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The first activity in the book was:
Listening
Whose nanny made up a story about kidnapping?
Jean Piaget's
Clive, one of the authors of this book once had a terrible
Journey
How long was the first medical exam before immigrants could enter the hall after their arrival in the US?
6 seconds
There is a personality test in the book. It uses a painting by
Dali
What was a treadmill originally?
Prison punishment
What does the book teach you to cook in detail?
Boiled eggs
What did Roald Dahl take part in when he was a school boy?
Tasting chocolate
What two ways of adding emphasis (grammar) mentioned in the book?
Inversion, cleft sentences
According to the book, you’re more likely to order dessert in a restaurant if the waiter is _____.
overweight
What can entomologist George McGavin cook well?
Insects
Can you give an example of ‘social prescribing’?
Cookery classes, yoga, gardening, book clubs...
How many jobs did Emma Rosen want to have tried before she was 25?
25
What does anomia mean?
The inability to remember names
What was Norwegian wrestler Stig-Andre Berge’s achievement at the Rio Olympics?
Bronze medal
Where was the entrance to the USA for many new Americans from 1892 to 1954?
Ellis Island