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General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 8 June 2010

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Q1. A New Zealand squash player who dominated the sport in the late 1980s and early 1990s, winning the World Open 4 times, is Susan who?

A
De Rigeur
B
De Maupassant
C
De Lorean
D
Devoy
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Q2. Which of these is not a line from "I Won't Go Home Without You" by Maroon 5?

A
Just give me one more chance to make it right
B
Every night you cry yourself to sleep
C
It's not over tonight
D
That dress it makes you look a fright
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Q3. The first high speed impact crash of two intact space spacecraft in February 2009 was between a Russian satellite (launched 1993) that was out of control and what other?

A
HOTBIRD 3, which had suffered loss of power from one solar array
B
The Telstar I communications satellite launched 1962 that was in decaying orbit
C
Iridium commercial satellite launched 1997
D
Intelsat III F-8 whose apogee motor failed
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Q4. Which war, from 1853 to 1856, was between Turkey and Sardinia together with (from 1854) Britain and France, on one side and Russia on the other?

Note: This question was updated in June 2020
A
Crimean War
B
Seven Years' War
C
The Wars of the Roses
D
The Hundred Years' War
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Q5. Who, in 1949, became Premier and Foreign Minister of the first all-China Communist government?

A
Mao Tse-Tung
B
Zhou En-Lai
C
Chiang Kai-Shek
D
Kim Il Jong
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Q6. Which group of around 200 Greek islands in the Aegean Sea includes Andros, Naxos, Paros and Milos?

A
Cyclades
B
Corfu
C
Antilles
D
Canary
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Q7. Which country has the International Dialling prefix 964?

A
Iraq
B
Lebanon
C
Australia
D
France
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