Daily Quiz #632
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 11 October 2010
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Q1.
What Royal residence in London, originally part of St James's Palace, was used as the London residence of Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh from 1949 to 1952?
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Q2.
In rhyming slang, what is "to talk a lot"?
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Q3.
What law is "the volume of a given mass of gas at a given temperature is inversely proportional to its pressure"?
Note: This question was updated in April 2017
C
The Temperature / Pressure Scenario
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Q4.
Where is the world's oldest surviving bowling green, with the first recorded use being in 1299?
Note: This question was updated in July 2015
A
Gretna Green, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
B
Wimbledon, south west London
D
Wembley, north-west London
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Q5.
Among the works of which English landscape painter are "The Fighting Temeraire" and "The Sun of Venice Going to Sea"?
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Q6.
Who was the first elected female head of state in Africa?
Note: This question was updated in May 2018
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Q7.
On the Isle of Man, the "House of Keys" is concerned with what?
A
Manufacture of weaponry
D
Operations to dock cats
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