Daily Quiz #2439
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 22 September 2015
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Q1.
The name of a 19th century Warden of New College, Oxford, UK, is given to which play on words, deliberate or not, in which corresponding sounds are switched between words?
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Q2.
Which is a security agency administered by the Ministry of Justice in Japan ?
A
The Public Security Intelligence Agency
B
National Security Agency (NSA)
C
Security Intelligence Service (SIS)
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Q3.
Under what name did Mrs. Middleton Murray publish works such as "The Garden Party", "The Dove's Nest" and "Something Childish"?
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Q4.
What was the purpose of the English "Navigation Act" of 1651?
A
To build a canal network throughout England and Wales
B
To effectively close the English Channel to all but British ships
C
To prevent import of goods except in British ships, or ships of the country of origin
D
To ensure that British Naval captains were properly qualified
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Q5.
The organising committee of the 1960 Winter Olympic games decided to exclude which sport due to the expense of building a track?
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Q6.
Symptoms of what disease include fever, shivering, joint pain, vomiting, anaemia, hemoglobinuria, retinal damage, and convulsions, with cyclical occurrence of sudden coldness followed by rigour, fever and sweating?
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Q7.
Which of these plays by Shakespeare was set in England?
D
The Merry Wives of Windsor
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