Daily Quiz #1405
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 22 November 2012
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Q1.
"Pulmonary" refers to which organ?
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2
Q2.
Gibraltar was ceded to the UK by Spain in 1713 and although now semi-autonomous is still under UK government; it has been a strategic advantage to the UK at a number of times, which is NOT one of these?
Note: This question was updated in June 2020
A
prior to the Battle of Trafalgar 1805
B
during the Spanish Civil War 1820-23
C
during the Crimean War 1853-56
D
following the opening of the Suez Canal 1869
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Q3.
Who was known in the 1991 Gulf War as "Stormin' Norman"?
D
Mohamed Hussein Tantawi
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Q4.
What does the "D" stand for in the acronym "PDA", that refers to a small computer that has the ability to connect to the internet?
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Q5.
Who of these is supposedly buried in the town of Santiago de Compostela, in North Western Spain?
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Q6.
Who is being spoken about with the Shakespearean line "Frailty, thy name is woman"?
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Q7.
Which of these, in the 1967 AFL season, became the first quarterback to pass more than 4,000 yards in a season?
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