Daily Quiz #94
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 21 April 2009
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Q1.
At which university on 4 May 1970 were 4 students killed and 9 wounded when an Army National Guard unit fired at students during a protest against the US invasion of Cambodia during the Vietnam War?
D
University of Cincinnati
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2
Q2.
Which of the following places has 5 bridges in the city?
B
Newcastle, NSW, Australia
C
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
D
Newcastle, Wyoming, USA
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3
Q3.
In the Roman calendar, what was the 7th day called for the months of March, May, July and October?
Note: This question was updated in August 2015
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Q4.
Which author, who wrote "Portrait Of A Lady", "The American" and "Roderick Hudson", was born in New York in 1843 and became a naturalised Englishman in 1915?
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5
Q5.
Which US horse race is called "The Run for the Roses" because a blanket of roses is draped over the winner?
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6
Q6.
Christopher Reeve had the title role in the first of which series of films?
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Q7.
What does the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom relate directly to?
B
The number of neutrons it has
D
Its willingness to form compounds
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