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Wildcard Quiz #383

Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 21 May 2016

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Q1. A vestry is a feature of what sort of building?

A
Lighthouse
B
Factory
C
Town Hall
D
Church
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Q2. What cocktail is made with advocaat and lemonade?

A
Harvey Wallbanger
B
Screwdriver
C
Snowball
D
Black Russian
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Q3. From where did the guillotine get its name?

A
From the name of the man who first operated it in 1792
B
Deputy to the Estates-General who proposed beheading as the death penalty in the French Revolution
C
From the word "guilloter" which may mean "to behead"
D
From the name of the village where it was made for French Revolutionary use
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Q4. If someone takes a person for a ride what could they be said to do?

A
Accompany them on a hike
B
Adjust the saddle
C
Tell them a bedtime story
D
Deceive them
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Q5. Doves Type created in the late 19th century by, and exclusively for, Doves Press based on a 1470s typeface and used to print special works, now highly prized, was resurrected in 2015 after 100 years by Robert Green; why was it not used in the meantime?

A
The man who commissioned the type threw the matrices into the River Thames
B
Doves Press was destroyed by bombing in WW I
C
When the Doves Press partnership was dissolved the partners put a 100 year stop on use of the type
D
It fell out of fashion
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Q6. Which of these is often written in a time signature similar to a waltz?

A
Tango
B
Gavotte
C
Polka
D
Minuet
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Q7. "Imagination encircles the world" is an example of what figure of speech?

A
Metaphor
B
Simile
C
Adverbial phrase
D
Adjectival phrase
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