The Saturday quiz answers

1. Baluster (from "balaustra").

2. The Bible.

3. Luddism.

4. Diddy (previously Puff Daddy and P Diddy).

5. Bayreuth Festival.

6. Peru and Bolivia.

7. Viscosity.

8. As "the shot heard 'round the world", adopted from a phrase in a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

9. A lawnmower.

10. The Royal Society.