General Knowledge Quiz for 13 June 2009
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1
if someone is said to "have green fingers", we expect them to be successful as what?
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2
Off which Japanese island would you find the Straits of Soya and Tsugara?
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3
Who was told by the Oracle at Delphi to perform 12 tasks after killing his own children in a mad fury?
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4
What is Prussic acid, found in bitter almonds and laurel leaves, also known as?
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5
The invention of what game, needing only pencil and paper, is attributed to Clifford von Winkler in the early 1900s?
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6
Who was the Bulgarian dissident poisoned with ricin when jabbed in the leg with an umbrella on Waterloo Bridge, London, on 7 September 1978?
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7
Which painter, born in Delft, produced works including "The Woman With A Water Jug", "The Pianist" and "The Lacemaker"?
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
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