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General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 3 May 2022

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Q1. In the 90 years between the 1932 election of a President in France (the last before World War II) and 2022 with the re-election of Emmanuel Macron, how many French Presidents have been in the office for more than one term?

A
10
B
5
C
11
D
7
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Q2. Which is a saying attributed to Lester B. Pearson, 14th Prime Minister of Canada and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957?

A
“The best cure for the body is a quiet mind”
B
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated”
C
“Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects”
D
"In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of"
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Q3. The Richter scale was used to measure the magnitude of what?

A
Rain
B
Wind
C
Earthquakes
D
Tornadoes
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Q4. Which author wrote: "... whatever [women] ask for they had first given to us. They create Love in our natures. They have a right to demand it back”?

A
Seamus Heaney
B
Simone de Beauvoir
C
Oscar Wilde
D
Benjamin Disraeli
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Q5. Which is true of the volcano Cayambe in Ecuador?

A
Holds the highest glacier
B
It has the highest summit, 6,893 m (22,615 ft), of any volcano
C
It holds the highest navigable lake, at 3,812 m (12,507 ft)
D
Its summit is the fastest point on Earth, i.e. the point furthest from Earth's rotational axis
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Q6. What profession was Larry Nassar who was sentenced in the USA in December 2017 to 60 years in federal prison, in January 2018 to an additional 40 to 175 years in Michigan State prison, and in February 2020 to yet another 40 to 175 years in Michigan State prison?

A
Sports doctor
B
Physiotherapist
C
Athletic trainer
D
Naturopath
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Q7. "Yo! Bum Rush the Show", using the talents of Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Terminator X, Hank Shocklee, Eric Sadler, Stephen Linsley, Bill Stephney, Vernon Reid, Bill Stephney and Juice, was the debut album of which group?

A
Universal Zulu Nation
B
Public Enemy
C
The Sugarhill Gang
D
The Last Poets
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