Daily Quiz #2653
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 23 April 2016
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Q1.
One of the oldest known board games involves a grid of thirty squares and sets of pawns, figured in a 1999 video game, and is called what?
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Q2.
Which gas is likely to be present in a light bulb?
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Q3.
The writer of US TV series "NYPD Blue" (1993-2005) was also the creator and/or writer of several other hit series; which of these was not one?
A
Hill Street Blues (1981-87)
C
Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989-93)
D
Commander in Chief (2005-6)
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Q4.
What is the word for an itinerant tinsmith who mends household utensils?
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Q5.
What is the branch of the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Asia Minor which contains many Greek islands?
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Q6.
In which country did Queen Isabella secure the throne when her opponents (Carlists) were defeated in 1868, following a civil war between those who wanted a king and those who wanted a queen?
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Q7.
Bob Fosse won a "Best Director" Oscar in 1972 for which film?
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