Daily Quiz #52
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 10 March 2009
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Q1.
What is the highest mountain on Antarctica?
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2
Q2.
Who, in the 16th century, published "Orbium Coelestium", the theory that underlies our current understanding of the relationship of the earth to the sun and the planets?
Note: This question was updated in May 2015
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Q3.
Which number is exactly opposite 16 through the centre of a dart board?
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Q4.
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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Q5.
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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Q6.
How many semitones are there in an octave?
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Q7.
Which of these plays does not have a character called Laura?
A
Tea And Sympathy by Robert Anderson
B
Father by August Strindberg
C
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
D
Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein
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