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I think it was invented in the 19th century in Italy, but I do not know the exact year or the name of the inventor.

I understand that before the photographic camera there was a device called a 'camera obscura' [Italian for 'dark room'] which projected an image, it need a means to fix the image.

A camera obscura was used by artists to help with perspective etc.

Gilead famed for its balm, mentioned in Genesis and Jeremiah and Ophir for its gold. I think that Gilead was in the northern part of modern Jordan [please confirm,give modern name, and are scents/spices etc still grown there?]. I have no idea where Ophir was.

Gilead famed for its balm, mentioned in Genesis and Jeremiah and Ophir for its gold. I think that Gilead was in the northern part of modern Jordan [please confirm,give modern name, and are scents/spices etc still grown there?]. I have no idea where Ophir was.

The venue of the councils of Nicaea?

Have no picture. The variety used to be popular here in southern England back in the 1970s, but I have not seen it at all in recent years. It was only about 6 to 8 inches tall considerably shorter than other varieties. It flowered in March, which is earlier than most tulips, and the flowers opened wide rather than to a cup-shape. The petals were mainly white or cream-coloured but yellow towards the centre, giving them an appearance resembling waterlilies.  

 I have some king prawns which I will have tomorrow in a tomato and onion sauce served with pasta [either penne or spaghetti]. I have some mixed Italian herbs, will this be best or would you use a different blend. Also, how can I prevent the prawns from becoming chewy?

I know that one is a noun and the other an adjective, but as recent events have shown a virus can spread in a virulent manner, as well as the fact the two words share the same first 5 letters.

They are poetically called the Cork and Kerry Mountains because they are located in those counties, but I do not think that is their 'official' name.

My guess would be probably in North London just after the First World War. That is because at the time a number of  Greek Cyrriots migrated to GB, many of whom settled in parts of North London. 

Sometimes I hear them referred to as 'deadly' but other times that it rarely bites humans and if it does it is only like a bee or wasp sting.

I think it may be in Upper Lough Erne, Co Cavan, close to the border with NI, but I do not know for certain. I know that the Shannon has many tributaries which drain a large area of the central part of Ireland, this Q is about its main stream.

I had to throw out a whole packet of mushrooms today as they have gone mouldy. It occurred to me that this is somewhat unusual - fungus on fungus.

I remember struggling with it as a child. I was told it was the Lord's Prayer and was very important when I was about 5, but did not have its meanings properly explained and I was into my teens before I could understand some of it, as it does use language not in general use.

In the sense used by Scrooge in Dickins novel to mean nonsense' and a 'waste of time' and a general way of expressing his dislike of Christmas and all that is associated with it.

Also as the name os a peppermint flavour sugar confection with black and white stripes usually with a hard candy outer layer and a chewy centre. They are aka Everton Mints, probably due to their place of origin [for non-Brits information, Everton is a town near Liverpool in NW England]

I used to like lemon meringue as a child MANY years ago but cannot have it now. BTW I'm egg-sensitive, not began, so I could use a recipe that contains milk. Do not know how or why or exactly when I became egg sensitive.

I know both of these Churches practice Believers Baptism rather than infant Baptism, but do not know the difference between them.

It is a large plant, grown from a small seed. I know this fact, but not the species/variety it refers to.

Dinosaurs were only identified as a category of extinct animals in the 19th century. Yet people would surely have found them before that. Dragon myths occur in various countries far apart as Wales and China. They are also mentioned in the Bible as a metaphor for the devil [Daniel and Revelation]. Could the remains of dinosaurs have given rise to these legends? 

This Q is about parents who have a reduced income this year because of COVID 19, and where the children are young enough to believe in Father Christmas/Santa Claus. How can it be explained that Christmas will be lower key and fewer presents this year, should parents disillusion children about Father Christmas at a younger age than they otherwise would? No good parents want to see their children upset, especially at Christmas, so how can they explain they may not get the costly gifts on their wish list.