Daily Quiz #1825
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 16 January 2014
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1
Q1.
The word "ternary" refers to what?
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2
Q2.
What is the last US federal holiday in a calendar year?
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3
Q3.
Which 18th century Italian adventurer was imprisoned in Venice, escaped and managed state lotteries in Paris, then travelled to England, Poland and Spain before retiring in Bohemia?
A
Giovanni Jacobo Casanova
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Q4.
In 2009 Iceland underwent its greatest emigrations since 1887, as a result of what?
A
All three major banks collapsed and the country teetered on bankruptcy
B
The cod harvests failed
C
A targeted immigration marketing campaign by Russia
D
An excess of volcanic eruptions
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5
Q5.
Tolstoy's book "War and Peace" is set when?
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6
Q6.
G. H. Armauer Hansen discovered the cause of what disease in 1873?
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Q7.
What is Little Brown Jug?
A
An annual harness race for three-year-old pacing standardbred horses
B
A three year aged 12% barley wine
C
Jug in the shape of Henry Elwes, aka Toby Fillpot, played with buzzed lips as a musical instrument
D
Mad 30's image of Alfred E. Neuman
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