Daily Quiz #633
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 12 October 2010
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Q1.
In 1932 the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd unified with the regions of Al-Hasa and Qatif to form which country?
C
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Q2.
According to the Bible, the descendants of Noah tried to erect which construction against the will of God, who destroyed the plan by making the builders talk a variety of languages?
A
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
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Q3.
Composer Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713) is associated with which instrument?
Note: This question was updated in September 2015
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Q4.
Which Damon was an American newspaperman and writer, best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era?
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Q5.
What mountain's volcanic eruption, on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia, has discharged the most material?
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C
Thera (known as Santorini), around 1470 BC
D
Mt Aso, Kyoto, around 300,000 BC
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Q6.
What church, known as "the Irvingites" mainly due to the preaching of Edward Irving, was founded in Scotland in 1832?
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Seventh Day Adventist Church
D
Catholic Apostolic Church
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Q7.
On 24 October 1971, with a distance of 2,028 yards (1,854 m), Harry Drake broke the world record for the longest what?
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