Daily Quiz #2564
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 25 January 2016
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Q1.
Which of these is novel by Henry Fielding?
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2
Q2.
What voting system for General Elections was first implemented in the Australian colony of Tasmania on 7 February 1856 and introduced to Britain in 1872 by the Ballot Act?
B
Women were entitled to vote
C
Pocket boroughs, small electorates under the control of one landowner, were eliminated
D
Seats in parliament were granted to cities resulting from the Industrial Revolution
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3
Q3.
Which US president was re-elected with the slogan "Don't change horses in mid-stream"?
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4
Q4.
What name is given to an over-theatrical actor?
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5
Q5.
Why, in November 2009, was the Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, shut down?
A
A bird dropped some bread into it
B
An overheating atomic pile
D
An outbreak of swine flu
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Q6.
Why did Larry Doby become famous in the history of baseball when he joined the Cleveland Indians in 1947?
A
He had never played baseball before
B
He was the first to hit a home run every time in a season
C
He was the first recruit from the West Coast
D
He was the first black player in the American League
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Q7.
On which island are 16 of Japan's 20 largest cities and Mount Fuji?
Note: This question was updated in February 2017
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