Daily Quiz #1183
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 14 April 2012
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Q1.
What is the capital of the US state of Idaho?
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2
Q2.
Which of these is not part of the same family of German composers?
A
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
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3
Q3.
A Soviet film adaptation of which Shakespearean play, directed by Grigori Kozintsev, with black-and-white photography, a score by Shostakovich and a script based on a translation by Boris Pasternak, was made by Mosfilm in 1971?
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4
Q4.
What is an item designed to protect from the sun?
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5
Q5.
Which of these is a position in cricket?
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Q6.
Which of these is a professional body and learned society established in 1957 and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1984, which has over 70,000 members in over 100 countries?
A
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
B
The Royal Academy of Arts
C
The Royal Society of Chemistry
D
The Geological Society of London
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Q7.
In which country were 29 miners killed after 2 explosions in the Pike River Mine in November 2010, making it the most-deadly mining disaster there in 96 years?
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