General Knowledge Quiz for 15 December 2009
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1
What is the popular name of the legal situation regarding the sale and manufacture of alcohol in the USA between 1919 and 1933?
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2
In international sport, what is the IPL?
A
Internationale de Peru da Lambada
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3
What is the popular name for the strip of land in France, Monaco and Italy that includes the cities of Cannes, Nice, Monte Carlo, Antibes, Rapallo and Bordighera?
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4
What was invented by Elias Howe in 1846 and improved by Isaac Merritt Singer?
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5
Who invented an early form of fragmentation shell that was first used by the British army in 1803?
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6
In a film script, what do the letters POV mean?
A
Put on "virtual" setting
B
Point out of the vehicle window
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7
Laurence Olivier directed and starred in a 1944 film, which began in the Globe Theatre and then gradually shifted to a realistic evocation of the Battle of Agincourt, which was adapted from which one of Shakespeare's plays?
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