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General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 26 December 2013

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Question 1: According to John Aubrey in "Brief Lives", Sir Francis Bacon's death was caused after he contracted a fatal case of pneumonia after an experiment to do what?

A
Find a foolproof way to keep a hat on
B
Ski downhill
C
Use snow to preserve meat
D
Make a waterproof material from latex