Daily Quiz #1358
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 6 October 2012
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Q1.
André-Jacques Garnerin carried out what feat on 22 October 1797 at Parc Monceau, Paris?
A
Made the first jump with a silk parachute
B
Cured a sheep with foot and mouth disease
C
Flew a balloon above 10,000 metres
D
Gave the first blood transfusion
Select from the options above.
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Q2.
Antananarivo is the capital of which country?
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Q3.
The name of which board game means "I play" in Latin?
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Q4.
What name is given to the murder of 7 people as part of a Prohibition Era conflict between the South Side Italian gang led by Al Capone and the North Side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran in Chicago, Illinois, in 1929?
A
The Saint Valentine's Day massacre
B
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Select from the options above.
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Q5.
Which of these was a 2006 American-Australian computer-animated comedy-drama film with music, directed and co-written by George Miller, incorporating some live action humans, that won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature?
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Q6.
All these companies market a brand of watch. Which of them is currently based outside Switzerland?
Select from the options above.
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Q7.
What does a mycologist study?
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