Daily Quiz #1533
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 30 March 2013
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Q1.
In the Bible, who was the apostle chosen by the remaining 11 to replace Judas Iscariot following his betrayal of Jesus and suicide?
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Q2.
What term is applied to a left-handed boxer?
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Q3.
Found in the human body, what are the "venae cavae"?
B
Cavities in the stomach
C
Holes in teeth caused by decay
D
Veins that return deoxygenated blood from the body to the heart
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Q4.
What was the most typical subject of paintings by Dégas?
Note: This question was updated in January 2023
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Q5.
Jews descended from the medieval Jewish communities along the Rhine in Germany from Alsace in the south to the Rhineland in the north are known as what?
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Q6.
A non-SI unit of radioactivity is named after ...?
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Q7.
The Gregorian calendar was named after what public figure at the time?
B
Britain's Astronomer Royal
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