Wildcard Quiz #388
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 25 June 2016
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Q1.
Where would a fluffer be most likely to be found?
A
In the make-up department of a fashion show
B
In an industrial carpet-making process
D
In an underground railway line
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Q2.
A bodhrán, tabor, pandeiro and bongo are types of what?
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Q3.
In the term "CE", for years called "AD" in Christian terminology, what does the "C" stand for?
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Q4.
Someone facing up to a difficult situation is said to take what animal "by the horns"?
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Q5.
Which of these words is NOT a contraction?
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Q6.
Which of these best represents the speech or literary device known as "elision"?
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Q7.
Where do Berilia, Tubul, Great T'Phon and Jerakeen appear together?
A
As illustrations of Malaysian birds in Audubon's classic work
B
In the Mongolian cricket team
C
On the back of the Great A'Tuin
D
In Phineas T. Barnum's first circus
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