General Knowledge Quiz for 4 July 2010
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1
Which of the Hindu Trimurti is "The Creator"?
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2
The Wimbledon tennis championships are held in which city?
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3
Which of these, a New Zealander, was a 1962 Nobel Prize winner for work on the structure of DNA?
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4
What happens when Venus is said to be in "inferior conjunction"?
A
It is precisely on the same side of the sun as the earth
B
It is precisely on the opposite side of the sun from the earth
C
It is in line with Mercury, the earth and the sun
D
It is in line with Mars, the sun and the earth
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5
In the words of a song by Simon and Garfunkel, whose words were written on the subway wall?
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6
How did Boudica (also spelled Boudicca or Boadicea), Queen of the Iceni, die in 63 AD?
A
Pushed off the Cliffs of Dover
B
An arrow through her right eye
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7
Atlantic equatorial currents pushed westward by the Trade Winds unite in the Gulf of Mexico and then flow northward. What is the north-flowing current called?
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