Daily Quiz #211
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 16 August 2009
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Q1.
Who first mentioned an "Iron Curtain" when discussing Soviet activities immediately after World War II?
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Q2.
Which of these is a portmanteau word?
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Q3.
In November 1903, Panama declared its independence from which country to enable a treaty to be signed with the USA?
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Q4.
Who, in 1977, was the last British woman to win the singles event at Wimbledon?
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Q5.
The Australian city of Melbourne is on which river?
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Q6.
The Khedive of Egypt commissioned Giuseppe Verdi to write which opera to commemorate the opening of the Suez Canal?
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Q7.
What are rotating stars that emit a beam of electromagnetic radiation that can only be observed when the beam of emission is pointing towards the Earth, which is called "the lighthouse effect"?
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