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Wildcard Quiz #453

Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 23 September 2017

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Q1. Which of these is part of traditional Chinese cuisine?

A
Eucalyptus leaves
B
Pasta
C
Bamboo shoots
D
Flamingo
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Q2. What is most likely to be a characteristic of a whippersnapper?

A
Appreciation of birds
B
Muscular strength
C
Youth and inexperience
D
Liking for violence
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Q3. When Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, later chief architect of the public buildings for the new Brazilian capital Brasilia, was appointed in 1953 as dean of Harvard University's Graduate School of Design he was unable to take it up. Why?

A
Work commitments did not leave time for the duties of the position
B
He was refused an American work visa due to his membership of Brazil's Communist Party
C
He was offered a similar position in Brazil
D
He fell ill with polio
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Q4. A type of behaviour characterised by living together in mutigenerational colonies headed by one productive female, cooperative brood care, individuals with specialised non-transferable skills, is known as what?

A
Hymenopteric
B
Parasociality
C
Eusociality
D
Batroid
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Q5. What is a term for bodily movements, often unconscious, made seemingly to influence the path of an object after it has left the control of the mover?

A
Stream flux
B
Follow through
C
Body English
D
Kinetic suggestion
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Q6. In England, what word refers to a parish constable of the Anglican Church, often charged with duties of charity?

A
Beagle
B
Beadle
C
Beatle
D
Beanie
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Q7. The revolver, with a single barrel and a number of chambers for cartridges fired by a one-lock mechanism, was patented in 1835 by whom?

A
Harvey Lee Enfield
B
James Smith
C
Harold Wesson
D
Samuel Colt
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