Daily Quiz #3420
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 30 May 2018
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Q1.
What is the effect of mixing manganese dioixide with hydrogen peroxide?
A
The manganese dioxide breaks down into manganese and oxygen
B
The hydrogen peroxide's bleaching action is accelerated and increased
D
The hydrogen peroxide breaks down into water and oxygen
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Q2.
Rembrandt painted a number of paintings of himself, all containing what title?
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Q3.
In the USA, what was significant about The Long Island Motor Parkway built by William Kissam Vanderbilt II which opened on 10 October 1908?
A
The first parking building
B
One of the first toll roads
C
The first "gated community"
D
The first road to have electric lighting
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Q4.
Which is a surname of a famous 16th century English scientist and statesman (and, in a later century, a famous British painter)?
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Q5.
Who is the next in this series: Jersey Joe Walcott, Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson, Ingemar Johansson, Floyd Patterson, ...?
C
Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)
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Q6.
Where were the Cinque Ports?
D
On the coasts of Kent and Sussex, England
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Q7.
Which of these is the name for an ancient burial mound?
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