Daily Quiz #136
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 2 June 2009
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Q1.
Scrabble tournament players use special tiles which are not engraved, thereby eliminating the potential for a cheating player to feel for particular tiles in the bag). These are called … ?
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Q2.
Which of these is a medical term for the escape of blood from a blood vessel?
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Q3.
Who was the first person to sail through the North East Passage north of Russia from Europe to the Pacific Ocean in 1878/79?
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Baron Adolf Nordenskiöld
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Q4.
In which film does Tom Cruise play Count Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg?
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Q5.
Which of these is a compound word?
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Q6.
Which of these was a famous lexicographer?
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Q7.
Which US state borders Canada and the Connecticut River, and has the Green Mountains running through its centre?
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