Daily Quiz #4577
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 30 July 2021
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Q1.
Who composed the operas "The Mask of Orpheus" (1986) and "Gawain" (1991)?
A
Sir Harrison Birtwistle
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Q2.
Which mountain range stretches from Austria and Slovenia in the east, through Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west?
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3
Q3.
The element cobalt gets its name from the German word for what?
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Q4.
On air, in September 2010, David Letterman asked whom during an interview for $US1 million for the use of a section of his programme in a film?
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Q5.
In 1863 the Société d'Encouragement launched an event to see international contest between what or who?
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Q6.
In 2009, Garrett Camp, a computer programmer and co-founder of StumbleUpon, and Travis Kalanick, co-founder of Red Swoosh, founded what other (controversial) company?
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Q7.
What gas is the main component of the atmosphere of the planet Mars?
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