Daily Quiz #1924
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 25 April 2014
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Q1.
Which of these is an American investigative journalist and author of several best-selling unauthorised "poison pen" biographies of celebrities and politicians, including Jacqueline Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, the British Royal Family and "the Bush Dynasty"?
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Q2.
In 1961, the office of the Postmaster General of Australia introduced which emergency telephone number in major population centres and, near the end of the 1980s, extended the coverage nationwide?
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Q3.
Who created the comic strip "Doonesbury"?
A
Brant Parker and Johnny Hart
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Q4.
What flower is the English rugby team emblem?
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Q5.
Which of these is a contagious disease, an upper respiratory tract illness characterised by sore throat, low fever, and an adherent membrane on the tonsils, pharynx, and/or nasal cavity, once common, that has largely been eradicated in industrialised nations through widespread vaccination?
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Q6.
What are "crocodile tears"?
A
Early morning dew drops from daffodils
B
Insincere expressions of sorrow
C
A common discharge from pigs' ears
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Q7.
The English parliament met for the first time under that name in which century?
Note: This question was updated in February 2024
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