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What is a portable musical instrument that you play by pressing keys and squeezing bellows to force air through reeds?

accordion. The accordian was invented in Austria in 1829 by Cyrill Damien.

Which abbreviation is a Latin word meaning 'in the year of the Lord', used for all dates after the birth of Jesus Christ?

AD. By tradition the abbreviation 'AD' is placed before the year number,e.g. AD 2001, whereas 'BC'(standing before Christ) follows the year number, e.g. 20 BC.

Which of the following is 'a small snake, also sometimes known as a viper'?

adder. The adder has a distinctive zigzag pattern along its back.

Which word means 'an aircraft's propeller'?

airscrew.

Which word means 'a foreigner or {stranger;} a creature from space'?

alien.

Which word means 'a curved stick used as a weapon'?

boomerang. Boomerangs are often decorated with beautiful patterns. They are perhaps best known for being used by Australian aboriginal people.

Which word means 'a house with all rooms on the same floor'?

bungalow. Bungalow comes from a Hindu word 'bangal', meaning 'a house in the style of Bengal', a region in Northeast India where thatched, single-story houses are common.

Which word means 'a book in which words are listed in alphabetical order, from A-Z; to find a meaning of a word how a word is spelled'?

dictionary. This should have been really easy for you!

Which word describes 'a large extinct reptile that lived in prehistoric times'?

dinosaur. Dinosaurs died out about 65 million years but, although there are theories, no one knows why.

Which of these means 'electronic mail'?

e-mail. E-mail users sometimes call the ordinary postal system 'snail mail', because they think it is so slow.