Wildcard Quiz #589
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Q1. What is the description "trochaic" usually applied to?
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Q2. What is the meaning of the longest word in the English language which dictionaries have the space to include?
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Q3. If someone is referred to as "canine", what animal are they being compared to?
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Q4. What is the name of the small red oval mark painted on the face, common in Hinduism?
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Q5. What fishing method used to catch salmon, mackerel and kingfish, involves drawing one or more fishing lines, baited with lures or bait fish, through the water?
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Q6. When Napoleon Bonaparte established the coat of arms to be used for his new Empire it contained the imperial crown and mantle, the hand of justice and sceptre, the chain of the Legion of Honour and two animals. The eagle was one, which was the other?
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Q7. The word "infant" is derived from Latin words meaning what?
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