Daily Quiz #208
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 13 August 2009
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Q1.
Which of these vehicles did not have gull wing doors?
D
1952 Mercedes Benz 300SL
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Q2.
At which Olympic Games were there new events including BMX (men and women), swimming marathon (10 km), and for the first time, women competed in the steeplechase and some team fencing events?
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Q3.
Which of these musicals is set in France following Napoleon's fall from power, during the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy and the uprising which ends it?
Note: This question was updated in October 2017
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Q4.
Who was the British Prime Minister during the Falklands War of 1982?
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Q5.
Which tree native to Mexico, South America and Central America, part of a family of flowering plants, produces a fruit (technically a large berry) that contains a pit which may be egg-shaped or spherical?
B
Chinese Gooseberry (or Kiwi)
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Q6.
The Gila Cliff Dwellings and Fort Union National Monuments are in which US State?
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Q7.
How many US Presidents have been assassinated by being shot?
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