General Knowledge Quiz for 31 July 2009
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1
Who became the King of Spain on 22 November 1975, two days after the death of Francisco Franco?
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2
Which film, starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen and Donald O'Connor, told the story of a silent film ("The Dashing Cavalier") being transformed during producion into a musical ("The Dancing Cavalier")?
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3
Which of these was an aircraft designer?
B
Antoine Herman Gerard Fokker
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4
In 1434, Portuguese mariner Gil Eanes made a major breakthrough to obtain a reliable trade route to Western and Eastern Africa and India by finding a route around which cape?
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5
What is the name for an artificial feature creating extra turns in a roadway, used in motor racing and on city streets, to slow cars?
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7
The Republic of China (ROC) did not compete at the Montreal Olympics in 1976 because the People's Republic of China (PRC) pressured the organisers to stop them competing under that name. What name did the ROC use when it next competed in 1984?
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