1. Why is a computer mouse called a "mouse"
2. What do we call a readily combustible black sedimentary rock, composed primarily of carbon along with variable quantities of other elements such as sulphur, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. The harder forms are regarded as metamorphic rock. 
3. What is the process for separating mixtures based on a difference in their volatilities in a boiling liquid mixture, this is a unit operation or a physical separation process and not a chemical reaction
4. Beginning with the letter "E", what name is given to a vertical transport machine which moves people or goods
5. Where is the biggest train station in the world - by floor area
   
6. What name is given to the circumference of a tire, typically with a pattern to provide traction and which is in contact with the road
7. Beginning with the letter "A", what name is given to a mechanical device for moving or controlling a mechanism or system. Typically it converts compressed air, electricity or pressurised fluids into motion
8. What metal has the symbol Pb
9. What name is given to a crane which is mounted on a vertically elevated structure, demountable or permanent, including both horizontal and luffing jib types - a) High  b) Tower  c) Extended
10. What name is given to the programming language which represents a program by a graphical diagram based on the circuit diagrams of relay based logic hardware. It is mainly used to develop software for PLC's used in industrial control applications
    

Bonus Question

I was born March 2, 1962 in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA

As a child I attended St.Joseph High School in Metuchen, New Jersey

Later, I attended Sayreville War Memorial High School in Parlin, New Jersey

At age 16 I was playing the club circuit

I met keyboardist David Bryan and we played together in a R&B band called Atlantic City Express

At this time I also performed with bands called "The Rest" and "Wild Ones"

In 1984 I supported Kiss at the Queens Hall in Leeds

My groups debut album was released in 1984 and went gold in the US

Our second album "7800 degrees Fahrenheit" was released in 1985 but had poor sales

We achieved global success when we used songwriter Desmond Childs for our third album in 1986

With tracks such as "You Give Love a Bad Name", "Livin On A Prayer" and "Wanted Dead or Alive", the album sold 28 million copies world wide

Other albums include "New Jersey", "Keep the Faith", "Cross Road", "These Days", "Crush" and "Bounce"

I was born John Francis Bongiovi Jr

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 1) Because the people who designed the original computer parts thought that it looked like a mouse. It was about the same size and had a cable in the back which looked like a tail. Some early mice had 2 small black buttons which looked like eyes  2) Coal  3) Distillation  4) Elevator  5) Nagoya Station in Nagoya, Japan  6) Tread  7) Actuator  8) Lead  9) b) Tower  10) Ladder Logic

Bonus Question - I am Jon Bon Jovi