Wildcard Quiz #56
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 13 February 2010
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Q1.
What is the official process whereby one nation or state requests and obtains from another nation or state the surrender of a suspected or convicted criminal?
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2
Q2.
Who invented the spa bath?
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Q3.
What is the next in this series: largo, lento, adagio, andante, moderato, allegretto, allegro … ?
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Q4.
With which country do you associate the didgeridoo?
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Q5.
Who was the dessert the "pavlova" named after?
A
Ivan Pavlov (1849 - 1936), Russian, physiologist, psychologist, and physician.
B
Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia (1891 -1941)
C
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931), Russian ballet dancer
D
Vera Anatolyevna Pavlova; (1963 - ), a Russian poet
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Q6.
Which newspaper, originally called "The Daily Universal Register" was founded by John Walter in 1785?
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Q7.
What name is given to poetry written in lines of 12 syllables in 6 metrical feet?
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