Daily Quiz #2061
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 9 September 2014
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Q1.
What do ethnologists call people occupying most of North Africa, after one of Noah's sons who is, according to legend, their ancestor?
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Q2.
In 1946, what did the USA offer to buy for $100,000,000?
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Part of Ontario between Detroit and Toronto
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Q3.
The December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 en route from London to New York and at the time over Lockerbie, Scotland, is recorded as having been blown up by whom?
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A discontented Scottish Nationalist
C
A USA technician who had lost a pay dispute
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Q4.
Two immense carved images destroyed in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, by the Taleban in 2001 related to what faith?
Note: This question was updated in June 2017
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Q5.
Which of these was a German rocket scientist who worked in America after World War II?
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Q6.
The satirical TV series called "The Games", about the preparations for the Sydney 2000 Games, featured original theme music by whom?
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Q7.
The first modern Olympic games as we currently know them were held in which century?
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