Daily Quiz #566
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 6 August 2010
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Q1.
Which 1937 film, made with altered storylines in 1954 and 1976, tells the story of the rise of a woman star and the fall of her husband who discovered her, due to drink?
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Q2.
Which of these is an alternative name for the area that the Germans call "Bodensee"?
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Q3.
Actress Nicole Kidman married which country singer in 2006?
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Q4.
Who, at the end of her Olympic career in 1964, held the record for winning the most Olympic medals at 18 and the record for most individual medals (14 outside of team events) in Olympic history?
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Florence Griffith-Joyner
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Q5.
Where was nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale ("the lady with the lamp") born?
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Q6.
Which country that achieved independence in 1962 has had leaders named Milton Obote and Idi Amin Dada?
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Q7.
What did Christian Huygens devise in 1657?
Note: This question was updated in October 2017
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