Daily Quiz #5086
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 21 December 2022
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Q1.
What was the name of the Roman road that stretched from Dover, Kent, almost to Shrewsbury, Shropshire, a distance of 322 km (200 miles)?
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2
Q2.
Which of these mountain ranges runs along the east coast of the USA?
C
The Appalachian Mountains
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3
Q3.
The dessert "sachertorte" contains what main ingredient?
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4
Q4.
What does an emetic make you do?
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Q5.
American author Angie Thomas's novel "On the Come Up" (2019) follows the experience of a teenager as a what?
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Q6.
How does one tell a potentially winning cob or conker?
A
Put them in water and choose from among those that sink
B
Put them in water and choose from among those that float
D
By the method and frequency with which their tree has been pruned or brutted
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Q7.
James Prescott Joule have his name to a unit of energy, and to what else?
A
Joule-Thomson Effect: temperature change in an insulated environment
B
A drummer in a Canadian indie rock band
C
The wife of a celebrity chef
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