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Wildcard Quiz #671

Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 27 November 2021

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Q1. What did Emperor Charles V, the Holy Roman Emperor, aim to achieve when he called the Diet of Worms together in 1521?

A
To call Martin Luther to defend or recant his views on Indulgences in the Christian Church
B
A review of Church riches
C
To examine the doctrines of Christian redemption through grace or works
D
Stocktake of numbers of adherents
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Q2. Once it is harvested, spelt is usually …?

A
Pulped and made into wine
B
Used for sandpaper
C
Added to a glass-making process
D
Eaten
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Q3. What field of activity does the phrase "on tenterhooks" refer to?

A
Preparing canvas for oil painting
B
Camping
C
Making woollen cloth
D
Theatre
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Q4. Which of these wedding anniversaries is the earliest?

A
Cotton
B
Tin
C
Sapphire
D
Pearl
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Q5. Which of these is a procedure popularly thought of as used for excommunication from the Catholic Church for one who had committed a particularly grievous sin?

A
Lock, stock and barrel
B
Hook, line and sinker
C
Bell, book and candle
D
Blood, sweat and tears
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Q6. Hōkūleʻa, Star of Gladness, a double-hulled sailing canoe launched in 1975 in Hawai'I, has completed multiple voyages using exclusively Polynesian navigation techniques. What was its 2014 voyage?

A
To circumnavigate the Earth
B
To Japan and back
C
Round all the islands of Polynesia
D
To Antarctica and back
Select from the options above.
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Q7. What word describes an open artificial water channel, in the form of a gravity chute, that leads water from a diversion dam or weir?

A
Flood
B
Flume
C
Fluke
D
Fleet
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