Daily Quiz #36
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 22 February 2009
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1
What is the Diet of Worms?
A
A method of torture used at Guantanamo Bay
B
A method used by Oprah Winfrey to reduce weight
C
The religious court that judged Martin Luther in 1521
D
The name for the parliament of Iceland, created in 1944
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2
The main publicity image for which Alfred Hitchcock film featured Cary Grant being chased by a bi-plane?
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3
The Kalahari Desert is on which continent?
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4
Who, in 1831, first demonstrated that the motion of a conductor in a magnetic field generates an electric current?
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5
Who was the king of England who succeeded James I?
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6
What instrument was designed to measure variations in temperature by the expansion or contraction of a liquid or gas?
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7
At the 1968 Olympic Games held at Mexico City, what was the now-universal style introduced to the high jump?
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