Daily Quiz #510
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 11 June 2010
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Q1.
Which heavenly body was discovered by astronomer Clyde W Tombaugh on 18 February 1930?
Note: This question was updated in April 2022
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Q2.
Racing on ordinary roads from town to town was banned in France from 1903 when a number of people, spectators and drivers (including Marcel Renault) were killed during a race between which two cities?
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Q3.
What is the base of the cocktail Margarita?
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Q4.
What type of battle was the Battle of Trafalgar?
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Q5.
"The Blockheads" released a new album in 2009 after nine years' silence. Who used to be their frontman?
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Q6.
Which of these is native to the southern hemisphere?
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Q7.
Which film that won an Oscar for Best Picture, explores prejudice against Jews and Afro-Americans over the period 1948 to 1973?
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Born on the Fourth of July
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