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Welcome to Title Builder Beta.

This small piece of kit is designed to make building your Quiz, Crossword or Puzzle question more effective. It should make finding your question easier for others and, the easier it is to find, the more likely someone is to answer it!

To build an easy to find question title simply select the paper and quiz, enter the quiz number if relevant and fill in the Publication Date. Once you’re happy click “Build Title” and the information should populate the Title field. Fill in the final required details of your question as you normally would, and click submit.

As this is a Beta we only have a limited number of papers and quizzes listed. If you think your favourite Quiz, Crossword or Puzzle should be listed here don’t hesitate to contact us.

Remember: You do not have to use the title builder - simply enter the title and question as you normally would and click submit!

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emperor | 14:45 Tue 10th Dec 2019 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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What is owed to gunpowder is on the bottle ! (5)

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scorpiojo

Best Answer

Proof The term proof dates back to 16th century England, when spirits were taxed at different rates depending on their alcohol content. Spirits were tested by soaking a pellet of gunpowder in them. If the gunpowder could still burn, the spirits were rated above proof and taxed at a higher rate.[

15:06 Tue 10th Dec 2019

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Captain2

Can only come up with

what is owed = DUE + TEA = gunpowder is a type of tea

giving Duty - however only (4) ((

dannyk13

Capt, I don't think that the duty is displayed on the bottle.

elliemay1

Don't think it means literally on the bottle , thus the !

scorpiojo

Proof

The term proof dates back to 16th century England, when spirits were taxed at different rates depending on their alcohol content. Spirits were tested by soaking a pellet of gunpowder in them. If the gunpowder could still burn, the spirits were rated above proof and taxed at a higher rate.[

dannyk13

Well done Jo :-)

scorpiojo

Ta :-)

Captain2

Great find Jo. Amazing what we did in times gone by to set standards.

emperor

Question Author

Thanks so much Scorpiojo for a brilliant answer and explanation!

scorpiojo

You're welcome. Good luck. :-)

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