General Knowledge Quiz for 2 August 2009
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1
Besides Maria Sklodowska-Curie, three people have received two Nobel Prizes. Which of these is not one of them?
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2
Why did Captain James Cook give the name "The Sandwich Islands" to the Hawaiian Islands on his discovery of them on 18 January 1778?
A
He was eating lunch on the forecastle
B
He named them for John Montagu
C
On the horizon, they looked like a sandwich
D
They were first sighted by Jim Sandwich, the crewman on watch
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3
Which film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland, was about four days in the life of a chronic drunkard?
C
Come Back. Little Sheba
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4
Of all of the capitals of sovereign countries that are closest to each other, which two are the furthest apart?
A
Helsinki, Finland, and Stockholm, Sweden
B
Washington DC, USA and Ottawa, Canada
C
London, UK, and Paris, France
D
Wellington, New Zealand and Canberra, Australia
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5
In the nursery rhyme, who put in his thumb and pulled out a plum?
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6
The goal posts of which of the following sports are the furthest apart?
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7
What is the name for an intermittent hot spring, characterised by violet explosive eruptions of steam and boiling water, alternating with quiet periods?
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