General Knowledge Quiz for 12 May 2010
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1
A prune is the dried fruit of which tree?
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2
What is the highest point in the 48 contiguous states of the USA?
B
Mount Whitney, California
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3
The first women's Olympic competition for gymnastics, at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam, involved only which type of activity?
B
Synchronized calisthenics
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4
With what activity is Dame Clara Butt associated?
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5
The main characters in James Goldman's play "The Lion in Winter" are Henry II, his sons John, Geoffrey & Richard, his mistress Alais Capet, and which other?
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6
French aviator Louis Bleriot was the first to do what in an aeroplane on 25 July 1909?
A
Cross the English Channel
B
Cross the Atlantic Ocean
C
Fly over the North Pole
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7
Antoni Stradivari is associated with the design and building of what instrument?
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