1) The early leaders of the Christian Church were chosen to celebrate Christmas in late December because it allowed the Christian holiday to be conveniently super-imposed on the pagan festival of the Winter Solstice.

2) Although the evidence supporting the theory of global warming seems to the lay man to be irrefutable, there are still some scientists who remains unconvinced of its veracity.

3) I had never spoken to a non-Caucassian after the day a travelling salesman of Sikh origin came to our door in Edinburgh and tried to sell us some brushes.

4) Of all the major religious in the world, Hinduism is, without doubt, not only the oldest but the least dispersed geographically.

5) The musical 'Evita' is based on the life of Eva Peron, who became the more famous woman in South America after marrying Juan Peron, President of the Republic of Argentina.

6) Most of the telecommunications companies that had invested heavily in acquiring market share during the dot com boom paid for its profligacy with high levels of debt when the bubble burst.

7) The great majority of the buildings which constitute what is still known as 'The New Town' was built in the middle years of the eighteenth century.

8) It is estimated that by the end of this century, perhaps even much earlier, the population of the world will be reached 8,000,000,000.

9) What most people recognises as a camel is actually another creature altogether; the Arabian dromedary, easily distinguishable by its single hump.

10) Unlike nuclear fission which depends on splitting the atom, nuclear fusion holds out the vision of unlimited energy which is both cheap and safety.

11) The mathematical puzzle which the professor had spent half his life trying to figure out solved by a freshman student last week.

12) Outside the main entrance to the school, a large sculptor of Athena, the ancient greek goddess of wisdom, was erected during the vacation.

13) The tiger chased after the antelopes which had came down to the waterhole to drink.

14) The jury systems was developed to ensure the impartiality of court cases and thus secure the defendants rights to a fair trial.

15) The latest entries in the patient's chart showed that his temperature was normal and his pulse only slighty faster than usually.

16) When a star finally uses up all its energy, and therefore loses all its heat, it became what is known as a black dwarf.

17) When we consider the amount of television and radio signals that go off into space every hour of every day, it is likely that alien beings on another worlds call us 'the noisy planet'.

18) Wilfred Owen, the most haunting of all the poets to emerge from the Great War, was tragic killed only a week before the war ended.

19) Captain Scott and his three companions reached the South Pole only to find that Amundsen's expedition had yet been there.

20) Chimps and dolphins have been shown to be alike in that either have certain basic language skills.