General Knowledge Quiz for 1 July 2010
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1
What name was given to the fossils, discovered in 2004, of humans with large feet, that stood about a metre high?
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2
Which of these starred in the television series "The Rockford Files"?
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3
Which of these is a river in Guyana, 180 miles (346 kilometres) long, that flows into the Atlantic Ocean at Georgetown?
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4
From 1985 onwards, Mikhail Gorbachev introduced the policies of "glasnost" and "perestroika" in an attempt to modernise the country. What do these two words mean?
B
Openness and Restructuring
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5
Dr. Gregory House, Dr. Lisa Cuddy, Dr. James Wilson, Dr. Robert Chase, Dr. Allison Cameron and Dr. Eric Foreman have all worked in which TV hospital?
B
Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital
C
Sacred Heart Teaching Hospital
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6
Which Olympic gold medallist rowed across the Atlantic with UK TV presenter Ben Fogle?
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7
In London, where are the trials of the pyx held?
C
Hall of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths
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