1. Do mosquitos have teeth?

2. Which well known Sanskrit word can mean 'to unite' or 'to control'?

3. What name is given to the thin veil worn by Moslem women in public?

4. The uranium concentrate powder Urania is better known under which edible sounding name?

5. What colour is the variety of rose called Mountbatten?

6. Which popular toy was once used as a weapon in the Philippines?

7. In popular culture Robin Hood and his band's tales are usually associated with the area Sherwood Forest and Nottinghamshire, though most historians point towards him being a man from which English county?

8. What causes baker's itch?

9. What is the name of the currency of China?

10. In which present-day country is the biblical land of Sheba?

11. Which European tree lives the longest?

12. Which Royal House ruled England from 1461 to 1485?

13. Which well known 3 letter word means 'shady place' or 'north slope'?

14. Which communist country remained outside the military alliance of eastern bloc countries in 1955?

15. What forms the base of the Indian dish raita?

ANSWERS

1. Yes

2. Yoga

3. Yashmak

4. Yellowcake

5. Yellow

6. Yo-yo

7. Yorkshire

8. Yeast

9. Yuan

10. Yemen

11. Yew

12. York

13. Yin.

14. Yugoslavia

15. Yoghurt