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General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 23 February 2024

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Q1. What play was recommended by the Pulitzer Prize committee for the Best Play in 1963, but rejected by the Pulitzer board due to the play's perceived vulgarity?

A
Irma la Douce
B
Twelve Angry Men
C
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
D
Bye Bye Birdie
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Q2. Which retired English jockey was popularly known as “the Long Fellow”?

A
Lester Piggott
B
John Francomb
C
Dick Francis
D
AP McCoy
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Q3. Sandcrack is a damage in an animal's what?

A
Facial skin
B
Hooves
C
Underbelly
D
Legs
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Q4. Which playwright and screenwriter, particularly known for the play "Antigone" (1944), was considered for the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature, and in 1980 was the first recipient of the newly established Grand Prix du Théâtre de l'Académie française?

A
Jean Paul Sartre
B
Jean Anouilh
C
Antoine de St Exupéry
D
Albert Camus
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Q5. According to Greek mythology, who spent eternity in the underworld with food and drink just out of reach?

A
Tantalus
B
Sisyphus
C
Actaeon
D
Timolus
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Q6. In which country is the city of Derry?

A
Wales
B
Northern Ireland
C
Scotland
D
England
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Q7. Bourbon is the usual basis for which of these cocktails?

A
Rob Roy
B
Harvey Wallbanger
C
Americano
D
Mint julep
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