General Knowledge Quiz for 12 April 2009
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1
What play written in 1902 by J. M. Barrie reverses the rankings of the classes in British society when aristocrats and servants are shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island?
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2
In Greek mythology, who was the son of King Atreus of Mycenae and Queen Aerope, murdered by his wife Clytemnestra on his return home from the Trojan War?
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3
What is a hereditary disease of the blood in males, characterised by excessive bleeding and lack of ability of the blood to clot?
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4
What is the second longest named river in the USA, which runs from Lake Hasca, Minnesota, to the Gulf of Mexico?
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5
What is the name of the English law that prevents anyone building so as to completely cut out light from a window that had provided light for at least 20 years?
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6
An aviary is a place to keep … what?
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7
What do the initials MCC, of a sports organisation founded in England in 1787, stand for?
A
Marlborough Curling Club
B
Manchester City Cardinals
C
Marylebone Cricket Club
D
Medical Council for Competition
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