Daily Quiz #196
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 1 August 2009
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Q1.
Which 17th century philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer invented the notation which uses superscripts to show powers or exponents (e.g. the 2 used in x² to indicate squaring)?
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Q2.
The ozone molecule is made up of three atoms of which gas?
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Q3.
Where was the Congress held in 1814-15, chiefly between Britain, France, Russia, Austria and Prussia, that adjusted frontiers after the fall of Napoleon?
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Q4.
What was the sub-title of the book "The Snow Goose" by US writer Paul Gallico?
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Three Friends, Together Forever
C
Nature At Its Most Wild
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Q5.
The samba originated in which country?
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Q6.
The Great Lakes are called Superior, Erie, Ontario, Huron and which other?
Note: This question was updated in February 2017
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Q7.
What game is played in 4 quarters between two teams of 18 outdoors on a large oval grass field with two goal posts and two behind posts at each end, where the primary aim of the game is to score by kicking a ball between the posts of the opposing goal?
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