Wildcard Quiz #314
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 24 January 2015
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Q1.
Which of these means "that is"?
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Q2.
Benjamin Caunt (1815-1861) from Nottinghamshire, England's heavy weight champion boxer 1838-1845 although his fights occasionally suffered claims of fouls, is popularly supposed to have been the source of what name?
A
Big Ben, the bell hung in 1858 in the clock in Westminster
B
The village of Caunton in Nottinghamshire
C
Benzene, first isolated and named 1825-1845
D
Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol" (1843) by Charles Dickens
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Q3.
What is the name for a fictional murder mystery?
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Q4.
Which of these is an instrument with a glass tube which is incompletely filled with a liquid designed to indicate whether a surface is level or plumb?
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Q5.
Which of these is a French liqueur made in the town of Voiron, which composed of distilled alcohol flavoured with 130 herbal extracts and is named after the monastery where it was formerly produced?
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Q6.
The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations was licensed in 2006 as what?
A
Training institution for stockbrokers
D
National securities exchange
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Q7.
How is a rebec usually played?
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