Daily Quiz #1400
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 17 November 2012
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Q1.
Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of the assassination of whom?
Note: This question was updated in October 2020
D
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Q2.
If you were watching a contest in the first century AD and heard the phrase "morituri te salutant" where would you be?
C
Watching a Roman staged naval battle
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Q3.
What is "mightier than the sword" in the old saying?
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Q4.
Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) by Kurt Weill was based on which work?
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5
Q5.
What is the capital of Namibia?
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Q6.
What was the "Haymarket Massacre" in 1886?
A
A bomb exploded in the New Zealand Embassy, in London
B
Rival gangs had a shoot out in New York streets
C
Chicago police fired on striking workers
D
A herd of 300 cows in Alberta, Canada, were poisoned
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Q7.
If the sides of a triangle measure 5, 13 and 12, what is the angle defined by the sides which are 5 and 12?
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