Daily Quiz #1886
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 18 March 2014
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Q1.
Toxicology is the study of the effects of what?
C
Different flights on arrows
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2
Q2.
Which of these cities does not have an obelisk popularly called "Cleopatra's Needle"?
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Q3.
Martin Shaw and Lewis Collins, who died n November 2013, co-starred in which crime action UK TV series?
A
The New Avengers 1976-77
B
The Professionals 1977-83
D
Doctor in the House 1969-70
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Q4.
Who plays Gail Platt in the British TV soap opera "Coronation Street"?
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Q5.
At which event, in 2010, was Francesca Schiavone the first Italian woman to win a tennis Grand Slam event in singles?
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Q6.
The name of Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula commemorates a landing in 1915 by what or who?
A
The catch of a giant pearl by Russian divers
B
A fishing vessel donated by the people of Anzio in Italy
C
A descendant of José Antonio Anzoátegui, a hero of Venezuela's independence
D
An army corps of Australian and New Zealand soldiers
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Q7.
What does a linguist study?
A
The origins of a language
D
Language - form, meaning and context
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