Daily Quiz #837
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Q1. Zhou Yang, gold medal winner at the Winter Olympics 2010, made the news again later by being chided by China's deputy sports minister Yu Zaiqing for thanking her parents, but not her country, for her win. She had won gold in what sport?
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Q2. About how often does our solar system orbit around the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way?
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Q3. According to the Bible story, what happened to Daniel when he was cast into the lion's den?
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Q4. Which mountain range would you come across first if you went due East from San Jose, California?
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Q5. What was the first French settlement in North America?
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Q6. In the film "Basic Instinct" (1992) Detective Nick Curran and Catherine Tramell were played by which actors?
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Q7. Which music magazine edited by Geoff Barton, first published in 1981 as a one-off supplement to "Sounds" newspaper, was devoted to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and the rise of other hard rock acts such as AC/DC, who appeared on its first cover?
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