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General Knowledge Quiz for 11 December 2009

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What is the name of the multi-sport event for athletes with physical and visual disabilities, including athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy, that are held every 4 years, following the Olympic Games?

A
The Pentathlon
B
The Hop Step and Roll
C
The Paralympic Games
D
The Disabled Olympics
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2

The film "Jaws" was set in which town?

A
Amity, Long Island, USA
B
Kingston, Jamaica
C
Miami, Florida
D
New York, New York
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3

Which of these is a man?

A
P D James
B
George Eliot
C
Gene Kelly
D
Cyd Cerise
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4

What is the smallest interval in European music, of which 12 make an octave?

A
Minor
B
Dominant
C
Semitone
D
Seventh
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5

Historically, anthrax was recognised as a common industrial disease of which of these professions?

A
Miner
B
Wool sorter
C
Electrician
D
Stone Mason
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6

In which century was the Suez Canal opened?

A
19th
B
12th
C
21st
D
17th
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7

Where is Denmark Strait?

A
Between Greenland and Iceland
B
Between Denmark and Sweden
C
Between Denmark and Finland
D
Between Scotland and Ireland
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