General Knowledge Quiz for 23 April 2009
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1
At which Olympic Games did the People's Republic of China participate for the first time?
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2
What is the fate of "Carmen" in Bizet's opera?
A
She died of consumption
B
She was strangled by her husband
C
She jumped to her death
D
She was stabbed to death by her lover
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3
What is the name given to a cataclysmic nuclear explosion caused by the accretion of hydrogen onto the surface of a white dwarf star?
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4
"The Reign Of Terror" was a period in the revolution of which country?
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5
What is the name for a musical work written for nine instruments?
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6
Which English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era had a mysterious and untimely death?
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7
Where in New York city are the New York Zoo and the New York Botanical Gardens?
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