Daily Quiz #3278
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 8 January 2018
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Q1.
Who is the next in this series: Laue (1914), W. L. Bragg / W. H. Bragg (1915), Barkla (1917), Planck (1918), Stark (1919), Guillaume (1920) ... ?
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Q2.
Prior to its independence in 1964, the Mediterranean island of Malta belonged to which country?
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Q3.
A child's skull found in 1829 in Engis, Belgium, (labelled Engis 2) was eventually recognised as the earliest remains of what to be found?
A
Homo neanderthalensis, or Neanderthals
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Q4.
What sent back the first pictures of the moon's surface by video?
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Q5.
What or who is a gongoozler?
A
A person who threads a loom for weaving
B
An inquisitive person who stands staring for prolonged periods at something happening
C
A person who operates a canal lock
D
Someone who makes an unwelcome pass at a woman
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Q6.
One of the requirements to compete in elite ICSD-sanctioned deaf sport is to have a hearing loss of at least how much (in pure tone average)?
A
55 db in the stronger ear
B
70 db in the stronger ear
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Q7.
The first Harry Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", was released in 2001, but the type of stone was changed to what in the American release of the film?
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