Daily Quiz #1628
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 3 July 2013
A new general knowledge quiz is available every day. Try today's quiz or work through our archive of daily and themed quizzes.
1
Q1.
Playing a scenario close to the rise and assassination of real-life 1930s Louisiana Governor, Huey Long, the film won three Oscars (Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Picture) and was nominated for four more. Which was it?
Select from the options above.
2
Q2.
Winchester was the capital of which Anglo-Saxon kingdom?
Select from the options above.
3
Q3.
What English pop band, formed in Manchester in 1990 with Robbie Williams, Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange and Mark Owen, achieved major success in the early to mid 1990s, split up in 1996, and in 2006 released the album "Beautiful World"?
Select from the options above.
4
Q4.
What is produced from coarse aggregate, sand, cement and water?
Select from the options above.
5
Q5.
Poteen, an illegally distilled alcoholic drink, is made in which country?
Select from the options above.
6
Q6.
What island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean, comprising 32 atolls and one raised coral island, dispersed over 3,500,000 square kilometres, (1,351,000 square miles) was formerly called the Gilbert Islands?
A
The People's Republic of Benin
B
The Republic of Kiribati
Select from the options above.
7
Q7.
Who became Heavyweight world boxing champion after Riddick Bowe refused to fight him in 1992?
C
Marquess of Queensberry
Select from the options above.