Daily Quiz #607
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 16 September 2010
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Q1.
What collection includes 3 King's crowns. 3 Queen's crowns, 5 sceptres, 2 orbs, St Edward's staff, 5 swords and 2 bracelets?
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The loot from Britain's Great Train Robbery in 1963
C
Elvis Presley's museum at Graceland
D
The Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
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Q2.
Who, in 2004, was nominated for two academy awards: Best Supporting Actor in "Collateral"and Best Actor in "Ray" (which he won)?
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Q3.
Before the introduction of the Euro on 1 January 2002, which of these countries did not have the franc as its basic currency unit?
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Q4.
Which of these is a fully independent country?
Note: This question was updated in September 2015
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Q5.
The song "Shall We Dance" is from which musical?
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Q6.
Which sport has been included in only one Olympic Games, in Paris in 1900, when competition was between the Devon and Somerset Wanderers (representing England) and a team from the British embassy in Paris (representing France)?
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Q7.
In the human body, the adrenal glands are directly above which organ?
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