Daily Quiz #5240

General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 24 May 2023

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Q1. Dartmoor Prison in England re-opened in 1851 as a civilian prison to take prisoners who would previously have been transported. What was used as an experiment for the new prison system?

Training in trades and crafts

Education

Early release with a "ticket-of -leave"

Regular and frequent prison visitors

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Q2. What was the top selling song in 1940?

Swinging On a Star

I'll Never Smile Again

Prisoner of Love

Riders in the Sky

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Q3. What weight boot is prescribed by the International Boot-Throwing Association, Finland, for children of 10 or younger who compete in gumboot throwing?

About 450 gm

About 850 gm

No prescribed weight

1 kg

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Q4. A system called end-of -life services (ELSA) is one of many current initiatives being developed to do what?

Expand service for assisted dying

Rescue failing banks

Clear space debris

Recycle old computers or phones

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Q5. The Canadian province of British Columbia is almost exclusively where?

By the Great Lakes

In the Rocky Mountains

In the Arctic Circle

On the west shores of Hudson Bay

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Q6. A mastodon was an early form of what animal?

Elephant

Dog

Giraffe

Chimpanzee

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Q7. Author and cartoonist Theodor Seuss Geisel published his more than 60 books under what name?

A Non

Giesel

Ted Hughes

Dr Seuss

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