Daily Quiz #5416
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 16 November 2023
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Q1.
What function does a clothlet serve in the visual arts?
C
To polish statuary highlights
D
Backing for small tapestries
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2
Q2.
Two immense carved images destroyed in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, by the Taleban in 2001 related to what faith?
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3
Q3.
The tiny Socotra archipelago, inhabited since the early stone age and once an integral part of trade networks in the area, lies where?
A
24 kilometres (15 mi) east of Somalia
B
380 kilometres (240 mi) south of the Arabian Peninsula
C
24 kilometres (15 mi) west of Gibraltar
D
380 kilometres (240 mi) south of Sri Lanka
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4
Q4.
What is the "litmus" which is used in litmus paper to detect acids or alkalis?
D
Dyes extracted from lichens
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5
Q5.
The 1956 French romantic drama "Et Dieu … créa la femme" ("And God Created Woman"), starring Brigitte Bardot and Jean-Louis Trintignant, was whose first film as director?
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6
Q6.
As at 2021, which of these European countries has won football's World Cup the most times?
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Q7.
In 2002 Swiss International Air Lines Flight 850 landed on a runway in Germany in a way that caused the plane to be written off, for what reason?
A
It cartwheeled down the runway
B
It struck an earth bank
C
It slid off the end of the runway into a sewage pond
D
It braked too hard and tipped on its nose
Select from the options above.