Daily Quiz #5364
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 25 September 2023
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Q1.
The TV series "Torchwood" (2006 - 2011) is a spin-off from which other series?
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Q2.
Where does the Black Current flow?
A
East across the Atlantic Ocean
B
Southwards underneath the English Channel/La Manche
C
Northwards on the west side of the North Pacific Ocean
D
Round the South Georgia Islands
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Q3.
What striking and fielding team game, originating in England and known in Ireland as cluiche corr, is played between two teams alternating between batting and fielding and involves hitting a small, hard, leather-cased ball with a round bat and then running around four bases in order to score?
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Q4.
Who or what was the plant, the dahlia, named after?
A
Anders Dahl, student of botanist Carl Linnaeus
C
An Indian food, the staple food of the botanist at the time he discovered the plant
D
A Luxembourg village where the plant was cultivated after being introduced to Europe
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Q5.
The War of the Pacific 1879-1883 was fought where?
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Q6.
What is a slang word for someone who deals in stolen goods?
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Q7.
What is the name of the mathematical function which can be shown to grow faster asymptotically than any computable function?
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