Daily Quiz #5249
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 2 June 2023
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Q1.
The word "Scandinavian" refers to which part of the world?
A
Nepal, Tibet and southern China
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2
Q2.
The endocrine glands secrete their products directly into what rather than through a duct?
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3
Q3.
What is the song "Cracklin' Rosie", a 1970 song written and performed by Neil Diamond, about?
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4
Q4.
Which British admiral and statesman was the last Viceroy of the British Indian Empire and the first Governor-General of the independent Union of India?
B
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
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5
Q5.
Which video game, on its release in 2020, was so badly reviewed that the developers issued a formal apology?
A
Fast & Furious Crossroads
C
Remothered: Broken Porcelain
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Q6.
Mike Leigh has been celebrated and much-awarded as a film writer and director, but is also celebrated as a playwright. Which of these plays is his first?
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Q7.
A critic hailed "Les Misérables", when it was first published in 1862, as "exaggerated and inflated nonsense"; what would have been a simile for that description?
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