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The person asking the questions is known as the quizmaster or quiz host. Quiz hosts often also mark and score answers submitted by teams, although sometimes teams will mark each other's answer sheets. The questions can be set by the bar staff or landlord, by a third-party who may also supply the host, or by volunteers from amongst the contestants.
Cryptic crosswords often use abbreviations to clue individual letters or short fragments of the overall solution. These include: Any conventional abbreviations found in a standard dictionary, such as:
The term ESOL is used to describe English language learners who are above statutory school age. Other acronyms were created to describe the person rather than the language to be learned. The term Limited English proficiency (LEP) was first used in 1975 by the Lau Remedies following a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Manx: Sostynagh, plural Sostynee; the English language is Baarle, from Irish 'Southrons' – the historical Scots language name for the English, largely displaced since the eighteenth century by "Sassenachs". [citation needed] 'Overner' – A term used by residents of the Isle of Wight to refer to people from the English mainland and elsewhere ...
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
A person was arrested after attempting to climb a temporary fence near the White House this morning, according to a U.S. Secret Service spokesperson. The Secret Service said the person was ...
There's still more than a month until Inauguration Day, but President-elect Donald Trump's administration is already off to a rocky start. His first nominee for attorney general, former Rep. Matt ...
Watch a couple get married during the first half of Tuesday's Cheez-It Citrus Bowl between South Carolina and Illinois at Camping World Stadium: