Revision Flashcard #1

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How many shillings were there in a pound?

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20

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Where does the word "mob" come from?

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From "mobile vulgus", i.e. "fickle crowd".

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What is the unofficial name of "High Wheelers" bicycles?

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Penny farthing.

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In "Great Expectations", after Pip loses everything, he still owes the bailiffs a pound. Joe agrees to pay for Pip's debts with a guinea. How much money was there left?

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A shilling.

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In "Great Expectations", Mr Jaggers' office is in the famous "Inns Of Court" neighbourhood. What famous location was used in the TV adaptation in order to recreate what that area looked like in the early 19th century?

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The Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich.

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A word for a book that you just can't stop reading:

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Unputdownable

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If you are in good health, you are as right as...

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rain

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An expression (a reduplicative) we use to describe things that are done in an untidy way that lacks any order:

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higgledy-piggledy

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What term do we use when some food that does not agree with you causes your stomach acid to escape into your esophagus?

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heartburn

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What term connected with apoplectic seizures can be either hemorrhagic or ischemic?

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stroke