1. What was "Asdic" whose development was first recorded in 1939? a device for detecting incoming aircraft by using radar the monetary system of the Axis powers the name of the treaty between Germany and Italy an echo-sounding device for the detection of submarines

2. What was a "Blattnerphone"? an early form of walkie-talkie an early type of tape recorder a special form of office intercom someone who hated jazz music

3. From the attack on which city does the term "fifth-column" first come into the language? Barcelona Cordoba Seville Madrid

4. What extra specific meaning did the term "guinea-pig" come to have during World War 2? a person who would use small animals for scientific testing a person who was billetted or evacuated to a strange town or village a person who would import a large number of rodents from Guinea a person who volunteered for a scientific test in a laboratory

5. Which of the following items of underclothing was not first entered into the dictionary during the 1930s? bra panties G-string briefs

6. What sort of town was a "Hooverville"? a town fit for the president of the U.S.A. a town where the main products were agricultural ones a town where the main products were electrical ones a temporary shanty town

7. From which popular game did the slang term "screwball" meaning an eccentric or irrational person originally derive? American football baseball soccer ice hockey

8. Which vivid color was introduced into the language by Italian-born fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli? shocking pink electric blue passionate purple emerald green

9. What would you do if you started to "simonize"? You would apply a wax substance in order to polish something. You would use a high powered chainsaw. You would would use one of the early dish-washers. You would diagnose character from someone's doodles.

10. In the U.S.A. in the 1930s what would you expect to find a "thumber" doing? He is someone who passes counterfeit coins and bills. He is someone who thumbs a lift, a hitch-hiker. He is someone who helps get legislation through Congress. He is a magician who specializes in card tricks.