Misc: where were the 1999 channel newsasia scrabble masters held (country)?

Questions

the poisonous ---------- smells like fresh cut cucumbers?

the poisonous copperhead smells like fresh cut----------?

woodpecker scalps, porpoise teeth, and giraffe tails have all been used as----------?

a coward was originally a boy who took care of----------?

a ---------- is a village without a church and a town is not a city until it has a cathedral?