Wildcard Quiz #415
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 31 December 2016
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Q1.
At the time of her construction in 2003, what was the longest, widest, tallest, largest passenger ship ever built?
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Q2.
Americans call it a hood. What do the British call it?
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Q3.
The Books of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy are collectively known as what?
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Q4.
What is the hooped whalebone framework for a petticoat, a fashion brought to England by Catherine of Aragon from Spain on her marriage to Prince Arthur, eldest son of Henry VII in 1501, and worn in England until the 17th century?
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Q5.
Which best fits the description "an acoustic resonator, resonating at a specific constant pitch"?
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Q6.
What was the destination of a number of caged chickens which were found abandoned, starving, dehydrated, and (in the case of 35 of them) drowned, in the streets of Brooklyn, New York, in late 2005?
A
A Williamsburg egg-producing farm
B
The Denbight & Flint poultry show
C
The local Kentucky Fried Chicken slaughter house
D
Use in a Jewish atonement ritual
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Q7.
How is the traditional Lao musical instrument the khene, or khaen, played?
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