Daily Quiz #15
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 1 February 2009
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Q1.
In which city were the first meetings held of the General Assembly and the Security Council of the United Nations in January 1946?
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2
Q2.
Which Olympic Games were the first to be broadcast worldwide on television?
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Q3.
What is the name for two collections of lymphoid tissues, one on either side of the throat, level with the base of the tongue?
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Q4.
What is the name of the stadium in The Bronx in New York City which was the home baseball park of the New York Yankees from 1923 to 2008?
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Q5.
Who, when Secretary-General of the U.N., was killed in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1961?
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Q6.
What was the title of the film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood that was about a thinly disguised episode in John Huston's life?
A
Making of the African Queen
B
White Hunter, Black Heart
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Q7.
What man-made waterway was constructed between 1859 and 1869?
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