General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 29 May 2010
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Question 1: Which 19th century French physicist erected a pendulum 200 feet high in the Pantheon in Paris to demonstrate the earth's rotation?
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                    B
                    
                            Jean Foucault
                        
                    
                        Augustin-Jean Fresnel
                    
                
                
                    C
                    
                        René Descartes
                    
                
                
                    D
                    
                        Nicholas Mercator