Daily Quiz #296
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 9 November 2009
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Q1.
What is the next in the series 1, 4, 25, 676?
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2
Q2.
Where are the Straits of Magellan?
A
Between Tierra del Fuego and Chile
B
Between Japan and Taiwan
C
Between Scotland and the Orkney Islands
D
Between Sakhalin Island and the Russian mainland
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3
Q3.
Which book of the Bible contains the story of the visit of the Queen of Sheba to the court of King Solomon?
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4
Q4.
What was the fate of Desdemona in Verdi's opera "Otello"?
A
She jumped to her death
B
She was stabbed to death by her lover
C
She was strangled by her husband
D
She died of consumption
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5
Q5.
Who was the star of "8 Mile" (2002) a hip-hop drama film which was a fictionalized account of his growing up in Detroit and early career in rap?
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Q6.
At the 1972 Olympic Games at Munich, which 16-year-old Soviet gymnast won three gold medals?
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Q7.
What secret organisation of Irishmen in the Scranton Anthracite Mining district of Pennsylvania 1865 - 1875, was in violent conflict with the mine owners?
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