General Knowledge Quiz for 10 March 2009
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1
What is the highest mountain on Antarctica?
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2
Who, in the 16th century, published "Orbium Coelestium", the theory that is our current understanding of the relationship of the earth to the sun and the planets?
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3
Which number is exactly opposite 16 through the centre of a dart board?
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4
Which chief laid siege to Fort Detroit in 1763, an action that led to widespread rebellion against colonists in the area around Ohio and Illinois?
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5
What was the name of the enterprise, directed by J Robert Oppenheimer, to develop the first US nuclear weapon?
C
The Brooklyn Experiment
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6
How many semitones are there in an octave?
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7
Which of these plays does not have a character called Laura?
A
"Father" by August Strindberg
B
"Torch Song Trilogy" by Harvey Fierstein
C
"The Glass Menagerie" by Tenessee Williams
D
"Tea And Sympathy" by Robert Anderson
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