Daily Quiz #1085
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 7 January 2012
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Q1.
Approximately how far is the moon from Earth?
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Q2.
Which chapel in the Apostolic Palace (the official residence of the Pope in Vatican City), famous for its architecture and decoration, has been frescoed by the Renaissance artists including Michelangelo, Raphael, Bernini, and Sandro Botticelli?
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Q3.
What was the name of the series of military campaigns between 1095 and 1291 sanctioned by the Roman Cathoilic Church and waged by much of Latin Christian Europe to seize Christian control of the Holy Land?
Note: This question was updated in August 2018
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Q4.
Who played the title role in the 2004 film "The Passion of Christ"?
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Q5.
According to a Time - Pew Research Centre poll published on 29 November 2010, the percentage of married people in the USA changed from 75% (of those over 18) in 1960 to what in 2008?
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Q6.
Princes Street and The Royal Mile are in which British city?
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Q7.
In 1998 the Iroquois nation sent its first team to the world championships of which sport?
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