Daily Quiz #104
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 1 May 2009
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Q1.
Which of these is subject to scientific debate about whether it is a bear (classified in the Family “Ursidae”), a racoon (a "Procyonidae") or a type all of its own ("Ailuridae")?
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Q2.
How long was the Hundred Years' War, fought between England and France in the 14th and 15th centuries?
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Q3.
What is the highest mountain on the continent of Australia?
Note: This question was updated in August 2014
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Q4.
What is the name for an Australian Aboriginal spear-throwing device used to increase the power of a throw?
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Q5.
Whose stories included "Cetywayo and His White Neighbours", "She", and "King Solomon's Mines"?
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Robert Louis Stephenson
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Q6.
What official world speed record for a shuttlecock in badminton, was set on 3 June 2005 by Fu Haifeng?
Note: This question was updated in May 2015
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Q7.
What was the name of the band that Louis Armstrong put together with his wife Lil, Kid Ory, Johnny Dodds and Johnny St. Cyr around 1925 in Chicago?
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