Daily Quiz #3042
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 17 May 2017
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Q1.
Susan Mayer, Lynette Scavo, Bree Van de Kamp, Gabrielle Solis, Edie Britt, Mary Alice Young, Betty Applewhite, Katherine Mayfair and Karen McCluskey have all lived in which street?
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Q2.
When the USSR re-occupied Estonia, first in 1940 and then 1994 to 1991, what was one of the tools of its rule?
A
A ban on reindeer farming
B
A non-aggression pact with near neighbours Sweden, Finland and Germany
C
A national annual contest for poetry written in Russian
D
It destroyed major and ancient cemeteries, reusing some for Russians
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Q3.
Which country borders Senegal to the north?
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Q4.
Which first-person interactive long-form game, designed for VR, explores a morally ambiguous organization as two individuals from contrasting perspectives?
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Q5.
The states now called North and South Carolina were originally one province, Carolina. Why was it so named?
A
After Queen Caroline of the Netherlands
B
After Princess Caroline of Monaco
C
After Carol, the mistress of Oliver Cromwell
D
After Charles I of England
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Q6.
What is a white dwarf star?
A
A small, relatively cool and long-lived star
B
The collapsed core of a large (10-29 solar masses) star
C
A medium to small size star which has burnt all its fuel and collapsed
D
A body somewhere between a gas giant planet and a very small star
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Q7.
The English agronomist, agriculturist, barrister and writer, Jethro Tull, was known for what inventions in the early 18th century?
B
Movable lead type printing press
C
Horse-drawn seed-drill and hoe
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