Daily Quiz #2391
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 5 August 2015
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Q1.
Who was Ron Hextall playing for when, on 8 December 1987, in a game against the Boston Bruins, he became the first goaltender in NHL history to score a goal by actually shooting the puck into an open net?
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2
Q2.
Where was Kylie Minogue born?
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3
Q3.
Which of these is a type of tea?
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Q4.
In which 1973 thriller film directed by Nicolas Roeg was there an explicit sex scene between Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie?
C
The Railway Station Man
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Q5.
Between 1985 and 1991 a number of demonstrations and protests led to Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania variously taking back their independence from the USSR and (later) Russia; what overall name has characterised the revolution?
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Q6.
What does the term "barleycorn" not refer to?
A
An old measurement, approximately a third of an inch
B
A character in a German folksong
D
An ingredient of some beers and whiskies
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Q7.
Where was the most recent volcanic eruption in the USA as at the end of 2013?
A
Mt St Helens, Washington
B
Mt Pavlof on the Alaskan Peninsula
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