General Knowledge Quiz for 29 June 2009
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1
Which country was proclaimed an independent republic under the leadership of Bernardo O'Higgins on 12 February 1818 after an army led by him and José de San Martín defeated the royalists?
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2
Honeycomb is made of wax cells in what shape?
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3
Hadrian's Wall, built around 112 AD, stretches for 73 miles from Solway Firth to where?
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4
When were fingerprints first accepted as evidence in an English court of law?
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5
Who was the first General Secretary of the International Olympic Committee and later became its President, serving until 1924?
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6
What British sitcom, written by and starring Jennifer Saunders and co-starring Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, June Whitfield and Jane Horrocks, was first broadcast by the BBC in 1992?
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7
Which US-born naturalised Briton wrote "Murder In The Cathedral", "The Cocktail Party" and "The Wasteland"?
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