Daily Quiz #2712
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 21 June 2016
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Q1.
In 1971 Alan Shepard fired two balls on the surface of the moonin which sporting code?
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Q2.
What is the lining membrane of the cavity of the eyeball connected to the optic nerve which forms the receptor surface for light rays?
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Q3.
After a kangaroo court trial in 1989 which European leader and his wife were then executed by firing squad?
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Q4.
In the term "CE", for years called "AD" in Christian terminology, what does the "C" stand for?
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Q5.
Who was a British political reformer, writer and politician, noted for her long-standing championship of the Single Transferable Vote system of elections who is the author (1974) of "How Democracies Vote", a standard reference work on electoral systems?
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Q6.
One of the unique qualities of the Moconá (or Yucumã) Falls in the Uruguay River is that they run along the river rather than across it, and another is what?
A
They are regularly obscured when water rises in the river
B
They are taller at their high point than the Victoria Falls
C
They completely dry up at the peak of the dry season
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Q7.
What is a style of delivery mostly used in operas, oratorios, and cantata, in which a singer adopts the rhythms of ordinary speech?
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