Daily Quiz #4569
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 22 July 2021
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Q1.
What were the tools of a retiarius?
A
Weighted net, dagger and trident
C
Heavy duty knuckleduster
D
Short sword, small round shield, and spear
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Q2.
There is a ban on doing what on the islands in the Svalbard archipelago in Norway?
C
Being buried other than, under special licence, as ashes in an urn
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Q3.
In which decade was the hovercraft invented?
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Q4.
What name was used for two forests in J. R. R. Tolkien's "Hobbit"/ "Lord of the Rings" saga, the first under Morgoth's control, and the second under the influence of Sauron?
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Q5.
Five of Canada's fourteen UNESCO World heritage sites (Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, Wood Buffalo National Park, Dinosaur Provincial Park and Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump) are in which Canadian province?
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Q6.
"The Blockheads" released a new album in 2009 after nine years' silence. Who used to be their frontman?
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Q7.
Until 1599 (in Sweden, Norway and Denmark), 1600 (in Scotland ), 1725 (in Russia), and 1752 (in England, Wales, Ireland and Britain's American colonies) what did those countries observe as New Year's Day?
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