Daily Quiz #3116
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 30 July 2017
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Q1.
Where is the area of which Quetta is the capital?
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Q2.
The first high speed impact crash of two intact space spacecraft in February 2009 was between a Russian satellite (launched 1993) that was out of control and what other?
A
HOTBIRD 3, which had suffered loss of power from one solar array
B
The Telstar I communications satellite launched 1962 that was in decaying orbit
C
Iridium commercial satellite launched 1997
D
Intelsat III F-8 whose apogee motor failed
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Q3.
What best selling novel begins "The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail"?
A
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
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4
Q4.
"Kick off" is the way that the ball is put into play in which game?
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5
Q5.
Brogues are a type of what?
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Q6.
Which of these was born first?
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Q7.
When were barcodes as a system of reading product information first developed for commercial use?
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