Daily Quiz #3341
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 12 March 2018
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Q1.
Which of these countries is landlocked?
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2
Q2.
When would one use an auger?
A
To submerge a submarine
D
To tune a diesel engine
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Q3.
What branch of mathematics was founded from a paper "On a Characteristic Property of All Real Algebraic Numbers" (1874) by Georg Cantor, who built on the work of Zeno, Bernard Bolzano & Richard Dedekind, which, in turn was followed up by Bertrand Russell, Ernst Zermelo, Abraham Fraenkel & Henri Lebesgue?
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Q4.
Established American basketball referee Tim Donaghy became known for gambling, and what else?
A
Deflating balls used in matches
C
Betting on games which he was refereeing
D
Changing codes to ice hockey
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Q5.
In August 1830, the audience were so stirred by a performance of Auber's "La Muette de Portici" at their capital's opera house, that it led to what successful fight for independence?
C
The American Revolution
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Q6.
Which of these is a popular book by A A Milne?
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Q7.
Which of these is not one of The Rhinemaidens, three water-nymphs who appear in Richard Wagner's opera cycle "Der Ring Des Nibelungen"?
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