Daily Quiz #238
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 12 September 2009
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Q1.
What word best describes a triangle where one angle is greater than 90 degrees?
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Q2.
Which Venezuelan river has the same name as a Womble?
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Q3.
Who invented a system of cartography whereby lines of latitude and longitude are drawn at right angles?
Note: This question was updated in June 2022
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Q4.
What best selling novel begins "The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail"?
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20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
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Q5.
The United Nations Charter was signed by 50 nations in San Francisco on which day?
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Q6.
Brogues are a type of what?
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Q7.
In what board game do players compete to acquire wealth through buying, renting, and trading properties, with the object of bankrupting the other players?
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