Daily Quiz #507
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?
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2
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
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
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Q5.
Who, in 1949, became Premier and Foreign Minister of the first all-China Communist government?
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Q6.
Which group of around 200 Greek islands in the Aegean Sea includes Andros, Naxos, Paros and Milos?
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Q7.
Which country has the International Dialling prefix 964?
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