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Questions
- Which wood was almost exclusively used by Thomas Chippendale for his furniture?
- The name of which wood is also the Spanish word for "raft"?
- Cricket bats are traditionally made of which wood?
- The Wright brothers chose to make the straight parts of their airplane from which wood as it was very light, but extremely strong?
- MDF is engineered wood boards, what does the acronym MDF stand for?
- What is the most famous object said to have been constructed from gopher wood?
- Golf clubs called "woods" had a club head made from which hardwood that's also the name of a British housebuilding company?
- Which country is named after a type of wood?
- The black keys of a piano were traditionally made of what wood?
- English longbows were traditionally made of wood from which tree?
- Is the wood of a coniferous tree hard or soft?
- Which wood is traditionally used in Aboriginal communities to make didgeridoos?
Answers
- Mahogany
- Balsa
- Willow
- Spruce, red spruce
- Medium-density fibreboard
- Noah's Ark
- Persimmon
- Brazil
- Ebony
- Yew tree (Taxus baccata)
- Soft
- Eucalyptus