Wildcard Quiz #652
Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 17 July 2021
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Q1.
If someone is dismissed from employment, what are they said to have been?
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2
Q2.
The musical term "scherzo" takes its name from the Italian word for what?
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3
Q3.
What does a querulous person do?
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4
Q4.
Where is the stempost of a sea-going vessel?
A
In the centre (the mast)
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Q5.
What does the "L" stand for in the letters "SWALK" written on an envelope?
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Q6.
The slang words "cool", "groovy", "cat", and "chick" came from the jazz music culture in what decades'?
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Q7.
Which organisation was involved in a scandal in the 1980s, concerning the 1982 $3.5 billion collapse of Banco Ambrosiano, has been the subject of a US government report which accused it of funding the Solidarity Polish trade-union and the Contras, and managing US covert funds, was reported in 2009 of being investigated for money laundering transactions worth €180 million (US$ 218 million) and in September 2010 came under investigation for other money laundering charges?
B
The Institute for Works of Religion
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