Daily Quiz #2442
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 25 September 2015
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Q1.
Its capital is Monrovia, its first settlements were founded in 1822 on land bought from local tribal leaders, it was initially a protectorate of the USA but independent from 1847; what country is it?
Note: This question was updated in January 2017
A
The Islamic Republic of Mauritania
D
The Republic of Liberia
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Q2.
What was the first feature film made under its new persona by the studio formed from The Graphics Group of Lucasfilm?
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Q3.
Who wrote the "Discworld" series of books?
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Q4.
In darts, what is the next in the sequence 1, 18, 4, 13, 6?
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Q5.
Ground-breaking research into American sexual habits was made by which couple?
B
William Masters and Virginia Johnson
C
Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox
D
Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain
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Q6.
What is the name of the small village near Calcutta where the first hollow-nosed rifle bullets were made?
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Q7.
Every year since 1947 which two countries have commemorated the support given by one of them to the other during Word War II, by the gift of a Christmas tree?
B
Belgium thanks New Zealand
C
Norway thanks Great Britain
D
Finland thanks Great Britain
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