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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?

A
To transport pigments
B
To clean paint brushes
C
To polish statuary highlights
D
Backing for small tapestries
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Q2. Two immense carved images destroyed in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, by the Taleban in 2001 related to what faith?

A
Islam
B
Buddhism
C
Sikh
D
Hinduism
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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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Q4. What is the "litmus" which is used in litmus paper to detect acids or alkalis?

A
Lapis lazuli
B
Seaweed
C
Sap in certain barks
D
Dyes extracted from lichens
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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?

A
Gérard Depardieu
B
Orson Welles
C
Roger Vadim
D
Juliette Binoche
Select from the options above.
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Q6. As at 2021, which of these European countries has won football's World Cup the most times?

A
Spain
B
England
C
Italy
D
France
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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.
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