Daily Quiz #3273
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 3 January 2018
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1
Q1.
Which of these is not a noble gas?
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2
Q2.
How many cards are used for a game of pinochle?
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3
Q3.
Who was an American gangster, the leader of a crime syndicate dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging of liquor and other illegal activities during the Prohibition Era, whose criminal career ended in 1931 when he was convicted for income-tax evasion?
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4
Q4.
Approximately how many railway lines in the world are standard gauge, also called the Stephenson's, International, UIC or European gauge?
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5
Q5.
In 1983 the official length of one metre was established as what?
A
The length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during 1/299 792 458 of a second
B
The length of a pendulum having a half-period of one second
C
One ten-millionth of the length of the earth's meridian along a quadrant through Paris
D
1 650 763.73 wavelengths of the orange-red emission line in the spectrum of krypton-86 in a vacuum
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Q6.
What country has the official languages Tok Pisin, English, Hiri Motu and its own Sign Language?
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Q7.
Which 2001 film follows a US operation in Somalia to capture a militia leader and self-elected President, in the course of which a helicopter crashes?
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