Daily Quiz #586
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 26 August 2010
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Q1.
Who was the star of "High Noon", the American 1952 western film directed by Fred Zinnemann that tells the story of a town marshal who is forced to face a gang of killers by himself?
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Q2.
Traditionally, the champion of an English King or Queen rode at the coronation into Westminster Hall and challenged anyone who denied their right to succeed. At whose coronation was this tradition last observed?
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Q3.
What pieces occupy all four corners of the board at the start of a chess game?
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Q4.
Where is there a 2 metre high statue of Popeye, which was unveiled during the annual Spinach Festival in 1937?
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Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
C
Crystal City, Texas, USA
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Q5.
How many nouns are there in the following sentence: "Andrew gave his son a toy to play with"?
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Q6.
Where did Pluto, discovered in 1930 (and designated a planet at the time), get its name?
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Q7.
What is the title of American Grant DeVolson Wood's best known work, a 1930 painting showing a farmer holding a pitchfork standing beside his spinster daughter, dressed in a colonial print apron?
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
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