Daily Quiz #572
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 12 August 2010
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Q1.
What did Sir Robert Peel establish in London in the late 19th century?
A
Metropolitan Police Force
B
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
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Q2.
A United Nations report published in July 2007 placed which country first in the industrialized world in marijuana use, at 14.1% of the population?
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3
Q3.
Who discovered the moon of Saturn called Titan in 1655?
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Q4.
Which company bought the Daimler, Lanchester, Jaguar and Land Rover brand names in March 2008?
B
Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea
C
Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan
D
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (BMW), Germany
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5
Q5.
Which of these was a British children's TV programme first aired in 1958?
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Q6.
Mount St Helens is in which state of the USA?
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Q7.
Which city hosted the Commonwealth Games in 2002?
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