Daily Quiz #5455
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 25 December 2023
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Q1.
Which animal can, after reaching full maturity, revert completely to sexual immaturity and begin again, thereby being technically capable of immortality?
A
Diploria strigosa (brain coral)
C
Green sulphur bacterium
D
Turritopsis dohrnii (a jellyfish)
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Q2.
Which of these, an actor and a vaudeville, jazz and blues singer, was the first African-American artist to make a commercial vocal blues recording?
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Q3.
The poem "The New Colossus" that begins "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses …" is inscribed where?
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Q4.
What type of race is "the Madison"?
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Q5.
To investigate his theories of the diaspora of South American peoples, who sailed in a balsa raft called Kon-Tiki across the Pacific Ocean in 1947?
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Q6.
If you travelled in a westward direction from New York City (USA) and passed through each of these cities along the way, which city would be reached last?
C
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
D
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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Q7.
Which of these is a 1980 American film based on the story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London?
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