Daily Quiz #5420
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 20 November 2023
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Q1.
In 1743 Charles-Marie de La Condamine led the west's first scientific expedition to observe which river and its environment?
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Q2.
Since the mid 1990s the USA has banned what in hunting water fowl?
B
Guns with capacity for more than two shots
C
The issuing of licences to permanently disabled hunters
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Q3.
The so-called "Bridge of Spies" in Europe connects what?
A
The Danish island of Lolland and the German island of Fehmarn
B
The villages of Mörsdorf and Sosberg
C
The cities of Potsdam and Berlin
D
The cities of Heilbronn and Nuremberg
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Q4.
In 2023 the Royal Spanish Football Federation appointed its first what?
C
Female liaison with UEFA
D
Female head of the competition committee
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Q5.
The first uses of what on a large scale in civil engineering were the construction of the Canal du Midi in France (1681), the Erie canal in New York (1825), the Box Tunnel on the railway line between London and Bristol, England (1841), and the Mont Cenis Tunnel between France and Italy (1870)?
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Q6.
"So Dear to My Heart" (1948) was a film by whom, intended to be his first live action film but which in the end included animation?
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Q7.
The name of Friedrich Esmarch (1823 - 1908) is associated with developing and establishing what?
A
Safe canning of vegetables and meat
C
Refrigeration techniques
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