Daily Quiz #2329
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 4 June 2015
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Q1.
What is the board game in which progress is determined by a player's ability to answer general knowledge and popular culture questions?
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Q2.
What was the mission of the two Voyager spacecraft sent into space in 1977?
A
To examine the effects of prolonged space flight on astronauts
B
To examine the planet Mars
C
To establish the first in a series of OSCAR communication satellites
D
To study the remote solar system, the 4 giants of the outer system and eventually interstellar space
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Q3.
Which of these is NOT an Iranian treasure in the Islamic world designated a UNESCO World Heritage site?
A
Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex
B
Maydān-e Emām (“Imam's Square”) formerly Maydān-e Shāh (“Royal Square”) in Isfahan, Iran
D
Samarra Archaeological City
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Q4.
He clasps the crag with crooked claws is an example of what?
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Q5.
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" was originally written in what language?
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Q6.
Federico Garcia Lorca is best known internationally as what?
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Q7.
What condition, first described by Reginald Fitz in 1886 and characterised by inflammation of the blind-ended tube connected to the cecum, requires an immediate operation to prevent rupture of the tube and death from (mainly) peritonitis and shock?
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