Wildcard Quiz #492
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 23 June 2018
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Q1.
What is the cause of the effervescence in a bottle of real Champagne?
A
It is superheated and quickly cooled before bottling
B
Gas is injected into the bottle after sealing
C
Fermentation takes place after the bottle has been sealed
D
It is cooled almost to freezing point before bottling
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Q2.
Which expression is an example of periphrasis?
Note: This question was updated in August 2022
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Q3.
What is the sauce sometimes known as crapaudine sauce usually served with?
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Q4.
Which brass musical instrument has a slide mechanism that enables the sounding length of the tube to be adjusted?
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Q5.
Where would Christian clerics, particularly in Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Methodist churches, usually wear an alb?
B
Under a cassock, chasuble or daimatic
D
On the hands as a glove
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Q6.
Which of these is a word for the sign "/", called a slash, forward slash, stroke, diagonal, right-leaning stroke, oblique dash, slant, separatrix, scratch comma, slaok, over, slak or whack?
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Q7.
Which ingredient particularly distinguishes béarnaise sauce from hollandaise sauce?
C
Fresh tarragon and other herbs
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