Daily Quiz #5415
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 15 November 2023
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Q1.
The eruption of Mt Tarawera in New Zealand almost destroyed the natural wonder, the Pink and White Terraces. When did this happen?
A
Three years after the globe-changing 1883 eruptions at Krakatoa
B
1912, the same time as the Mt Pinatubo, Philippines, eruption
C
Four years before the 1815 eruption of Mount Tambora, Indonesia
D
The year following the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, USA
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Q2.
What part of the body produces insulin?
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Q3.
One of the largest countries in Africa derived its food wealth for thousands of years from the regular flooding of which river?
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Q4.
Mikhail Baryshnikov who starred in the HBO series, "Sex and the City", has a long and illustrious career as what?
B
Ballet dancer, and choreographer
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Q5.
What game, whose players use a squidger, aim to squop their opponents, occasionally to boondock them, and in a variant play a jeu de puces, was held in a Royal Match in 2008 to commemorate a 50th anniversary?
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Q6.
Which of these is a character in "The Matrix" series of films?
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Q7.
What are Toyosu in Tokyo, La Nueva Viga in Mexico, Mercamadrid in Spain, and Feskekôrka in Sweden?
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