /2nd Street 9 2nd Street 9 2nd Second Street 10 Second Street 10 2nd Second Street 11 2nd Second Street 11 2nd Second Street 12 Second Street 12 2nd Second Street 13 second Street 13 2nd Second Street 14 Second Street 14 2nd Second Street 15 Second Street 15 2nd Second Street 16 Second Street 16 2nd Second Street 17 2nd Street 17 2nd Second Street 18 Second Street 18 2nd Second Street 19 Second Street 19 2nd Second Street 20 Second Street 20 2nd Second Street 21 Second Street 21 2nd Second Street 22 Second Street 22 2nd Second Street 23 2nd Second Street 23 2nd Second Street 24 2nd Second Street 24 2nd Second Street 25 Second Street 25 2nd Second Street 26 Plessey Row 26 2nd Second Street 27 Second Street 27 2nd Second Street 28 Second Street 28 2nd Second Street 29 2nd Single Row 29 2nd Second Street 30 Second Street 30 2nd Second Street Any questions, feel free to ask.

1. Which instrument is used to measure the strength of earthquakes? A Richter scale 2. In which country is the source of the Amazon? Peru 3. What name is given to the cultivation of plants without soil? Hydroponics 4. What was the Christian name of the Mr. Marks who set up penny bazaars with Thomas Spencer in 1887? ------- 5. Which stretch of water separates Denmark from Sweden? The Baltic sea 6. Which two cartoon characters were used by the Ministry of Food during WW2 to promote the benefits of vegetables? --------- 7. Who had a Top Ten hit with Jo le Taxi? Vanessa Paradee 8. Who chose Ottawa to be the capital of Canada? Queen Victoria 9. The volume of what shape is equal to a third of the area of its base multiplied by its height? A cylinder 10. Androphobia is the fear of who or what? Men 11. How many years of marriage are celebrated in a china wedding anniversary? 10yrs 12. Which former Prime Minister was created Earl of Stockton in 1984? Harold MacMillan