Daily Quiz #420
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 13 March 2010
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Q1.
What name was given to the loyal refugees that settled in Ontario after the American War of Independence?
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United Empire Loyalists
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Q2.
The song "My Kind Of Town", written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen in 1964, was about which city?
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Q3.
What gambling game involves dealing 2 cards each to the player and the dealer, with the object of getting 9 or more points, counting their face value (except 10s and court cards, which count nothing)?
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Q4.
What is a marriage called where one of the parties does not enjoy the privileges of rank of the other, nor inherit the possessions of the partner?
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Q5.
Which white metal that burns in air forms more of the earth's crust than carbon, sulphur, copper or lead?
Note: This question was updated in November 2016
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Q6.
Which of these cities is on Chesapeake Bay?
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Q7.
Which 20th century playwright wrote "Mourning Becomes Electra" and "Long Day's Journey Into Night"?
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