Wildcard Quiz #319
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 28 February 2015
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1
Q1.
Which of these is not usually a member of a string quartet?
Select from the options above.
2
Q2.
What is the usual thing to do with a posset?
B
Put it on damaged area on a horse's leg
Select from the options above.
3
Q3.
If a shawm were a member of the modern orchestra what section would it be in?
Select from the options above.
4
Q4.
What is found in a "parliament"?
Select from the options above.
5
Q5.
Which people from a currently minority and persecuted faith, having suffered genocide in World War I, and repeated massacres and hostile political regimes, as at 2015 have largely left their homeland?
Select from the options above.
6
Q6.
Which of these is the nearest to the usual definition of ghost personnel?
A
Past personnel whose effect is still felt
B
Personnel recorded as being on the roll but which do not actually exist
C
Machines performing tasks which were formerly performed by people
D
Personnel whose effectiveness depends on being undetected
Select from the options above.
7
Q7.
Traditionally, horses were kept in a what?
Select from the options above.