Daily Quiz #716
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 3 January 2011
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Q1.
Which country won the most gold medals for the Olympic Marathon, the first 25 times that it was run (1896 - 2004)?
Note: This question was updated in April 2022
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Q2.
Which American TV series (2000 to 2004) centred on Winslow High School, a fictional public high school located in Boston, Massachusetts, had the slogan "Every day is a fight. For respect. For dignity. For sanity."?
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Q3.
What name is given to raised parts of the skin when frightened or cold?
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Q4.
"Omnibus" is a word for a common form of public transport taken directly from Latin. What does it mean?
D
Bring a big book to read
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Q5.
Canberra is the capital of which country?
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Q6.
The Battle of Ghuznee in 1839 took place between the armies of Great Britain and which other country?
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Q7.
Who, co-founders of the Spartacist League in January 1916, were executed in Berlin in January 1919?
A
Bonny Parker and Clyde Barrow
B
Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht
C
Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx
D
John Profumo and Christine Keeler
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