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- Tamagotchi – global sales have doubled between 2022 and 2023 and expectation for the current year are even higher. The current toy looks the same as the original, and still features a virtual pet, but it now has enhanced functionality (wi-fi, downloads, connect to friends, etc.).
- The Emperor Concerto.
- Dame Maggie Smith. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and California Suite (1978).
- They both have no moons.
- c) – Pizarro
- Jimmy Carter – he has been in hospice care since February 2023.
- b) – Aslan. The Chronicles of Narnia.
- The Pampas
- The British Pint – the standard measure used in pubs for beer. Tests have shown that reducing the beer glass to the standards of other international countries will lead to a decrease in alcohol consumption with beneficial health benefits. The British pint is 568ml. In Australia, the standard size is 425ml (a.k.a. the schooner) which is regarded as more suitable, but perhaps not by everyone in the UK.
- True – the amount spent on pet care in 2023 was $ 186bn. According to a report in The Economist
(13 Sept.) this is more than they spend on childcare. - Wallis Simpson – wife of the former King Edward VIII.
- Boeing – the worker’s union has rejected the offer on the grounds that it was simply presented by management rather than negotiated. A proverb regarding a horse’s mouth springs to mind.
- The Tour de France – the newspaper was called L’Auto, a predecessor of L’Équipe. The event has been staged every year since then, except during the WWI and WWII war years.
- Esperanto – it is estimated that there are between 100 000 and 2m speakers of the language.
- Tupperware – created in the 1940s, the company broke into markets across the world with a home-selling model (Tupperware parties). When its patents expired, cheaper versions emerged, and it also failed to change from its direct home-selling strategy that the web had made obsolete. But there could have been another reason – its products were almost indestructible, and one seldom needed to replace them. Perhaps they were too good?
- A muselet
- b) – Persia before the 10th century. They were common in Byzantine/Constantinople shortly after that and only spread to Northern Europe in the 16th century.
- On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. He is Australian. Diana Rigg.
- True – the entire continent of South America lies further west than any point in Mexico.
- 95% – 95.45% to be exact.
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