Daily Quiz #448
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 10 April 2010
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Q1.
In 2001, Count Jacques Rogge replaced Juan Antonio Samaranch as head of what body?
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International Olympic Committee (IOC)
C
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
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Q2.
Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool are collectively known as which band?
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Q3.
What is the character "George" from the UK TV series "Rainbow"?
Note: This question was updated in November 2013
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Q4.
According to Greek legend, what was the 9 headed monster from the Lerna marshes killed by Hercules?
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Q5.
The members of which Christian organisation do not take the oath in a court of law, oppose military service, and believe that individuals can have a personal relationship with the divine without the need for intermediaries, such as priests, rituals or sacraments?
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Q6.
Which of these is a plant cultivated for its flowers, which are often tinted with purple, maroon, cerise, pink or red, that attaches itself to structures by tendrils?
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Q7.
Which cold, low-salinity ocean current flows north-westward along the west coast of South America from the southern tip of Chile to northern Peru and can extend 1,000 kilometers (620 miles) offshore?
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