Wildcard Quiz #178
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 16 June 2012
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Q1.
What is the specific name for the chain, cable, or mooring line (or a combination of these) including the attachment to a ship's anchor at one end and the ship itself at the other?
Note: This question was updated in June 2020
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Q2.
Grounation Day (April 21) and Coronation Day (November 2) are important holy days in which religion?
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Q3.
What is an alternative name for the prongs of a fork?
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Q4.
Where was the cocktail "daiquiri" invented?
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Q5.
In which country did the idea of Father Christmas coming down the chimney and leaving presents originate?
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Q6.
What did George W Bush get from Tony Blair as a birthday present in 2006?
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Q7.
Peruvian Lina Medina, aged 5, made history in 1939 as the youngest person to do what?
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Win a gold medal at an international gymnastics competition
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Swim 50m freestyle in under 30 seconds
D
Sail solo around South America
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