Wildcard Quiz #437
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 3 June 2017
A new wildcard quiz is available each week. Try our daily general knowledge quiz or work through our archive of daily and themed quizzes.
1
Q1.
What standard distance was selected because it was expected to be "one ten millionth of the quadrant of the earth's meridian"
Select from the options above.
2
Q2.
In the International Radio Alphabet, how many are traditional male given names?
Select from the options above.
3
Q3.
In music, which word means "lively" or "animated"?
Select from the options above.
4
Q4.
What has been defined as a man "who can listen to the William Tell Overture without thinking of the Lone Ranger".
Select from the options above.
5
Q5.
Which of these is a word for a tea urn used in Russia?
Select from the options above.
6
Q6.
What does "anadromous" describe?
A
A camel with an unusually small hump
B
Fresh water fish migrating to salt water to spawn
C
Fish migrating up rivers from salt water to spawn
D
A genus of Australian prehistoric flightless bird
Select from the options above.
7
Q7.
What were the Penny Black and the Two Pence Blue that first went on sale in England in May 1840?
Select from the options above.