Daily Quiz #4634
General Knowledge Quiz
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1
Who won Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2012, and for what?
A
R Steinman: the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity
B
E A von Behring: serum therapy and development of a vaccine against diphtheria
C
J B Gurdon, S Yamanaka: stem cell research
D
R G Edwards: development of in vitro fertilisation
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2
In 2005, Dan Wheldon became the first British competitor to win what event in over 30 years?
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3
Why was Captain William Kidd hanged in 1701?
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4
The archipelago of Indonesia was colonialised for about 4 centuries as a major trade prize. When did it finally gain fully recognised independence?
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5
If you do not have an instrument to measure angles, what are the most useful tools with which to draw a right angle?
C
Opisometer and straight edge
D
Compasses and straight edge
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6
According to Lewis Carroll in his novel "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There" (1872), what was used to kill the Jabberwock?
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7
What is the main ingredient of hummus?
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