Daily Quiz #811
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 8 April 2011
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Q1.
In October 2009 it was announced that director Sam Taylor-Wood was to marry Aaron Johnson, 23 years her junior, who were director and star respectively of "Nowhere Boy", a film about whom?
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2
Q2.
The words "a" and "an" are what parts of speech?
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3
Q3.
Up to and including 2010, Switzerland and 3 other countries have hosted the World Rowing Championships 4 times since the first in 1962. Which of these was not one of them?
Note: This question was updated in December 2018
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Q4.
Which of these was the last to make its debut on British TV?
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Q5.
Which river forms part of the border between the USA and Canada?
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Q6.
What Australian weekly magazine founded by two Sydney journalists, J.F. Archibald and John Haynes, which first appeared on 31 January 1880, ceased publication on 23 January 2008?
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Q7.
Which of these describes tuberculosis?
A
The result of trauma or infection of a joint, or age
B
An infectious disease caused by a micro-organism
C
A neurological disorder that affects the cells that control voluntary muscle activity
D
Bone fracture caused by lateral impact
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