Daily Quiz #58
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 16 March 2009
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Q1.
Which US horse race for three year-old thoroughbred horses is held on the first Saturday in May, over one and a quarter miles (2 km) at Churchill Downs?
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Q2.
What is the Russian rocket launch and development site in the Astrakhan Oblast, between Volgograd and Astrakhan, established in 1946?
Note: This question was updated in February 2014
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Q3.
Nelson beat Napoleon's fleet, which lost 13 of 17 ships, in which battle in Aboukir Bay on 1 August 1793?
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Q4.
Which former General and President of South Vietnam resigned and left for Taiwan 9 days before South Vietnam unconditionally surrendered on 30 April, 1975, handing power to his Vice President?
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Q5.
What is the lowest number that is both the square of one integer and the cube of another?
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Q6.
Which manufacturer of pens was established in 1884 in New York City, USA?
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Q7.
Which impresario, music manager and record producer has been involved with The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Graham Gouldman, Godley and Creme, (later 10cc), Soft Machine, and Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity?
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