Daily Quiz #5385
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 16 October 2023
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Q1.
Famous in NBA Basketball, Michael Jordan first retired in 1993 to develop a career in what?
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Q2.
Apart from his partnership with Sir Arthur Sullivan in musicals, Sir W. S. Gilbert wrote several plays. What was the central character in his last play "The Hooligan, A Character Study" (1911)?
A
The leader of a troupe of actors who take political power
B
A young Cockney murderer in prison awaiting execution
D
A young peer turned boardroom pirate
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Q3.
Which UK TV series , based on a 1939 novel by Rumer Godden and starring Gemma Arterton, Alessandro Nivola, Aisling Franciosi, Jim Broadbent and Gina McKee, also starred Diana Rigg in one of her last performances?
A
A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (2017)
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Q4.
Traditionally, the Nukak live between the Guaviare and Inírida rivers, in which country?
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Q5.
In the USA, the Tav HaYosher is a certification mark offered to establishments that do what?
A
Take leadership roles in social justice campaigns
C
Serve kosher food and treat their workers fairly
D
Make loans to support entrepreneurs worldwide and combat poverty
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Q6.
In 2022, as a response to Russia's full invasion of Ukraine at the beginning of the year, the remaining (what...) separated from their lingering ties with Russia and Moscow?
A
The Cherkasy Oblast nature reserves
B
Ukrainian Orthodox Churches (Moscow Patriarchy)
C
Business relations in export to Russia of aluminium oxide
D
International Red Cross
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Q7.
The work of mathematician and cosmographer, Pedro Nunes (1502-1578), was the first to propose what for navigators?
A
A method of precise measure of latitude
D
Charts for mapping winds and currents
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