Daily Quiz #2343
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 18 June 2015
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Q1.
Which of these is a fighter plane used by the British air force during World War II?
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2
Q2.
The names of how many US states begin with "W"?
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3
Q3.
What international movement has a pink triangle as its symbol?
A
Breast Cancer Foundation
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4
Q4.
Who played Mrs Robinson in the 1967 film "The Graduate"?
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5
Q5.
What is a highly magnetized, rotating, neutron star emitting a beam of electromagnetic radiation that can only be observed when the beam of emission is pointing towards the Earth (known as the lighthouse effect)?
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Q6.
Why did 66 nations, including the United States, Canada, West Germany and Japan, boycott the 1980 Olympic Games held in Moscow?
B
USSR's participation in the Afghan Civil War
C
USSR's refusal to remove the Berlin wall
D
USSR's bad behaviour at the UN General Assembly
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Q7.
What is the setting for the John Carpenter film "Halloween"?
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