Daily Quiz #1678
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 22 August 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.
By what name was Edson Arantes do Nascimento better known to his fans?
Note: This question was updated in December 2022
Select from the options above.
2
Q2.
Who played mobster Henry Hill in the 1990 film "Goodfellas"?
Select from the options above.
3
Q3.
According to Greek mythology, Penelope was whose faithful wife?
Select from the options above.
4
Q4.
Vulgaria is what in the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
Select from the options above.
5
Q5.
in 1853 while working on the synthesis and properties of various acid anhydrides, French chemist Charles Frederic Gerhardt made acetylsalicylic acid by mixing acetyl chloride with a sodium salt of salicylic acid (sodium salicylate). He called the resulting compound "salicylic-acetic anhydride". What was this preparation later marketed as?
Select from the options above.
6
Q6.
How many lines are there in a sonnet?
Select from the options above.
7
Q7.
Where do the waters of the Danube rise?
Note: This question was updated in May 2023
A
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
B
Martinskapelle, Germany
D
Donaueschingen, Germany
Select from the options above.