Daily Quiz #5248
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 1 June 2023
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Q1.
British archaeologist Sir Flinders Petrie (1853 - 1942) was known for what invention?
A
A procedure to determine the fat content of milk
D
A stratigraphic method that made possible the history reconstruction from ancient cultural remains
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Q2.
Which of these is used to measure energy?
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Q3.
What is particularly unusual about some of the music of Danish group "Between Music" ?
A
It is played and sung under water
B
It is composed exclusively from whale song
C
It is an experience, using sound above and below the human range of hearing
D
It is only performed on the streets
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Q4.
In the enforcement equipment known as ASP, what does the "A" stand for?
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Q5.
Which of these is a Thracian shepherd captured by Romans and trained as a gladiator, who escaped and became leader of an army of escaped slaves in the first century BC?
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Q6.
Which mountain in the Sierra Nevada just over 13,000 feet high was climbed in 1890 by Joseph N. Le Conte, Hubert P. Dyer, Fred S. Pheby, and C. B. Lakeman, who initially called it University Peak?
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Q7.
How often is the Elfstedentocht run?
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