Daily Quiz #280
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 24 October 2009
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Q1.
Which planet has a year of 687 days, a day of 24 hours 37 minutes, a diameter twice that of the moon and a mass one tenth of the earth?
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Q2.
Which national anthem appears in The Beatles song "All You Need Is Love"?
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The Star Spangled Banner
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Q3.
What was the name given to rocks in the Straits of Messina opposite the whirlpool of Charybdis?
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Q4.
Who wrote the plays "The Seagull", "The Cherry Orchard", "The Three Sisters" and "Uncle Vanya"?
Note: This question was updated in November 2013
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Q5.
Which of these is a lighthouse on a rocky island off the coast of Cork?
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Q6.
Which Formula One team, based in Woking, Surrey, UK, and founded in 1963 by a New Zealander, has won over 160 races, 12 Drivers' Championships and 8 Constructors' Championships?
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Q7.
Who was the Greek Goddess of health, who was usually represented by a serpent on a staff?
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