General Knowledge Quiz for 8 June 2009
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1
What tree and its fruit is also known as the butter pear and alligator pear?
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Chinese Gooseberry (or Kiwi)
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2
The most southern part of the South American continent is on which Chilean island?
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3
By 1922 Fred Astaire and his sister Adele were so popular that George and Ira Gershwin wrote "Funny Face" and what other show especially for them?
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4
The aim of which game, normally played on hard dirt or gravel, and also on grass, while standing with the feet together in a small circle, is to throw metal balls as close as possible to a small ball called a cochonnet?
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5
Who was the star of the 1970's TV programme "Policewoman"?
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6
Which US holiday commemorates either a celebration by Spaniards on 8 September 1565 in what is now Saint Augustine, Florida, the arrival of 38 English settlers at Berkeley Hundred on 4 December 1619, or the Pilgrim’s activities at Plymouth Plantation in 1
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7
What is the name for a set of marks stamped on gold and silver articles to attest to the genuineness of the metal and the year of testing?
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