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9. DISC DISC
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2. Symphon
3. OLD
4. JUMBO
5. HOROBOD
6. NE1410S?
7. Wether
10. LEAST
Making Red Cabbage Indicator
Red cabbage isn’t just fabulous at Christmas with your leftover turkey - it contains a chemical called anthocyanin that changes colour depending on the acidity of its environment. In an acidic environment it is reddish-pink, in a neutral environment it is purple, and in an alkaline environment it turns bluish-green and perhaps even yellow.
2.Bring the solution to a boil and then turn off the heat. Let it sit for 20 minutes to cool down.
Why not ask an adult to help you make your own indicator and carry out some tests.
• Fill a glass with some water and add indicator • Fill a glass with some vinegar and add indicator • Fill a glass with a teaspoon of baking soda with
Equipment
• 1⁄2 Red Cabbage • Saucepan
• Knife
• Water
• Strainer
• Container
Method
1. Chop the red cabbage into small pieces. Place in a saucepan and cover with water.
3.Pour the cabbage water through a strainer into
a container. The dark purple liquid is the indicator.
Using the Indicator
water and add indicator
• Observe what happens in each case.
York Quiz Answers Spring 2018
1. ‘CRAVN’ – Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons,Vikings, Normans
2. Eboracum
3. Jor vik
4. Gate
5. Bar (barring/stopping entry)
6. William, Duke of Normandy (William the Conqueror)
7. ANY OF - Micklegate Bar, Monk Bar, Bootham Bar, Walmgate Bar
8. Motte (hill) and Bailey Castle, stone Keep at top
9. Massacre of an estimated 150 Jewish people
10. Con uence
11. Robert Aske, the leader of the
Pilgrimage of Grace against Henry VIII’s changes to the Church in England (break from the Pope
in Rome making England Catholic rather than Roman Catholic; closing of 800 monasteries and sacking of 10,000 Roman Catholic monks).
12. Royalist
13. York Castle
14. So called ‘undesirables’/’enemies’/’
outsiders’ at the time.The Scots(!). Sick people, eg with the plague, beggars, etc.
15. Ask York’s mayor for permission to enter the city.
16. Between 1976 and 1981 archaeologists unearthed around 40,000 artefacts
17. A club or group of craftsmen/merchants
18. Charity, social, business connections
19. Constantine the Great
20. River Ouse and River Foss
21. The Shambles
22. Japan – Such success is clearly tied to
the country’s penchant for weird and wonderful avours – 300-plus exotic varieties have been created, from wasabi to melon.Then there are the quirky initiatives: the ‘postable’ KitKat with
a space on the wrapper for messages, the KitKat croissant...