Daily Quiz #5300
Sunday's Quiz: From The Archives
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Q1.
What is the name of a free improvisatory passage inserted near the end of a composition to create a feeling of suspense before the final cadence?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in December 2012
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Q2.
What scale measures the hotness or piquancy of a chili pepper, as defined by the amount of capsaicin it contains?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2011
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Q3.
A 1966 British children's TV series featuring stop-motion puppets, and each episode began with a music box playing, accompanied by "Here is a box, a musical box, wound up and ready to play. But this box can hide a secret inside. Can you guess what is in it today?" Which of these was it?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2011
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Q4.
What relationship had the Sword of Damocles to Damocles?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in January 2011
A
He was killed by it in battle
C
It was discovered by him
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Q5.
Who, the highest paid of any performer in music hall in the early 20th century and knighted in 1919, wrote "I Love A Lassie", "Stop Yer Ticklin' Jock" and "Roamin' in the Gloamin'"?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in March 2010
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Q6.
Which of these sports uses an oval ball?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in March 2011
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Q7.
Mt Rushmore is near which US city?
Sunday Archive: Originally published in May 2010
D
Charleston, North Carolina
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