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General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 6 July 2023

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Q1. What is the science that deals with the properties, composition, and structure of elements and compounds, the transformations they undergo, and the energy that is released or absorbed during these processes?

A
Chemistry
B
Cosmology
C
Biology
D
Physics
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Q2. The format called "Test Match" is found in several sports, which of these is not one of them?

A
Rugby League
B
Cricket
C
Association Football
D
Skiing
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Q3. In Savigny in France in 1457, a mother and her 6 offspring were tried for the murder of a child, and the mother convicted and executed. Who was she?

A
The local publican
B
A pig
C
The housekeeper of the local priest
D
The wife of the Duke who owned the land
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Q4. Why did Lindy Chamberlain attract international media attention in 1988?

A
She was enshrined into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
B
Her conviction for killing her baby Azaria in 1980 was finally quashed
C
She won an Oscar for best director
D
She took the office of chamberlain to King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand
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Q5. Which of these, father and son, between them over the period 1486 to 1548 explored first the east coast of the Americas from parts of Canada to Uruguay, including parts of Argentina, and later the west coast?

A
Amerigo and Julius Vespucci
B
Ferdinand and Marco Magellan
C
John and Sebastian Cabot
D
Christopher and Diego Columbus
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Q6. Two wars fought in 1880-1881 and then in 1899-1902 in South Africa are known as what?

A
Wars of the Oranges
B
Burmese-Siamese Wars
C
Boxer Rebellion
D
Boer Wars
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Q7. Which was the last of these Star Wars films to be released?

A
The Phantom Menace
B
The Empire Strikes Back
C
Return of the Jedi
D
A New Hope
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