Mbaquanga

A

A springbok with back legs slightly shorter than its front legs

B

Black African urban music originating in Soweto

C

An African festival held on July 23rd to celebrate female virginity

D

A local African name given to lorries with 2 or more trailers

Fabliau

A

A large beetle found in the outback of Australia

B

The final panel in a French tapestry

C

A coarse, humorous tale told in 12th Century France

D

A chunk of ice that has detached itself from an iceberg

Scye

A

The hole left in a shirt or blouse where the sleeve is attached

B

A compote of berries eaten as a dessert in Scandinavian countries

C

A medieval gambling game involving pigs

D

An obsolete name for a soothsayer

Crossandra

A

Coined by British WW2 soldiers to mean the trip across North Africa to Alexandria

B

A disease of goats affecting the udder

C

A priestess in Ancient Greece

D

A shrub with pink, yellow or red flowers

Kazachoc

A

A Russian dance in which the dancer does high kicks from a squatting position

B

A traditional Arabian folk tale in which the hero always turns into a god

C

A small bush found in Borneo which has edible berries

D

An express train on the Trans-Siberian railway system

Standish

A

A coalminer’s cap first worn in the Wigan area of Lancashire

B

An old fashioned term for an ink stand

C

A type of Lancashire hotpot particularly popular in Blackpool

D

An adjective used to describe people with no legs

Chopsocky

A

An Arabian ball game played in the desert by teams of 30 or more horsemen

B

An ornamental blanket worn by Indian elephants in Hindu festivals

C

Eastern films that feature martial arts

D

A type of sweet bread made in the Lebanon

Fogou

A

A primitive tap used to control water flow in rural Africa

B

An underground passage especially one found in a Cornish tin mine

C

The cry of a lookout on a French trawler

D

An old two-handled drinking vessel

Nuncupate

A

To sail a small vessel in a particularly choppy sea

B

To spit venomously

C

In storytelling to convert everything to the present tense

D

To make a vow – especially in reference to an orally delivered will

Shivoo

A

A rowdy Australian party

B

A Jewish wedding feast

C

Term of endearment used by eskimos especially when bidding farewell

D

A sharp Hungarian knife used for evisceration

Oud

A

A South African term for a man of mixed race descent

B

A student term for a dictionary

C

A type of Arabian lute or mandolin

D

A native American term for a two year old buffalo

Gussie

A

Female underwear like a G-string but with a patch worn back and front

B

An Australian term for an effeminate man

C

A sheepskin handbag carried by Irish gypsies

D

In cricket a leg break bowled with an off break bowling action

Skimmington

A

A rural nickname for cream taken straight from the milking pail

B

A small fast speedboat especially used by coastguards

C

A diplomatic bag carried by Foreign Office officials

D

Old custom of ridiculing a nagging wife through a street procession

Vernissage

A

In cricket a leg break bowled with an off break bowling action

B

The act of touching up or varnishing pictures the day before an exhibition

C

Overripe grapes unsuitable for wine-making left on the vine

D

A hot mulled wine drink common in Finland

Smectic

A

Describing the smell of a rotting whale carcase

B

Descriptive of a substance that is half way between liquid and solid

C

A candle wick which is low and in danger of being extinguished by the molten tallow

D

An Australian teacher who is fond of administering corporal punishment

Bridoon

A

A small snack consumed in Scotland around midday

B

Animal fat used in ancient times to oil the hair

C

An extra horse’s bit used by cavalrymen

D

English tradition of dunking a bride in a fishpond on her wedding night

Vigoro

A

A musical term meaning ‘perform strength’

B

A fish of the salmon family native to Mexico

C

A 12-a-side game played by Australian women not unlike cricket

D

An operetta traditionally performed on Midsummer’s Day in Sicily

Nephalism

A

The worship of insects

B

Favouring female descendants

C

Total abstinence from alcoholic drinks

D

The act of eating one’s own flesh

Catawba

A

The solidified ash from a volcano that has recently erupted

B

A type of red wine grape found in America

C

A nocturnal New Zealand bird similar to the kiwi

D

A circle of native American tepee

Tractrix

A

A type of Canadian ivy that grows very quickly

B

A female tractor driver in the American mid-west

C

In mathematics a type of curve intercepted by a tangent in a constant fashion

D

A sign language used by motor racing drivers to their pit support teams

Stevengraph

A

A picture woven in different coloured silk threads

B

A medieval story concerning an early Christian martyr

C

An overhead electric cable used in dockyards

D

Script written with invisible ink

Quokka

A

The first prayer of the day in Islam

B

A small tailed wallaby found in SW Australia

C

A variety of orange that is a cross between a satsuma and a tangerine

D

A type of Saharan mole that builds its home beneath the sand dunes

Ganache

A

A French divining rod

B

Meat obtained from wild alpine goats

C

The mixture of paints found on an artist’s palette

D

A mixture of chocolate and cream used to make truffles

Avadavat

A

The deposition made by a French advocate in a criminal hearing

B

A philosopher’s formal argument disproving the thesis of another philosopher

C

One of the sacred books in the Sikh religion

D

A type of Indian songbird

Felly

A

The layer of cream placed between two sponges in a cake

B

A type of Turkish sword

C

A curved piece that makes up part of the circumference of a wheel

D

A young horse that is a cross between a shire horse and a racehorse

Hoastman

A

A student name for the cox in a rowing eight

B

An American chef who specialise in barbeques

C

A professional wrestler in West Africa

D

A member of a Newcastle guild that controlled coal-shipping

Stoss

A

In Australia a lazy person who survives on welfare payments

B

The side of a hill or crag facing towards the flow of a glacier

C

Hard wearing paint especially used on pebbledash surfaces

D

An actor’s position on the set at the start of a filmed sequence

Kasha

A

A deep lake in Central Asia

B

A type of Russian porridge

C

A type of Irish bread originating from Kerr

D

A term of endearment amongst Afghans

Rumblegumption

A

An old word for someone with a speech defect

B

A Scottish word meaning commonsense

C

A pub brawl in Ireland

D

A dwarf in Manx fairy tales

Tenge

A

The art of adding colour to old black and white films

B

A grim suburb full of concrete high rise blocks in France

C

The standard monetary unit in Kazakhstan

D

A swing bridge that can rotate in either direction