Wildcard Quiz #636
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 27 March 2021
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Q1.
Who opened the restaurants called Pétrus and Amaryllis in Britain?
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Q2.
Where is the process known as folk etymology used?
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Recording regional dialects
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Q3.
Pencils are marked with a grading scale, represented by what?
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Q4.
Which of these is sometimes mounted on gimbals?
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Q5.
Over the period 2010 - 2019 what was the average number of unprovoked and fatal shark attacks worldwide in a year?
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Q6.
What word was coined in the 20th century for persistent mishearing and/or misunderstanding of a commonly known group of words?
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Q7.
Which of these is a specialist wine-growing area in Italy?
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