Daily Quiz #3502
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 20 August 2018
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Q1.
What does an horologist make?
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Q2.
What is the most populous city in Canada, the provincial capital of Ontario, which is on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario?
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Q3.
What about a tornado distinguishes it from a hurricane?
A
It travels exclusively over land
B
Its maximum sustained wind speed is 110 miles per hour (180 km/h)
D
It touches the surface of the Earth
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Q4.
What is needed to create a Tangram?
A
Seven flat straight-sided shapes
B
A pencil or pen, and paper marked in a grid
C
Five concave-sided cubes
D
Scissors and plastic straws
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Q5.
The musical "West Side Story" is associated with which geographical area?
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Q6.
Royal FloraHolland, beginning 1911/12 and now one of the largest floristry auction companies in the world, has been owned from its beginning by what or whom?
A
A Dutch banking conglomerate
C
The royal house of the Netherlands
D
The flower growers who trade through it
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Q7.
John Carr, one of a renowned family of biscuit makers in Carlisle in the United Kingdom, is particularly remembered for creating what, first marketed in 1861 and still popular?
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