Wildcard Quiz #224
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 4 May 2013
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Q1.
What does the Greek word "Eureka" mean?
Note: This question was updated in December 2021
A
I am dripping on your shoes
B
It's a sudden and unexpected discovery
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Q2.
If you were studying a "lek" which of these would you NOT be looking at?
A
A flirting space particularly one used by male birds
B
A one or two person steerable ice vehicle with specially hardened oak runners
C
A river in the Netherlands
D
A piece of Cardassian currency in Star Trek
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Q3.
What do "cruciverbalists" do?
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Q4.
John the Baptist lived in the wilderness of Judea between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, "his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather girdle about his loins; and his meat was ..." what?
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Q5.
When was the current theme for the BBC television programme Top Gear first released on an album?
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Q6.
Which of these phrases is traditionally associated with a highwayman?
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Q7.
What are the two main symbols of the Freemasons?
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