Daily Quiz #767
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 23 February 2011
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Q1.
Tom Lehrer, an American singer-songwriter, whose work contained much black humor and risque lyrics, often parodying popular song forms, taught which subject from 1972 to 2001 at the University of California, Santa Cruz?
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Q2.
Which 1987 film set during the Vietnam War was based on the career of Adrian Cronauer, a disc jockey on Armed Forces Radio Service who was popular with the troops but infuriated his superiors?
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Q3.
WWE, which is controlled by Vince McMahon, is a publicly-traded, privately-controlled integrated media and sports entertainment company. What does "WWE" stand for?
A
World Wildlife Exercises
C
World Wrestling Entertainment
D
Wrestling World Entrepreneurs
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Q4.
What was used instead of paper in ancient Egypt?
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Q5.
In which country is the city of Newry?
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Q6.
What does the A stand for in the United Nations agency known as the FAO?
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Q7.
Cryosurgery is performed under what conditions?
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