Daily Quiz #2018
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 28 July 2014
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Q1.
The official World Cup for which sport, held every second year from 1986 to 2004 and annually thereafter, is hosted by a number of countries from Canada, USA, UK, multiple European countries, to Japan, New Zealand, Australia, and Ireland?
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2
Q2.
Bushido, developed between the 9th and 20th centuries relates to which culture?
C
Nomads of the Kalahari Desert
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3
Q3.
Franklin Roosevelt was fairly fluent in which languages other than English?
C
Mandarin Chinese & Spanish
D
French & Mandarin Chinese
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4
Q4.
What is the main unit of currency in Turkey?
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5
Q5.
In Japan they are a symbol of luck, longevity and fidelity, and are white birds with black-tipped wings and throat plus what else?
C
Crimson bonnet of bare skin
D
Grey plume on the back of the head
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Q6.
In April 1996 a shooting and killing spree in Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia, led to 35 deaths, 23 woundings and what else?
A
Obliteration of the site to serve as a memorial
B
Intense public pressure to resurrect the death penalty
C
A law change concerning definition of mental stability
D
Bans and heavy restriction on self-loading rifles and pump-action shotguns
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Q7.
What was the name of Scrooge's clerk in Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"?
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