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Wildcard Quiz #602

Wildcard General Knowledge Quiz for 1 August 2020

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Q1. What phrase means "on the brink of failure"?

A
Down the road
B
Over the hill
C
Up the creek
D
In the dog box
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Q2. What would a beautician use an emery board for?

A
Plucking eyebrows
B
Filing nails
C
Colouring hair
D
Lengthening eyelashes
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Q3. Diego and 25 of his colleagues caught international attention in 2020 when they retired to Española in the Galápagos Islands. Why was this?

A
They were the first judges in Ecuador to be removed from office because of their age
B
They had been internationally successful wrestlers
C
They were giant tortoises retiring from a successful breeding programme
D
They were Galápagos animals returned from zoos around the world
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Q4. Which of these is a Scottish dish which is, essentially, baked chicken with spinach and poached eggs?

A
Bubble and Squeak
B
Clapshot
C
Rumbledethump
D
Howtowdie
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Q5. What was the first car to be equipped with GPS as an option, which began to be marketed in 1990?

A
Lexus LFA
B
Mercedes-Benz 500SEL
C
Mazda Cosmo
D
Range Rover Linley
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Q6. In 1970, where did the authorities attempt to dispose of the rotting carcass of a beached sperm whale with explosives, which threw guts and chunks of whale flesh over 800 ft (up to 250 m) away?

A
Santa Barbara, California
B
Miami Beach, Florida
C
Near Florence, Oregon
D
Gulf of Mexico, near New Orleans
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Q7. In the language from which the English word "zodiac" was taken, what did the word refer to?

A
Star meanings
B
Constellations
C
A cycle of little animals
D
People and animals of the sky
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