Daily Quiz #492
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 24 May 2010
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Q1.
What is dichlor-diphenyl-trichlorethane used for?
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Q2.
Who led the first expedition to successfully circumnavigate the earth between 1519 and 1522, and was killed during the voyage?
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Q3.
What is the Olympic motto?
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Citius, Altius, Fortius
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Q4.
Which ship transported the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from Southampton and then Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620?
Note: This question was updated in April 2022
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Q5.
Which country, the capital of which is Asmara, had the King of Ethiopia as its king from 1952?
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Q6.
Singer Katie Melua is a naturalised British subject. Where was she born?
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Q7.
What Gaelic word is used to refer to an impromptu party at the home of a mutual friend, at which stories are told, dances danced and songs sung?
Note: This question was updated in June 2023
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