Daily Quiz #1944
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 15 May 2014
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Q1.
Which region of South America lying to the south of latitude 40 degrees S was identified by Magellan in 1520 and divided between Chile and Argentina in 1881?
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2
Q2.
Which US president occupied 2 executive mansions in New York City [at 3 Cherry Street (April 1789 - February 1790) & 39-41 Broadway (February - August 1790)], and 1 in Philadelphia at 190 High Street (November 1790 to March 1797)?
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Q3.
What are the Yeoman Warders, who have guarded the Tower of London since 1485, commonly called?
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Q4.
Three members of which family, between 1781 and 1850, discovered Uranus, compiled a star catalogue, mapped all the stars in the Northern hemisphere and founded an observatory to map those in the Southern?
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Q5.
Which 1987 film stars Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer?
A
The Witches of Eastwick
B
The Bitches of Northwick
C
The Twitchers of Leatherwick
D
The Stitchers of Candlewick
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Q6.
Who is the only cricketer, as at 2023, to have scored 400 runs in a single innings in a test match?
Note: This question was updated in September 2023
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Q7.
Which of these is not a French card suit?
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