Daily Quiz #4703
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 3 December 2021
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Q1.
Who was on the English throne at the time of the "Gunpowder Plot" to blow up the House of Lords?
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Q2.
It originated in the 5th century BCE or earlier as training for the military, could involve up to 200 a game, was fêted for both men and women in Persian poetry and art. Which game is it?
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Q3.
Before 1972, what was Sri Lanka known as?
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Q4.
Alidade, for example, a rotary dial for angular positioning on an astrolabe, is a term borrowed from which language?
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D
Pottery from the Bronze Age in Mesopotamia
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Q6.
Who discovered and named the element francium in 1939?
C
William Pitt the Younger
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Q7.
According to the Guinness Book of World Records in 2010, what is the most watched TV series, ever?
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