Daily Quiz #63
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 21 March 2009
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Q1.
What is the word commonly thought to mean "a morbid fear of open spaces"?
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Q2.
Which of these was not a son of Noah, the chap in the Bible with the ark?
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Q3.
Who set the record for winning the World Snooker Championship the most times (7) in 1999?
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Q4.
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and New Orleans, Louisiana, what is the name for the day called Shrove Tuesday in Ireland and the UK where it is celebrated with pancakes?
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Q5.
Which Greek philosopher, from the 6th century BCE, is best known for a mathematical theorem which bears his name and for leading a group who discovered square numbers and proposed that the earth was round, planets have an axis, and they travel around the sun?
Note: This question was updated in June 2020
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Q6.
The songs "Almost Like Being In Love" and "Come To Me, Bend To Me" are from which musical?
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Q7.
The Canary Islands in the Atlantic are named after what?
Note: This question was updated in September 2015
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