Daily Quiz #2036
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 15 August 2014
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Q1.
The three mascots for the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics were a polar bear, a snow leopard and what other animal?
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Q2.
When UK scientist Sir Timothy Berners-Lee finalised and implemented the first world wide web page on the internet at the end of 1990, for whom was he solving a problem?
A
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University, USA
B
European Organisation for Nuclear Research, Switzerland
C
Wide Area Information Servers, Massachusetts, USA
D
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Illinois, USA
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Q3.
Which stringed instrument is named for its ability to convey a range of volume?
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Q4.
When did the US TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, begin its six years of seasons?
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Q5.
What is a common factor in the land forms of Bhutan, northern Italy and the Basque region of Spain and France?
B
Extensive mountain ranges
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Q6.
Charlotte was the queen of which British king?
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Q7.
Which of these is a heart muscle?
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