Daily Quiz #1092
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 14 January 2012
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Q1.
Who wrote and performed the song "Rehab" that won the 2007 Ivor Novello Award for Best Contemporary Song, and Grammy Awards in 2008 for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance?
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Q2.
Which fictional character uses a sonic screwdriver?
Note: This question was updated in October 2020
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Q3.
Which of these are used in the Olympic sport of fencing?
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Q4.
In 1970, where did the authorities attempt to dispose of the rotting carcass of a beached sperm whale with explosives, which threw guts and chunks of whale flesh over 800 ft (up to 250 m) away?
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Santa Barbara, California
D
Gulf of Mexico, near New Orleans
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Q5.
The Colossus, one of the seven wonders of the world, was built where?
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Q6.
Completed in 1607, Pont Neuf spans what river?
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Q7.
What is the substance that causes irritation from a sting by a nettle or an ant?
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