Daily Quiz #771
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 27 February 2011
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Q1.
Elizabeth Ashton, Fritz Ligges, Josef Neckermann, Bridget Parker, Mark Phillips and Harvey Smith competed in what sports at the 1972 Olympic Games?
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2
Q2.
What do the notes for the currency "euro" have on the back (verso)?
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3
Q3.
What name was given to the night when Nazis destroyed Jewish businesses and synagogues in November 1938?
B
Night of the Long Knives
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4
Q4.
What is commonly referred to as the big toe?
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Q5.
The merger of which two airlines, to create the world's 3rd largest airline in terms of annual revenue, was confirmed on 8 April 2010?
A
Singapore Airlines & Qantas
B
British Airways & Iberia
C
Cathay Pacific & Interjet
D
Jetstar Airways & Ryanair
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Q6.
An Elizabethan sea captain and explorer was Sir Francis who?
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Q7.
What fictional Chinese-American detective, created by Earl Derr Biggers in 1923 for a novel published in 1925, was the subject of over 45 films made between 1926 and 1981?
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