Daily Quiz #976
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 20 September 2011
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Q1.
What is a starched, open-weave fabric, much like cheese cloth, that is used to wipe the ink off a plate during the intaglio inking process?
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Q2.
Which 1945 film about the Italian Resistance Movement, made in the last months of World War II to a script by Roberto Rossellini, Sergio Amidei and Frederico Fellini, was virtually unnoticed in Italy but caused a stir when smuggled to New York and London?
Note: This question was updated in September 2022
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Q3.
Buckey O'Neill Cabin, Kolb Studio, El Tovar Hotel, Hopi House, Verkamp's Curios, Lookout Studio, Desert View Watchtower and Bright Angel Lodge are historical buildings located at which tourist destination?
C
Yellowstone National Park
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Q4.
Barack Obama is the first US president born outside the contiguous states of the USA. Where was he born?
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Q5.
Where was a new cat-like species discovered in 2005?
Note: This question was updated in January 2021
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Q6.
Which of these was an outcome of the sinking of Greenpeace's ship the "Rainbow Warrior" by French intelligence service (DGSE) agents in New Zealand in 1985?
A
All of the DGSE agents were caught
B
The French minister of defence, Charles Hernu, resigned
C
The convicted DGSE agents served their full prison terms
D
The New Zealand public weakened their "nuclear free" philosophy
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Q7.
The international body called "FIFA" administers which sport?
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