Daily Quiz #814
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 11 April 2011
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Q1.
The eleventh studio album by Irish rock band U2, released in November 2004, was called How to Dismantle ..." what?
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2
Q2.
What is the traditional design on a convict's uniform?
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3
Q3.
What chemical is mostly used in match heads?
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Q4.
In 1988, why did English professional jockey Lester Piggott have his OBE (which had been awarded in 1975) taken away?
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Q5.
Where did Martin Luther King, Jr. deliver his "I Have a Dream" speech on 28 August 1963?
A
In the plaza of the World Trade Centre, New York
B
The second floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel, Memphis, Tennessee
C
Outside the International Amphitheatre at the Democratic Convention, Chicago
D
The Lincoln Memorial, Washington
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Q6.
Trop v. Dulles (1958) was a landmark case in which the US Supreme Court ruled that it was unconstitutional for the government to do what to US citizens as punishment?
C
Revoke their citizenship
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Q7.
What is the world's smallest (25 square miles / 60 square km) and oldest republic, that is in the Apennine Mountains, entirely surrounded by Italy?
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