Wildcard Quiz #168
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 7 April 2012
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Q1.
What is the meaning in English of the French word "éclair"?
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2
Q2.
From medieval times in Germany, what is the literal translation of "junkers", a term still in use today?
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3
Q3.
Which of these is a traditional English word for someone who makes shoes?
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Q4.
What is unusual about the traditional Greek string instrument known as tampouras, tambouras, tabouras, taburas, tsambouras and tambouri?
A
It cannot be properly tuned
D
The player blows into the sound box to cause the strings to vibrate
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Q5.
In nursery rhymes, Tommy Tucker and Jack Horner are both referred to as what?
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Q6.
Which of these words can be applied to soups enriched with salt pork fatback and thickened with flour or with crushed ship biscuit or saltine crackers, and milk?
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Q7.
What is the main ingredient of "toad in the hole"?
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