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    Town & Country Notebook

    Aug 03, 2022 3 minutes

    Quiz of the week

    1) What term describes an angle of less than 90˚?

    2) The Tudor rose features the colours of which two royal houses?

    3) Which farmer is a regular presenter on the television series Countryfile?

    4) Which line is coloured pink on a London Underground map?

    5) What is a male badger called?

    Word of the week

    Breviloquent (adjective) Concise, pithy

    100 years ago in COUNTRY LIFE August 5, 1922

    PERHAPS some of your readers can give some explanation of the remarkable growth of a.

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