Daily Quiz #2648
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 18 April 2016
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1
Q1.
The River Plate is formed from the confluence of which two rivers?
C
San Salvador and Grande
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2
Q2.
John Wayne played the lead role of whom in the 1958 film "The Conqueror"?
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3
Q3.
What, among other things, was special about 2015?
A
The first same sex civil partnerships in Scotland are celebrated
B
The highest global average temperature on record
C
The sixteenth country joins the Eurozone
D
Iran's Pishgam rocket successfully completed a return trip of sending a monkey into space
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4
Q4.
What was the family name of the Mafia mob depicted in the "Godfather" movies?
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5
Q5.
What can describe a phlegmatic person?
B
A person with a throaty cough
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6
Q6.
What was the occupation of the founder of Guy's Hospital, London?
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7
Q7.
What was unusual about the 1960 Olympic marathon win by Abebe Bikila?
A
He stopped during the race to talk to a spectator
B
He was 5th on the road. The first 4 were disqualified
C
His number blew off. He was not easily identified
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