Wildcard Quiz #448
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 19 August 2017
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1
Q1.
Who would use a creel?
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2
Q2.
When cooking a ragout using pluck, what would somebody be using?
A
An animal's heart, spleen, liver and lungs
B
Fruit which has been picked, not windfalls
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3
Q3.
What word can mean a tumble-down dwelling and a sailors' work song?
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4
Q4.
In Victorian times, what was an item of wardrobe known as a "stovepipe"?
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5
Q5.
A gobo is a small screen used to shape theatre lighting, but also what?
B
Dandelion leaves and root
C
The root of a variety of burdock
D
A component in the steering mechanism of a submarine
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6
Q6.
When English King Henry I died apparently from eating a surfeit of lampreys in 1135, what is he thought to have done?
A
Eaten a toxic salt water type of lamprey by mistake
C
Eaten too much of the fish
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7
Q7.
What does "I" stand for in the acronym "LGBTI"?
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