Daily Quiz #4144
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 23 May 2020
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Q1.
Politically, what is Wallis and Futuna?
A
New Zealand Outlying Islands
B
An archipelago in Tuvalu
C
Mascots on the flag of Nouméa
D
A French island collectivity
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Q2.
What astronomical instrument was used in Classical Antiquity and through the medieval Islamic world, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by astronomers, navigators, and astrologers to locate and predict the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets and stars, determine local time or latitude, for surveying and to cast horoscopes?
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Q3.
Which of these songs started as a number for the 1934 musical film "Hollywood Party"?
Note: This question was updated in June 2022
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Q4.
What style of music was made popular in the early 1970s largely due to the fame of Bob Marley, who incorporated nyabinghi and Rastafarian chanting into his music, lyrics and album covers?
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Q5.
Between 1989 and 2002, the UK's Dalton Grant was a gold medal winner in what sport?
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Q6.
Eric Clapton was never a member of which band?
A
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers
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Q7.
During World War I, Turkey was on the same side as which of these countries?
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