Wildcard Quiz #571
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 28 December 2019
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Q1.
Which of these describes a sudden change of government, forcibly effected by a ruler, the army or the general populace?
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Q2.
An original copy of which book was sold at auction at Sotheby's auction room in London in December 2010 for £7.3 million, a record price for the sale of a book?
A
"Birds of America" by John James Audubon
B
"Martin Chuzzlewit" by Charles Dickens
C
"Goldfinger" by Ian Fleming
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Q3.
Which of these is a musical expression?
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Q4.
The people of which extremely wealthy city in what is now southern Italy became a byword for people living in opulent luxury and for outrageous pleasure-seeking?
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Q5.
What do sinologists study?
C
The evolution of the Greek alphabet
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Q6.
In the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", what were there five of?
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Q7.
What is the term used in music to designate a passage which brings a piece (or one movement thereof) to a conclusion?
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