Daily Quiz #143
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 9 June 2009
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Q1.
What was the fate of "Blanche" in Poulenc's opera "Les Dialogues des Carmelites"?
A
She is strangled by her husband
B
She is stabbed to death by her lover
C
She goes mad and commits suicide
D
She decides to go the guillotine
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2
Q2.
The first Victoria Crosses, Britain's highest military order, were made from what material?
A
Bronze from Russian guns captured at Sebastopol
C
Nickel and brass from coins recently taken out of circulation
D
Gold confiscated from pillaging British soldiers at Mafeking
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3
Q3.
The first of what event, organised by journalist Henri Desgrange in 1903, was won by Maurice Garin?
C
Peking to Paris car rally
D
Swimming race across the English Channel
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4
Q4.
From 1781 until the adoption of the Constitution on 17 September 1787, the US government operated in terms of what document?
C
Declaration of Independence
D
Articles of Confederation
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5
Q5.
Which of these territories was ceded by France to Great Britain under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713?
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Q6.
What small green fish with blue reflections (due to a silver longitudinal stripe that runs from the base of the caudal fin) is found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans?
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Q7.
Who was the last English monarch of the Tudor dynasty?
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