Daily Quiz #887
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 23 June 2011
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Q1.
Where are the Kasubi Tombs, also known as the Ssekabaka's Tombs, the burial grounds for four kings, which were badly damaged by fire on 16 March 2010?
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2
Q2.
The ratio of the input voltage to the output voltage of a transformer is directly proportional to what?
A
The size of the container that it is in
B
The number of turns in the windings of the input and output coils
C
The humidity at the time
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3
Q3.
Which of these men never commanded a ship called "Discovery"?
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Q4.
Beth Heiden, Christa Rothenburger and Sheila Young have all been world champions at speed skating and which other sport?
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Q5.
Which of these, a landlocked principality, is the smallest German-speaking country in the world?
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Q6.
According to the nursery rhyme, what happened just before the clock struck one?
C
The cow jumped over the moon
D
Jack fell down and broke his crown
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Q7.
In literature, what is the word for the events that follow the climax of a drama, literally "the untying of the complexities of a plot"?
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