Daily Quiz #995
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 9 October 2011
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1
Q1.
Which of these starred in the 2000 film "The Perfect Storm"?
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2
Q2.
Which famous American bodybuilder had the advertising slogan "You too can have a body like mine"?
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3
Q3.
The Rio Grande forms the border of Texas with what other area?
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4
Q4.
The Stanley Cup Final is a best-of-seven playoff series to determine the National Hockey League champion. In the 2009-10 season, how many games were needed to decide the best of seven between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Chicago Blackhawks?
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5
Q5.
Which of these was painted first?
A
American Gothic by Grant Wood
B
The Massacre of the Innocents by Peter Paul Rubens
C
The Cardplayers by Paul Cézanne
D
The Adoration of the Magi by El Greco
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6
Q6.
Opened in 1890, with 6 stations over 3.2 miles (5.1 km) and running in a pair of tunnels between the City of London and Stockwell passing under the River Thames, what was the first deep-level underground "tube" railway in the world, and the first major railway to use electric traction?
A
London and South Western Railway
C
The Metropolitan Railway
D
The City and South London Railway
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7
Q7.
Which of these names is applied to a large prize in a lottery?
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