Daily Quiz #467
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 29 April 2010
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Q1.
Which of these was an early name for Jakarta?
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Q2.
What group was Roger Bannister representing when he broke the 4 minute mile at 3 minutes 59.4 seconds on 6 May 1954?
D
Amateur Athletic Association
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3
Q3.
A tongue and groove joint is used when working with what material?
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Q4.
What is the name for the dome or arched roof at the top of a building that is a distinctive part of Byzantine architecture and characteristic of mosques?
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Q5.
Where, in 1934, was land distributed to peasants, church property nationalised, the railway taken over by its employees and, in 1938, the property of US and British oil companies confiscated?
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Q6.
What is the name for a mysteriously flattened area in a field?
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Q7.
Which Russian or Russian-American composed "God Bless America"?
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Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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