Daily Quiz #1086
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 8 January 2012
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Q1.
British engineers Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Robert Stephenson built their most impressive structures and locomotives in which century?
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Q2.
In the late 19th century, Jean Desbouvrie, an amateur bird trainer, persuaded the government of France to conduct a feasibility study to use what birds as messengers after early demonstrations showed that they could "home" and flew faster than pigeons?
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Q3.
What is Valerie Adams's profession?
Note: This question was updated in August 2019
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Q4.
How many is a baker's dozen plus a gross plus a score?
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Q5.
Which of these is 20% larger than France and almost twice the size of Germany or Japan?
Note: This question was updated in September 2023
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Q6.
Who wore size 9 shoes in a song, the chorus of which begins "Oh My Darling, Oh My Darling, Oh My Darling ..."?
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Q7.
Which of these is a plucked instrument?
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