Daily Quiz #295
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 8 November 2009
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Q1.
The first official World Cup for which sport, that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, was held in 1986?
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2
Q2.
In Roman numerals, what is signified by the letter X?
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Q3.
Who wrote the songs for the film version of "The Wizard of Oz"?
A
Harold Arlen and E Y Harburg
B
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
C
Fred Ebb and John Kander
D
Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
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Q4.
What type of motor vehicle propulsion was introduced by Citroen in 1934?
C
Limited slip differential
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Q5.
What is the name for a large circular stained glass window found in Romanesque and Gothic cathedrals that is divided by elaborate tracery into slender panes radiating from a centre?
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Q6.
Which university, in 1878, was the first in Britain to make all degrees open to women?
Note: This question was updated in November 2013
A
University of Edinburgh
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Q7.
What is the name of the whirlpool system between two islands of the Lofoten Group north west of Norway?
Note: This question was updated in July 2017
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