General Knowledge Quiz for 20 April 2009
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1
Burt Munro set the current land speed record for motorcycles under 1000cc in 1967 on what make of motorcycle?
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2
Which Connecticut-born actor's films include "The Story of G I Joe" (1945), "The Night of the Hunter" (1954), "The Sundowners" (1960) and "The Big Sleep" (1978)?
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3
The Great Falls of the Potomac River are located upstream (to the northwest) of which US city?
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4
What was King George VI's first name?
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5
What is the name given to the retreat from Chiang Kai-shek’s forces by the Chinese communists from Jiangxi to Shaanxi, a 9,600 km (5,965 mile), year-long journey that began in October 1934?
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6
According to the nursery rhyme, who was Humpty Dumpty?
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7
What word best describes a triangle where only two sides are equal?
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