ANSWERS

1. From the British Sailors in the 18th Century who ate each meal from a square wooden slab/plate.

2. a: Anti-dandruff shampoo,(selenium) b: Slim Whitman music, c: Bacteria

3. London Calling (the Clash)

4. ABSTRUSE

5. AVOCADO

6. It's a motion sickness pill - so to avoid nasty effects of motion sickness.

7. The first full moon after the 21st of March - actually, Easter Sunday falls on the first Sunday following the first ecclesiastical full moon that occurs on or after the day of the vernal equinox; this particular ecclesiastical full moon is the 14th day of a tabular lunation (new moon); and the vernal equinox is fixed as March 21.

8. TEFLON

9. Badminton

10. Once in a lifetime (Talking heads)