Daily Quiz #829
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 26 April 2011
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Q1.
In June 2009, Canada announced plans to extend which national park from 4,800 square kilometres to 30,000 square kilometres to help protect the habitat of grizzly bear, caribou and other species?
A
Nahanni National Park Reserve
C
Torngat Mountains National Park Reserve
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Q2.
Which of these is a free social networking and blogging service created in 2006 by Jack Dorsey, that enabled users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on a profile page and delivered to "followers"?
Note: This question was updated in October 2020
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Q3.
Which of these was an educator, scientist, physician, philosopher, feminist, and humanitarian, and the first early childhood educator to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize?
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Q4.
What piece of music was used by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean when they won Olympic gold medals at Sarajevo in 1984?
C
Hendrix's "Purple Haze"
D
Gershwin's "Summertime"
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Q5.
A particular song was copyrighted in 1935 by the Summy Company, crediting authors Preston Ware Orem and Mrs. R.R. Forman. The company was purchased in 1990 by Warner Chappell for US$15 million, with the value of the song estimated at US$5 million. What is the song?
A
For He's a Jolly Good Fellow
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Q6.
Which of these is a type of bird?
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Q7.
Which wonder of the ancient world was on the island of Pharos in Alexandria, Egypt?
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