Daily Quiz #4056
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 25 February 2020
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Q1.
What singer recorded with the E Street Band?
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2
Q2.
For nine years after the publication of one of his works in 1759 which author used the pseudonym of Doctor Ralph?
C
Donatien Alphonse François de Sade
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Q3.
What is the science involved with the study, design, and manufacture of flight-capable machines, and the techniques of operating aircraft?
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Q4.
First held in 1991, a race is held annually on the Hudson river, USA, for what?
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Q5.
On what is the length of a nautical mile based?
Note: This question was updated in January 2022
B
The length of 10 imperial Roman warships
C
The distance the Dutch royal flagship in 1500 CE could travel in one hour in calm seas
D
The circumference of the Earth
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Q6.
Where do the Brazil and Malvinas ocean currents meet?
A
Off the South American coast near Rio de Janeiro
C
Off the South American coast near the mouth of the Rio de la Plata
D
Round the Islas Malvinas / Falkland Islands
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Q7.
Leon Trotsky, who had been Russia's foreign secretary from 1918 under Lenin, was exiled to Siberia in 1927 after Lenin's death. How did he die?
A
Shot by Russian forces as a spy, 1944
B
Worked to death in a gulag, 1931
C
Assassinated in Mexico, 1940
D
Shot while defending Stalingrad,1944
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