General Knowledge Quiz for 13 October 2010
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1
Larry Levine, an American audio engineer, who won a Grammy Award in 1966 for "A Taste of Honey" by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and contributed to The Beach Boys' 1966 album "Pet Sounds", was best known for his co-operation on the Wall of Sound recording technique with which producer?
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2
With what art form is Isadora Duncan associated?
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3
During the American Civil War, what city was the capital of the Confederacy?
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Virginia City, Virginia
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4
What does "bona fides" mean?
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5
What is the largest and first discovered (by Piazzi at Palermo in 1801) of the minor planets?
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6
English is a subsidiary official language of India: what is the main official language?
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7
Most elite high jumpers used the Straddle technique, Western Roll, Eastern cut-off or Scissors-Jump until the development of which technique, when its inventor's gold medal in the 1968 Summer Olympics brought it to the world's attention?
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