General Knowledge Quiz for 22 December 2009
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1
Cotswold, Southdown, Dorset, Lonk and Lincoln are breeds of what animal?
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2
Which sport, a version of which had been a medal sport in 1924, and a demonstration sport in 1928, 1936 and 1948, became an official Winter Olympic sport in 1960?
D
Short track speed skating
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3
Who was the hero of a number of tall stories by Rudolph Erich Raspe, published in 1785?
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4
Which of these is a personification of Death?
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5
What did a B-25 Mitchell bomber, piloted in thick fog by Lieutenant Colonel William Franklin Smith, Jr., crash into at 9:40 a.m. on 28 July 1945?
A
Coventry Cathedral, England
C
The Empire State Building, New York
D
St Paul's Cathedral, London
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6
Who is credited with inventing the railway sleeping car?
B
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
C
George Mortimer Pullman
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7
What is the capital of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada?
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