Daily Quiz #4923
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 11 July 2022
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Q1.
What science features in the TV series "NUMB3RS"?
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Q2.
What was the name given to the series of trials presided over by Judge Jeffreys after the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685 when hundreds were put to death or transported to the colonies?
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Q3.
What is the name of the golf trophy for competition between teams of professional golfers from Europe and the USA that was first contested between Great Britain and the USA in 1927?
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Q4.
What island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean, comprising 32 atolls and one raised coral island, dispersed over 3,500,000 square kilometres, (1,351,000 square miles) was formerly called the Gilbert Islands?
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The People's Republic of Benin
B
The Republic of Kiribati
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Q5.
What was the first satellite put into orbit by the USA?
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Q6.
What Canadian-born British newspaper proprietor was granted a peerage in 1917, was the first Minister of Information responsible for allied propaganda in allied and neutral countries in 1918 and, during World War II, was Minister of Aircraft Production and Minister of Supply?
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Q7.
If something is described in US politics as "gubernatorial" what or who does it refer to?
B
Miscellaneous advertising
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