Daily Quiz #1558
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 24 April 2013
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Q2.
It originated in the 5th century BCE or earlier as training for the military, could involve up to 200 a game, was fêted for both men and women in Persian poetry and art. Which game is it?
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Q3.
Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" became a No.1 single on Billboard's country chart and the longest running country chart topper since 1966. What else?
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It reached top of the iTune singles charts within 2 hours of its release
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It is the longest-running No. 1 country song by a female artist
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It was left playing in the background when the USA President met the Prime Minister of Israel
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The video for the song was the most watched on YouTube for 2012
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Q4.
The nomadic Mongol tribes in Mongolia, Manchuria and Siberia united under which leader in the 1100s?
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Q5.
The Mohs scale measures what?
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Q6.
The semi-arid region called the Sahel separates what from the rest of southern Africa?
Note: This question was updated in March 2022
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The south of the Sahara Desert
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Q7.
Who has been under house arrest for 15 of the past 21 years, and was released from the latest sentence on 13 November 2010?
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