Statistics for General Knowledge Quiz by kaderschaufel

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
If someone acts in a threatening way, but is relatively harmless, then what's worse than their bite?	Their bark	100%
Which word ending with -nx stands for a medium-sized wild cat?	Lynx	93%
Which fairytale character rides on a broomstick?	Witch	93%
Which word ending with -nx stands for a pert, flirtatious or impudent young woman?	Minx	67%
Who freed a German town from a rat infestation with his magic flute?	The Pied Piper	60%
A proud or conceited person is the ____ of the walk.	Cock	53%
Which animal turns into a Jewish scholar upon removal of a consonant?	Rabbit	53%
Which word ending with -nx stands for a mythological creature?	Sphinx	53%
This quiz is based on a song from which musical?	Cats	47%
In which Mozart opera does the queen of the night sing a spectacular aria?	The Magic Flute	40%
Which Italian composer wrote a duet for two cats?	Gioachino Rossini	27%
A Latin Christian method of excommunication is called "Bell, book and ______"	Candle	20%
Who made a fortune through the sale of his cat to a rat-infested country?	Dick Whittington	13%
Which animal is called κῠ́ων (kuon) in ancient Greek, from which indirectly the word cynical is derived?	Dog	13%
"When I fall on my head, I land on my feet" is what kind of figure of speech?	Oxymoron	13%