Daily Quiz #1907
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 8 April 2014
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Q1.
In rugby union, what is the name of the set play whereby eight members of each team pack together and attempt to heel the ball backwards?
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Q2.
Which point on the African coast is closest to the point where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Mediterranean Sea?
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Q3.
He was the fourth of 6 children and the oldest surviving, was a choir singer, a painter, a writer, an admirer of Martin Luther, a decorated soldier and a politician. Who was he?
Note: This question was updated in July 2022
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Q4.
What 1983 film directed by Brian De Palma, scripted by Oliver Stone and starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana, is based on Howard Hawks's 1932 biopic of Al Capone?
C
Once Upon A Time in Chicago
D
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
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Q5.
Who was the Roman equivalent of the Greek goddess of nature and mother of the earth, Demeter?
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Q6.
Syntax is the study of the underlying principles and the ways of what?
B
How finance systems function
C
How a sentence is put together
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Q7.
What are Boron, Silicon, Germanium, Arsenic and Antimony?
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