Daily Quiz #3228
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 19 November 2017
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Q1.
The dish known as souvlaki is part of the recognised cuisine of which country?
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2
Q2.
When the Cocos Plate collided with another tectonic plate, forcing up seabed and volcanic mountains, what two land masses were eventually linked 4 million years ago?
A
North and South America
B
North America and Russia
C
Australia and New Zealand
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Q3.
Which of these quotes is ascribed to the Swiss physician, Paracelsus (1493-1541)?
A
The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician.
B
The patients are your textbook, the sickbed is your study
C
Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics
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4
Q4.
With what does the 12th century Trotula deal?
C
Medicine specific to women
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Q5.
Which music magazine edited by Geoff Barton, first published in 1981 as a one-off supplement to "Sounds" newspaper, was devoted to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and the rise of other hard rock acts such as AC/DC, who appeared on its first cover?
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Q6.
Who designed the Olympic flag?
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Q7.
Which poet is buried in an upright position in Westminster Abbey?
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