Wildcard Quiz #345
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 29 August 2015
A new wildcard quiz is available each week. Try our daily general knowledge quiz or work through our archive of daily and themed quizzes.
1
C
Eight-berth space for small yachts
D
Neotropical genus of butterfly
Select from the options above.
2
Q2.
Which of these best fits the meaning of "demonym"?
B
A home for small devils
C
A name for the residents of a place
D
A name for a small devil
Select from the options above.
3
Q3.
Which of these is an indication of approval?
Select from the options above.
4
Q4.
Which computer company was founded by former employees of Acer?
Select from the options above.
5
Q5.
The religious movement known as the Doukhobors was oppressed and circumscribed in Russia where it first developed; when its members were eventually allowed to leave what country welcomed them?
Select from the options above.
6
Q6.
What is the name for the ceremonial meal which breaks the fast each evening in Ramadan?
Select from the options above.
7
Q7.
Why was Centralia, Pennsylvania, a town of 2,000 abandoned from 1981 on and has been largely demolished?
A
An outbreak of plague virus
B
Poisonous fumes from underground coal fires started in the 1960s by burning rubbish dump material
C
The logging industry which employed the inhabitants folded
D
Central government wanted to clear the area in order to establish a national park
Select from the options above.