Daily Quiz #2008
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 18 July 2014
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Q1.
Edward the Confessor was crowned King of England in which century?
Note: This question was updated in June 2023
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Q2.
Which animal can, after reaching full maturity, revert completely to sexual immaturity and begin again, thereby being technically capable of immortality?
A
Diploria strigosa (brain coral)
C
Green sulphur bacterium
D
Turritopsis dohrnii (a jellyfish)
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Q3.
In what mountain range are the four Presidential heads in Mt Rushmore National Memorial carved?
Note: This question was updated in January 2024
B
The White Hills, Connecticut
C
The Green Hills, Pennsylvania
D
The Black Hills, South Dakota
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Q4.
Which of these is a legendary flying horse?
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Q5.
Joe Calzaghe, known as "The Pride of Wales", was a boxing world champion in which category?
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Q6.
What type of show is the US/Canada TV series Stargate SG-1?
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Q7.
Outstanding work of lasting literary merit giving evidence of consistent idealism on some significant level is recognised by the annual Nobel Prize in Literature, one of only six Nobel prizes. What was the first novel published by the most recent American recipient (as at 2015)?
Note: This question was updated in February 2024
A
The Bluest Eye by Dr Toni Morrison
B
Hike and the Aeroplane by Sinclair Lewis
C
Elegy for John Donne and Other Poems by Joseph Brodsky
D
The Family Moskat by Isaac Bashevis Singer
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