Daily Quiz #97
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 24 April 2009
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Q1.
Who had his medals reinstated in 1983, 30 years after his death, after they were taken away at Stockholm in 1912?
Note: This question was updated in January 2015
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Q2.
The first railway line across the U S A, from the East Coast to San Francisco via Chicago, Omaha and Salt Lake City, was completed in what year?
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Q3.
Which film ended with the two main characters driving a car off a cliff?
B
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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Q4.
What is the name for the temperature at which, theoretically, all molecular activity ceases and chemical reactions become impossible?
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Q5.
In Buddhism, what is the state of blissful repose or absolute existence by someone relieved of the necessity of rebirth?
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Q6.
If you were travelling in an easterly direction from the Mississippi, which of these rivers would you see first?
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Q7.
Alan Longmuir, Derek Longmuir, Eric Faulkner, Stuart "Woody" Wood and Les McKeown were collectively known as what band from 1974 to 1976?
C
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich
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