Daily Quiz #5427
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 27 November 2023
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Q1.
Where is the canyon described as the world's deepest and longest?
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Q2.
In 1979 Briton Anthony Blunt was exposed as a Soviet spy. What was his area of interest?
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Q3.
What did Edgar the Atheling spectacularly fail to do in England in 1066?
A
Drive the Danes out of England
B
Succeed to the throne vacated by the deaths of Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson (Harold II)
C
Command the tide not to come in
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Q4.
When the orf virus affects humans what is often one unusual characteristic of the damage it causes?
A
The affected skin develops a permanent area of freckles
B
Pustules are filled with blue fluid
C
Damaged areas remain open and do not heal for up to a year
D
The damage heals without scarring
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Q5.
Which of these is a traditional wooden sailing boat rigged with 1 or 2 lateen sails that is used in protected waters of the Red Sea and eastern Mediterranean, and in Egypt, Sudan, and Iraq?
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Q6.
What did Vera Lynn sing would be "over the White Cliffs of Dover tomorrow, just you wait and see"?
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Q7.
Which of these might you use if you were mountain climbing?
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