Daily Quiz #5357
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 18 September 2023
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Q1.
What is a disease of the bone, estimated to affect 2-3 million across Tibet, north-eastern to south-western China, South Siberia, and Korea?
C
Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
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2
Q2.
What name was given to teenage boys who wore drainpipe trousers and liked rock and roll in 1950s Britain?
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3
Q3.
Which 1998 film, directed by Peter Weir and starring Jim Carrey, Laura Linney, Ed Harris, Noah Emmerich and Natascha McElhone, depicts a man discovering that his day to day life is actually a television show?
B
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
C
There's Something About Mary
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4
Q4.
Which of these is true of the Republic of Uzbekistan?
A
It has never been part of the Russian Empire or its successor, the USSR
B
Its predominant religion is Buddhist
C
It is double-landlocked
D
90% of the country is below sea level
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5
Q5.
What does the "T" stand for in the boxing expression "TKO"?
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Q6.
By 1929 actions of the Austrian Schober government, together with the simultaneous Wall Street Crash brought down the then largest and allegedly best-financed Austrian credit institution two years later and resulted in a global financial crisis and ultimately the bank failures of the Great Depression. What were the actions or cause?
A
Nationalising the bank, drastically revaluing the currency
B
Hyperinflation, requiring the bank to take on weaker failing banks together with its own bad loans
C
Over-abrupt anti inflation measures, offending Austria's main creditor the League of Nations
D
Raiding its gold reserve and capping interest rates at half the then current rate
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Q7.
Which American produces consumer guides that influence buyer patterns on wine world-wide?
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