Daily Quiz #79
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 6 April 2009
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Q1.
Nitroglycerin is made by treating glycerin with nitric acid and … what?
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2
Q2.
What latin phrase means "unaccompanied" when applied to music?
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3
Q3.
In what sport is the object to get one's balls as close to the "jack" as possible?
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4
Q4.
Which American screenwriter, producer, director, actor, author and editor, most productive in the 1950s, made "Plan 9 From Outer Space", "Glen or Glenda" and "Bride Of The Monster"?
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Q5.
Who wrote the music for the musical “Mamma Mia!”?
A
Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
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Q6.
What organisation financed Henry Hudson's voyage when he explored much of what is now Hudson Strait and Hudson Bay in 1610?
C
Virginia Company with the British East India Company
D
Dutch East India Company
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Q7.
What light display in Antarctica is caused by atomic bombardment from the sun on the earth's magnetic field?
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