General Knowledge Quiz for 15 March 2010
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1
The 2003 film "What A Girl Wants", with Amanda Bynes as the illegitimate daughter of a British politician played by Colin Firth, was a remake of which 1958 film starring Rex Harrison and Sandra Dee?
D
The Reluctant Debutante
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2
Who is a mythological lumberjack who appears in tall tales of American folklore, usually believed to be a giant as well as a lumberjack of unusual skill, who was first documented in the work of American journalist James MacGillivray?
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3
According to legend, where did Queen Guinevere end her days after the death of her husband, King Arthur?
C
Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire
D
Gascony Abbey in Aquitaine
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4
Peter Snell, who set five individual world running records and was part of a team that set a new four by one mile relay record and won 2 Olympic gold medals for the 800 metres (1960, Rome & 1964, Tokyo) and a gold for the 1500 metres (1964 Tokyo), represented which country?
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5
Which of these is not one of the four main divisions of the Stone Age?
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6
Which of these islands is directly south of Cuba?
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7
Which movement was founded by Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell?
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