Daily Quiz #2840
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 27 October 2016
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Q1.
The film actor Maurice Micklewhite is better known by what name?
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2
Q2.
In which sport did Olympic gold medallists Roger Ducret, Lucien Gaudin, Laura Flessel-Colovic, Gaston Alibert, Pascale Trinquet, Christian d'Oriola, Jehan Buhan and Albert Robert Ayat represent France?
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3
Q3.
What ampihibia are native to Europe and Asia, with 4 fingers and five toes, one species of which ejects a white poisonous fluid from the glands in the skin?
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4
Q4.
New Zealand historian Michael King has specialised in what area?
A
Russian Arctic exploration
B
Maori history since European settlement in New Zealand
C
Japanese earthquake research
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5
Q5.
Which cakes were named after a baker who lived in Bath?
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6
Q6.
What was the first name of Beatrix Potter's character called Puddleduck?
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Q7.
Where was the city Thonis-Heracleion?
B
At the southern tip of the island of Crete
C
On the island of Santorini
D
At the mouth of the Nile
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