Daily Quiz #137

General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 3 June 2009

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Q1. Which German mathematician and scientist, sometimes called the "Prince of Mathematicians", completed "Disquisitiones Arithmeticae", in 1798 at the age of 21?

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Gottfried Leibniz

Georg Simon Klügel

Alfred Kempe

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Q2. Which month appears last in the rhyme "30 days have September …"?

June

April

February

September

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Q3. A popular understanding is that The White House in Washington DC was painted white to cover what damage?

Earthquake of 1805

Burning by the British in 1812

Paint-throwing during the Slave-owners' Uprising of 1860

Confederate Army attack during the American Civil War, 1862

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Q4. Vanilla is obtained from what part of the plant?

Root

Leaf

Bark

Pod

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Q5. In which film was Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" used to underscore a helicopter attack?

M*A*S*H

Blackhawk Down

The Matrix Revolutions

Apocalypse Now

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Q6. In what sport would one "bully off"?

Note: This question was updated in October 2014

Badminton

Squash

Hockey

Sumo wrestling

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Q7. The US state of Kentucky is known "the … (what) … Grass State"?

Blue

Rye

Green

Hour

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