Daily Quiz #5578
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 26 April 2024
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Q1.
What did Scottish ultra marathon runner Joasia Zakrzewski do during the 2023 GB Ultras Manchester-to-Liverpool race which led to a one-year ban?
A
Wore non-regulation running gear
C
Posted comments on social media seen as unacceptable
D
Took a 2.5 mile lift in a car
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Q2.
What does the V stand for in the abbreviation "VSOP"?
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Q3.
A study at the University of Portsmouth, England, by astrophysicist Dr Or Graur traces a relationship in human thought between the Milky Way and what?
B
Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime
C
The ride of the Valkyries in Scandinavian mythology
D
The role of the Goddess Nut in Egyptian mythology
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Q4.
The Millennium Dam, now known as the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and built between 2011 and 2020, is on which river?
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5
Q5.
What is the centre of the TV series "Defying Gravity" (2009)
A
The training and career of an Olympic high jump gold medallist
B
Astronauts on a six-year space mission through the Solar System
C
An expedition to climb Mt Everest
D
The build-up to the ill-fated flight in 1986 of the Space Shuttle Challenger
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Q6.
The Gulfs of Tonkin and Thailand both lead to which body of water?
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Q7.
According to DC Comics who was Wonder Woman's mother?
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