Daily Quiz #5362
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 23 September 2023
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Q1.
In 1968 a nearly 1,000 year old grave was excavated in Suontaka, Finland, of a person highly respected in their community but unusual in what respect?
A
The ethnic origin of the person was close to a half a world away from where they were buried
B
The person had extreme dwarfism
C
The gender of the person was possibly non-binary
D
They were buried embracing an adult of the same gender
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Q2.
Other than being churchmen in the Middle Ages which of these is also true of Odo of Cluny, Notker the Stammerer and Wulfstan the Cantor?
A
They are early mediaeval composers
B
They were champion swordsmen
C
They lived until they were 100
D
They were all assassinated
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Q3.
Who destroyed the Temple built by Solomon in Jerusalem?
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Q4.
Which of these instruments belongs to the percussion family?
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Q5.
What complex of artificial biological environments near St Blazey and St Austell in Cornwall was opened to the public in 2001?
C
The Lost Gardens of Heligan
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Q6.
What was involved in what the media called "the battle of the Carmens" in 1988?
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Q7.
In 1858 Rowland Macy established a new store named "R. H. Macy & Company", where it stayed on the same site for nearly forty years, in which city?
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