Daily Quiz #2609
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 10 March 2016
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Q1.
What do the matches played under the auspices of the FIDE take place on?
D
An Olympic-sized swimming pool
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2
Q2.
19th century English theatrical manager and producer Richard D'Oyly Carte was responsible for the building of which London theatre?
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3
Q3.
A synonym for french kissing would be what?
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Q4.
Pi, a mathematical constant whose value is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, is the same value as what other ratio?
A
GDP to GNP in a balanced economy
B
The hypotenuse to the sum of the other sides
C
The sum of the sides of a dodecahedron to one side
D
A circle's area to the square of its radius
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Q5.
The celebrated 18th century Englishman, Lancelot Brown, was better known by what name?
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Q6.
Where are China's largest natural gas reserves found?
C
Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
D
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
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Q7.
Benjamin Franklin once wrote that nothing was certain in this world except death and what?
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