Daily Quiz #107
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 4 May 2009
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Q1.
Which of these places is a ski and holiday resort on the banks of Lake Wakatipu?
A
Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia
B
Queenstown, South Africa
D
Queenstown, New Zealand
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Q2.
Which soprano, who had a highly successful opera career between 1968 and 2004, sang Handel's "Let the Bright Seraphim" at the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer?
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Q3.
Who is the youngest actor to receive an Oscar for the Best Actor in a Leading Role?
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Q4.
What computer that began operation in 1954 at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, UK, could make calculations in 20 seconds that, it was said, "would keep 100 girls using calculating machines occupied for 8 hours"?
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Q5.
Amortisation is similar to … ?
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6
Q6.
What gambling game, requiring only two coins to play, was popular with Australian and New Zealand soldiers in World War II?
Note: This question was updated in February 2014
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Q7.
The Battle of Bull Run was fought in which war?
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