General Knowledge Quiz for 10 February 2010
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1
What is an Italianate resort village on the coast of Snowdonia in Wales, near Penrhyndeudraeth, two miles southeast of Porthmadog?
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2
Why is there is a 4.9 m-radius semi-circular " circle" at each end of a netball court?
A
There must be a minimum of 1 players in it at all times
B
There must be a maximum of 2 players in it
C
All scoring shots must be taken from it
D
It is played on a basketball court, which is where those markings are relevant
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3
Which of these is a famous art gallery in New York City?
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4
What Irish dramatist, whose first produced play was "Widowers' Houses" in 1892, won a Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926?
C
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan
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5
What event applies to Charles II of England in 1660 and the Bourbons in 1814 and 1815?
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6
What name is given to poetry written in lines of 12 syllables in 6 metrical feet?
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7
What type of creature is a taipan?
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