Daily Quiz #954
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 29 August 2011
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Q1.
Which of these novelists was born in South Africa?
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2
Q2.
What is the name for a period that occurs about every 11 years when the sun's magnetic field lines are the most distorted?
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3
Q3.
Which musical term denotes a repetitive oscillation about a single pitch that occurs in rapid cycles?
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4
Q4.
Which of these is one of the 7 letters used by the Romans to signify numbers?
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5
Q5.
Which of these places is the furthest from the sea?
B
Los Angeles, California, USA
C
Seattle, Washington, USA
D
San Diego, California, USA
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6
Q6.
What is the stage name of Victoria Hesketh, an English electropop musician who sings and plays the keyboard, piano, stylophone and the Tenori-on?
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Q7.
Women's judo and what other sport debuted in the Olympic Games programme in 1992?
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