General Knowledge Quiz for 26 November 2009
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1
Which series ended on UK television in 1989 after a 26 year run, and returned in 2005?
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2
Nadya Suleman, a resident of Southern California, made the news early in 2009 for doing what?
A
Shooting 19 students in a UCLA cafeteria
B
Giving birth to octuplets
C
Winning a pie-eating contest by a wide margin
D
Getting a record divorce settlement
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3
Idris el Senussi, Emir or Cyrenu, was made the first king of what "United Kingdom" on 24 December 1951?
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4
A
Bird that migrates between north and south Africa
B
Small cat-like animal from South America
C
Tree growing mostly in Asia
D
Ancient Chinese instrument of torture
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5
From which sport do we get the expression "par for the course"?
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6
What was Manchester United footballer Patrice Evans quoted as saying after Manchester United beat Arsenal in the Champions League in May 2009?
A
"It was 11 men against 11 babies"?
B
"We knocked the bastard off"
C
"It was a game of two halves"
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7
What is the name for the area of the Atlantic Ocean south east of Bermuda distinguished by the mass of brown seaweed that floats there?
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