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General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 12 September 2023

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Q1. A loan in order to outfit a ship or purchase cargo using the ship as security is known as what?

A
MAR 91
B
Keelage
C
Mouillage
D
Bottomry
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Q2. In 1988, the American Society of Civil Engineers created an award to recognize outstanding achievements in erosion control, sedimentation and/or waterway development, named in honour of which scientist?

A
Albert Einstein
B
Hans Albert Einstein
C
Osborne Reynolds
D
Hans Christian Andersen
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Q3. Summer and Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games were all held in 1992, the last year in which they were held at the same time, two in France and two in Spain. What also marked the Winter Paralympics?

A
They were the last for 18 years
B
They were the first held with International Olympic Committee cooperation
C
They then merged with the Winter Olympics
D
They were so well attended they took over some of the Winter Olympic venues
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Q4. Magnetic attraction or repulsion depends on what?

A
Moving electrons and protons
B
An electric charge
C
Smooth surfaces
D
Materials made of complex atoms
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Q5. Which capital city in Africa is built at the highest elevation?

A
Nairobi, Kenya
B
Asmara, Eritrea
C
Windhoek, Namibia
D
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Q6. Music in Australia could be found for thousands of years at a what?

A
Agree
B
Confirmee
C
Ouroboros
D
Corroboree
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Q7. Who is said by some experts to be the "master" referred to in the English nursery rhyme "Baa baa black sheep"?

A
The Chancellor of the Exchequer
B
The owner of the wool press
C
King Edward I
D
The local squire
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