Daily Quiz #617
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 26 September 2010
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Q1.
Which cup was originally known as the “Royal Yacht Squadron Cup”, the “RYS Cup for One Hundred Sovereigns”, the “One Hundred Guinea(s) Cup” and the “Queen's Cup”?
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2
Q2.
What building, erected at Sydenham near London in 1852-54 in 200 acres of grounds and given to the public in 1920, was gutted by fire in 1936 and finally demolished in 1941?
Note: This question was updated in August 2022
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Q3.
What is the name for the animals found in a region?
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4
A
A kitchen utensil used for slicing and cutting
B
A musical instrument in the lute family
C
A village in the Rajasthan state of India
D
A type of Chinese popular music
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Q5.
Which Welsh poet (e.g. "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog") wrote a play "Under Milk Wood" that was published posthumously in 1954?
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Q6.
What have George Etheridge, William Wycherley, Thomas Shadwell, Thomas Otway Colby Ciber and William Congreve in common?
A
They composed what is termed "early music"
B
They discovered moons in the solar system
C
They formulated the modern atomic table
D
They wrote Restoration Comedies
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Q7.
The refugee camps Shatila and Shabra, the scenes of a massacre in 1982, were in which country?
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