Wildcard Quiz #249
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 26 October 2013
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Q1.
A famous 44-pound gold plated cookie was stolen in 2013 from over the entrance to a German factory and returned tied round the neck of a horse statue outside Hanover University. Which factory was it?
A
Cadbury's chocolate factory
B
Biscuit making company, Bahlsen
C
Huntley and Palmers biscuit factory
D
Volkswagen production facility
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Q2.
What ballroom dance, recognised by the World Dance Council in the category of "International Latin", comes from Brazil?
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Q3.
A "howdah" is used to ride what animal?
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Q4.
What type of instrument is a "celeste"?
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Q5.
If you were to describe horse racing as "the turf", what figure of speech would you be using?
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Q6.
A type of simple gentle profile portrait popular in the 18th century in Europe was called a silhouette, deriving the name from what?
A
An example from studies in Irish literature nd history
B
Sulh, an Arabic word for "peace" as opposed to war
C
Étienne de Silhouette, a French finance minister with an 18th century austerity budget
D
Sylhet, a major city in north-eastern Bangladesh
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Q7.
What is the name of the days on the Roman Catholic and Anglican calendars that are the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before Ascension Day?
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