Daily Quiz #220
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 25 August 2009
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Q1.
In 1946, what did the USA offer to buy for $100,000,000?
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Part of Ontario between Detroit and Toronto
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Q2.
Which composer of musicals was knighted in 1992 and made a life peer in 1997?
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Q3.
After he had directed "Australia", Baz Luhrmann's next project was a film based on which book by F Scott Fitzgerald?
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Q4.
What is the name for the unit of work done by a force of 1 dyne moving through a distance of 1 centimetre?
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Q5.
What game involving reptiles is based on the Indian game called Vaikuntapaoli or Paramapada Sopanam?
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Q6.
In a film script, what do the letters ECU mean?
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Every Camera Unnecessary
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Q7.
Which British organisation, started in 1939 under Basil Dean and disbanded in 1946, represented the mobilisation of the entertainment industry?
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