General Knowledge Quiz for 24 April 2012
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1
What goes through the Channel Tunnel that links Folkestone in the UK with Coquelles, near Calais in northern France?
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2
The game of Roulette was created by which mathematician, physicist, and Catholic philosopher in the 17th century in his search for a perpetual motion machine?
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3
Which co-presenter of a programme for car enthusiasts has also presented "Braniac: Science Abuse", "The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding the Legend", "Blast Lab" and "Invisible Worlds"?
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4
Which of Britain's Labour Prime Ministers was in office for the shortest continuous period?
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5
David Gest, a concert promoter, was the fourth husband of whom from March 2002 until their divorce in April 2007?
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6
Which of these is part of a car's transmission system?
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7
What term is used to describe an influential and wealthy person?
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