Wildcard Quiz #293
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 30 August 2014
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Q1.
What was the Raspberry Pi developed to be?
A
A computer children would enjoy, to promote teaching basic computer science
B
A maths concept to deal with volumes of multiglobular shapes
C
A catchy name for a new line in ice creams
D
A competitor for the Blackberry smartphone
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Q2.
If a Greek person calls "Eureka" what are they saying?
D
I am dripping on your shoes
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Q3.
What does a series of dots above musical notes mean?
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Q4.
A quote from Samuel Johnson is that "when a man is tired of London he is tired of ..." what?
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Q5.
The organisation OPEC is concerned with production of what?
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Q6.
If you are holding a musical instrument with F-holes what are you likely to be holding?
D
A bowed string instrument
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Q7.
The miners affected by a 2012 strike and massacre in Marikana, South Africa, were workers from what type of mine?
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