Wildcard Quiz #394
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 6 August 2016
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1
Q1.
How is the Russian musical instrument, the balalaika, usually played?
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2
Q2.
In the nursery rhyme, who could eat no fat, and whose wife could eat no lean?
C
The Grand Old Duke of York
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3
Q3.
When were fingerprints first accepted as evidence in an English court of law?
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4
Q4.
Matricide takes place when ... ?
A
Someone kills their mother
B
A woman kills her child
C
Someone is killed while lying in bed
D
A carpet is used to smother someone
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Q5.
A popular work of its composer/performer, Albert Chevalier, described as outlining "the finest sentiments of the human heart [...] in a language understood by the people", and a song that influenced public taste "towards refinement and purity", was what?
B
"The Boy I Love" (1885)
D
"On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" (1897)
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6
Q6.
How many semitones are there in an octave?
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Q7.
Where does the word donnybrook, synonymous with a riot, come from?
C
A river in County Cork that is prone to flood
D
An alternative name for the parliament of the Republic of Ireland
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