Daily Quiz #2035
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 14 August 2014
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Q1.
Which city was settled by the French in 1718, ceded to Spain in 1763, fell to France in 1800, and was bought by the USA in 1803?
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Q2.
Sturgis in South Dakota, USA, annually hosts an international rally for racing, stunts and similar by what vehicles?
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Q3.
What sort of pie is a critical plot element in Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan"?
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Q4.
In Greek legend, who, the last king of Troy, was the father of Hector and Paris?
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Q5.
The drug "diazepam" is used chiefly to what?
D
Counter travel sickness
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Q6.
In a lonely hearts advertisement, what does "GSOH" mean?
A
Great spacious opulent house
C
Gracious, stable, open-minded, honest
D
Government shows over-enthusiastic hope
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Q7.
Leni Riefenstahl was strongly associated with Adolf Hitler and the beginnings of the Third Reich in her capacity as what?
C
Film maker and director
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