Wildcard Quiz #155
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 7 January 2012
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Q1.
What word's original meaning was "the hearing of a person's confession and their absolution before their execution"?
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Q2.
What is another name for "mother of pearl"?
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Q3.
Where would you find a "spruiker"?
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Q4.
According to a Time - Pew Research Centre poll published on 29 November 2010, the percentage of married people in the USA changed from 75% (of those over 18) in 1960 to what in 2008?
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Q5.
What name is given to the first person to enter a house in the New Year?
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Q6.
According to the nursery rhyme, where does the Muffin Man live?
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Q7.
In the term "taxi-cab", the word cab" is an abbreviated form of what word?
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