Daily Quiz #509
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 10 June 2010
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1
Which infectious disease is characterised by ulceration and inflammation of the bowel with generalised toxaemia and "wasting", usually caused via infection of food contaminated by flies?
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2
What was the original official name of the first code of French civil law?
Note: This question was updated in November 2014
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3
At the death of the reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who was the heir to the British throne?
Note: This question was updated in September 2022
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4
Whose famous "Chinese Theatre" is at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood?
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5
What is the name for the circle that describes the most northerly point at which the sun appears directly overhead at noon?
Note: This question was updated in January 2017
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6
For which sport, now banned in Britain by the Hunting Act 2004, was the "Waterloo Cup" 3 day event run annually at Great Altcar in Lancashire, England from 1836 to 2005?
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7
What kind of object is "tansy"?
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