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hobnail | 09:02 Thu 24th Apr 2008 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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Hope someone out there can help me, Many Thanks in advance if you can.

1) Which expression came from an old tradition in Thailand when the monarchwould formally present the country's sacred animal, whose upkeep was ruinously expensive and which could not be used for work, to a person out of favour. ?
2) Which Latin word is used to express the meaning 'word for word' ?
3) Which term for extortion and general exploitation by a landlord of his tenants was derived from the name of a Polish immigrant landlord in 1962-63. ?
4)Which blind soothsayer in Greek mythology disclosed the crimes of Oedipus. ?
5) And finally, Which Briton is the current light-welterweight boxing champion. ?
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1 white elephant
3 Rachmanism
4 Teiresias
2 Verbatim
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Many Thanks Piggling, Shaneystar 2 and junkman.
5. Colin Lynes
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Thankyou Woodstock, I must be getting old !!
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