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General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 9 November 2023

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Q1. Which singer first found her wider audience through performance with the Chick Webb band, and the 1938 song she co-wrote "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"?

A
Patsy Cline
B
Connee Boswell
C
Ella Fitzgerald
D
Doris Day
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Q2. What term is used for a volcanic rock that is a solidified frothy lava typically created when super-heated, highly pressurised rock is violently ejected from a volcano, formed when lava and water are mixed, due to the simultaneous actions of rapid cooling and rapid depressurisation?

A
Emery
B
Diamond
C
Silicon carbide
D
Pumice
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Q3. What is the word for a mat placed under a glass or cup to protect a surface?

A
Doiley
B
Coaster
C
Antimacassar
D
Placemat
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Q4. What separates the Patagonian Shelf from the Scotia Arc?

A
The Patagonian Gulfs
B
Drake Passage
C
The Falklands Plateau and Trough
D
The Southern Ocean
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Q5. Which long-running TV show, adapted in the US in the year after the original aired in the UK, went on to win seven Daytime Emmy Awards in the US?

A
The Chase
B
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
C
Survivor
D
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
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Q6. It was called by one government the "Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart" and by a neighbouring government the "Wall of Shame", what was it and when was construction started?

A
The Berlin Wall, 1961
B
The Western Wall, 19 BCE
C
The West Bank Barrier, 2003
D
Hadrian's Wall, 122
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Q7. The RSMDT, started in 1927 and now known as the White Helmets, performed in what?

A
Polo competitions
B
Boxing displays
C
Displays of motorcycling skills, acrobatics and stunt riding
D
Demonstrations of sapper techniques
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