Daily Quiz #2938
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 2 February 2017
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Q1.
What is the name for the order of insects, such as mosquitoes, house flies and gnats, with 2 membranous, usually transparent, wings?
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Q2.
Which of these books was not written by one of the Brontë sisters (Charlotte, Emily or Anne)?
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The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall
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Q3.
Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (1717 - 1780) was the only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions and ruled in her own right over 11 territories in what is now Europe. She also ruled by marriage in Lorraine, Tuscany and what other?
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Q4.
Canada and the USA have been the exclusive winners of the World Championship for men since it started in 1967 in what sport?
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Q5.
What was the first name of the singer known as Caruso?
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Q6.
Where in New York city are the Zoo, the largest metropolitan zoo in the United States and among the largest in the world, and the New York Botanical Garden?
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Q7.
Where was the basis of Skype, the software that enables video and voice calls to be made via the internet, originally developed?
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