Daily Quiz #2681
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 21 May 2016
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Q1.
A vestry is a feature of what sort of building?
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Q2.
Which fictional character in the land of Oz, created by L. Frank Baum, is sometimes named "Locasta" or "Tattypoo"?
A
The Good Witch of the North
B
The heroine, usually called Dorothy
D
The Wicked Witch of the West
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Q3.
Who, having been a Lieutenant General with three stars on his epaulettes, was posthumously appointed "General of the Armies of the United States" by a congressional joint resolution in 1976, with an effective appointment date of 4 July 1976?
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Q4.
Which race when first run on 30 September 1906 from Paris, France, was won by Frank Purdy Lahm of the USA who, with co-pilot Henry Hersey, reached the northeast coast of England?
B
The Tourist Trophy Race
D
The Gordon Bennett Cup race
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Q5.
Where are the almost the only mountainous areas near the African coast of the Red Sea?
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Q6.
George Fox is associated with the founding of which religion?
A
The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
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Q7.
What was the last engineering work completed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel?
A
Royal Albert Bridge over the Tamar River
B
Great Eastern steamship
C
Paddington Station for the Great Western Railway
D
Clifton Suspension Bridge
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