Daily Quiz #853
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 20 May 2011
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Q1.
In England, what were Lloyds, Barclays, Westminster, Midland and National Provincial?
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Q2.
In Turkey, what is "Galatasaray Spor Kulübü"?
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A meal prepared on religious occasions
C
A dog obedience competition
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Q3.
What satellite, launched by NASA aboard a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral on 10 July 1962, was built as part of a multi-national agreement between AT&T, Bell Telephone Laboratories, NASA, the British General Post Office, and the French National PTT (Post, Telegraph & Telecom Office)?
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Q4.
Baffin Bay is on which continent?
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Q5.
Robert and James Adam are associated with which field?
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Q6.
What was the middle name of Noël Coward?
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Q7.
After sporadic visits by European explorers and merchants from the 17th century onwards, the eastern half of which continent was claimed by the British in 1770, and officially settled as a penal colony on 26 January 1788?
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