Daily Quiz #1030
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 13 November 2011
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Q1.
Which of these is the name of a belt worn by police and military personnel?
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Q2.
What was "the world's first full-scale atomic electric power plant devoted exclusively to peacetime uses," that went online in 1957?
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Q3.
What was the only painting that Vincent van Gogh sold while he was alive?
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Q4.
The name "John Paul Jones" is not a famous name in which of these professions?
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Q5.
What does the "F" stand for in "UEFA"?
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Q6.
The American War of Independence began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and how many British colonies in North America?
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Q7.
What is the name of the system of stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter (then Latin letters in lower-case then upper-case), followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name (e.g. α Tauri)?
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