General Knowledge Quiz for 29 August 2009
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1
Which Formula One team, founded in 1963 by a New Zealander, were the first to design a car using a carbon fibre monocoque?
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2
Which of these is one of the 7 letters used by the Romans to signify numbers?
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3
What is the common term for "pre-patella burstitis"?
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4
Whose play about the Salem witch trials in the 17th century drew parallels to McCarthyism in the 1950s?
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5
Who had a morning show from June to October 1980 and a late night show from 1982 to 1993 weeknights at 12:30 a.m. at NBC in New York, then moved to CBS where the show screens at 11:30 p.m.?
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6
Which previously independent country, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 km (15–30 miles) off the coast of Africa, united with Tanganyika to form Tanzania in 1964?
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7
What is a slight fluctuation in pitch caused by the player of a stringed instrument shaking a finger while stopping a string?
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