Wildcard Quiz #446
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 5 August 2017
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1
Q1.
What is likely to be achieved by tedding something?
A
Talk in fields of technology or electronics
B
Dried grass, hay, or straw
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2
Q2.
What is a cord of wood?
A
Firewood cut to lengths less than .5 metres long
C
A tree trunk less than 10 years old
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3
A
Destroyer of Danish-style furniture
C
Something which stops fermentation
D
Someone who kills a woman
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4
Q4.
What was Hepburn romanisation devised for?
A
For Audrey Hepburn's costume and style for the film "Roman Holiday"
B
To transliterate Japanese words into the Latin alphabet
C
A variation of the Times Roman font
D
Use of colonnades in 20th century architecture
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5
Q5.
Brogues are a type of what?
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6
B
Small green-headed British bird
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7
Q7.
What distinguishes a wine known as vin de pays?
A
The wine has been made from specified vines in a particular region
B
It is in the lowest grade
C
It is from the south of France
D
The wine carries a controlled designation of the country of origin on the bottle
Select from the options above.