Wildcard Quiz #457
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 21 October 2017
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Q1.
What is an orthodox Muslim belief whose name derives from a body of traditional teaching which guides Muslims alongside the Koran?
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2
Q2.
In music, what does the term "Adagio" mean?
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Q3.
What is an apparatus consisting of a frame containing a number of parallel wires on which there are rows of beads which can be moved left and right?
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Q4.
What is the expression "urheimat" associated with?
D
The study of linguistics
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Q5.
What is known as the "standard gauge" for a railway?
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Q6.
The colloquial name "cockney" is traditionally applied to a Londoner born within the sound of the bells of which church?
C
St Martin-in-the-Fields
D
St Mary-le-Bow, Cheapside
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Q7.
Under English law, what was the earliest date that a woman could obtain a divorce with the sole ground of adultery?
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