General Knowledge Quiz for 6 May 2010
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1
Which of these cities has hosted the Winter Olympics twice?
C
Squaw Valley, United States
D
Lake Placid, United States
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2
What is Malay for "man of the woods"?
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3
What is the name for the phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the sun shines onto droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere?
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4
What was the nickname of the Chevalier Raoul, a character in a tale by Perrault in 1697, who murdered successive wives?
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5
D
New South Wales, Australia
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6
What caused it to snow in New England at least once every month during 1816?
A
An asteroid breaking up over Canada
C
The opening of the first Westinghouse factory in North America
D
The eruption of Tambora
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7
What was the title of Gary Barlow's autobiography, released in 2006?
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