Daily Quiz #5386
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 17 October 2023
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Q1.
Which series first released on Netflix in 2019, co-created by and starring Natasha Lyonne, received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations in its first season?
B
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
D
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
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2
Q2.
Which of these is a type of fungus?
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3
Q3.
The 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck were marked by what?
A
A fire in the Olympic Village
D
Lack of snow, a hot dry wind, and rain that melted snow and ice
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4
Q4.
In April 1996 a shooting and killing spree in Port Arthur, Tasmania, Australia, led to 35 deaths, 23 woundings and what else?
A
Obliteration of the site to serve as a memorial
B
Intense public pressure to resurrect the death penalty
C
A law change concerning definition of mental stability
D
Bans and heavy restriction on self-loading rifles and pump-action shotguns
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5
Q5.
Which of these regions houses one of the largest wetland areas in Europe?
A
Northern Finland, Sweden and Norway
C
Eastern Poland, southern Belarus, northern Ukraine, western Russia
D
Northern Greece, southern Albania, southern North Macedonia
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6
Q6.
What was the name of Amy Johnson's plane in which she flew solo from Britain to Australia in 1930?
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7
Q7.
Gordon Ramsay opened a restaurant in 2001 in which London hotel?
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