| WORDS AND PHRASES |
| 1. | Which Japanese word translates into English as "empty orchestra"? |
| | Karaoke |
| 2. | Which phrase was first used in a novel by William Burroughs in 1962 and is now commonly used to describe a type of music? |
| | Heavy Metal |
| 3. | Who first coined the words "madcap", "hobnob" and "swagger"? |
| | William Shakespeare |
| 4. | Used in the English language, which German word means "noisy ghost"? |
| | Poltergeist |
| 5. | What two word phrase is "Sweeney Todd" Cockney rhyming slang for? |
| | Flying Squad |
| 6. | Which word in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet would score the most points in a game of Scrabble? |
| | Whiskey (20 points) |
| 7. | What does "dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot" spell out in Morse Code? |
| | S.O.S. |
| 8. | Beelzebub is Hebrew for what phrase, which is also the title of a famous novel? |
| | Lord Of The Flies |
| 9. | What three letter word was removed from decimal coins in 1982? |
| | New |
| 10. | Which English word comes from an old French word meaning "sour wine"? |
| | Vinegar |
| Tie Break | In which year was the word "homosexual" first used? |
| | 1869 |