Daily Quiz #5409
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"?
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2
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?
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3
Q3.
What is the word for a mat placed under a glass or cup to protect a surface?
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4
Q4.
What separates the Patagonian Shelf from the Scotia Arc?
C
The Falklands Plateau and Trough
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5
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?
B
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
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?
B
The Western Wall, 19 BCE
C
The West Bank Barrier, 2003
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Q7.
The RSMDT, started in 1927 and now known as the White Helmets, performed in what?
C
Displays of motorcycling skills, acrobatics and stunt riding
D
Demonstrations of sapper techniques
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