Daily Quiz #3256
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 17 December 2017
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1
Q1.
What is the product of a score and a baker's dozen?
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2
Q2.
Who, through his company, owns copyright to all the songs written by Buddy Holly, and publishing rights to the musicals "Guys and Dolls", "A Chorus Line" and "Grease"?
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3
Q3.
In what country is the active volcano, Popocatépetl?
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Q4.
What are understood to have been among the charges laid against the Gang of Four in 1981?
A
Usurpation of state power and party leadership, and the persecution of about 750,000 people
B
Planning to assassinate Mao Zedong
C
Mass burnings of Mao Zedong's Red Book
D
Expressing criticism of Hua Guofeng, at the time General Secretary of the Central Committee
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5
Q5.
How many adjectives are there in the following sentence: "The tall old man in a smart black suit hit the little green car with a long red stick"?
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6
Q6.
Which of these is a card game?
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Q7.
What was the name of the literary coterie that met regularly around 1750 that included Mrs Vesey, Mrs Ord, Mrs Elizabeth Montagu, Elizabeth Carter, Mrs Hester Chapone and Benjamin Stillingfleet?
A
The Stillingfleet girls
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