1. What is the chemical symbol for silver
2. In manufacturing improvement terminology, what does SMED stand for
3. What is 1/16" in millimetres
   
4. Beginning with the letter "D", what name is given to a positive displacement pump that uses a combination of the reciprocating action of a flexible membrane and non-return valves to pump
5. What and where is the longest perfectly straight stretch of railway track in the world?
6. Beginning with the letter "B" what is the generic name for a vehicle equipped with a large metal plate at the front designed to push spoil, typically used in road building
7. Paul E. Cope is generally recognised as inventing what commonly used joining method a) Hotmelt adhesive b) Poly strapping  c) Pop Rivets
8. Which film was the first in which Charlie Chaplin spoke coherent dialogue
9. Beginning with the letter "B" , what do we call a block of material typically used in construction
10. Which chemical company developed Nylon in 1935

 Bonus Question

I was born July 26th 1925 in Highland Park, Michigan
I left home at age 15 with a guitar and little else
For the next few years I  led a rough life working with whatever musical bands I could find
I eventually got a job with a popular group known as the "Down Homers" whilst they were in Hartford Connecticut but left to pursue a career of my own
I was a musical director of radio station WPWA in Chester , Pennsylvania and had my own band during this period
My band were the Saddlemen reflecting my leanings to a tough Western style
We played the clubs and radio around Philadelphia and made our first recording in 1951
During the Labour Day weekend in 1952 my band was renamed and in 1953 our recording of "Crazy Man,Crazy" became the first rock and roll song to hit the American charts

I scored a major world wide hit with a cover version of Big Joe Turners "Shake, Rattle and Roll"
This song became the first ever rock n roll song to enter the British singles charts in Dec 1954
I was an alcoholic and died February 9th 1981 aged 55
I am best known as being the father of Rock n Roll
Probably my best known recording is "Rock Around The Clock" which was the first record to sell over one million copies in both Britain and Germany
 

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1) Ag  2) Single Minute Exchange of Dies  3) 1.5875mm  4) Diaphragm  5) The Indian Pacific rail service between Sydney and Perth, Australia - it is 297 miles or 478 km  6) Bulldozer  7) a) Hotmelt Adhesive  8) The Great Dictator (1940)  9) Brick  10) Du Pont

Bonus Question - I am Bill Haley