Daily Quiz #876
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 12 June 2011
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Q1.
What right of a defendant was last used in "Ashford v Thornton", an 1818 English legal case that was a private appeal from an acquittal for murder?
C
A woman can refuse to testify against her husband
D
To challenge potential jurors
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Q2.
Jugular veins carry blood away from which part of the body?
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Q3.
Which of these is a component of the Japanese writing system?
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Q4.
Who wrote the music for the ballet "Romeo and Juliet" and "Peter and the Wolf" (a children's tale for narrator and orchestra)?
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Q5.
Serena Williams, who had not advanced past the quarterfinals at the French Open between 2003 and 2009, lost to whom in the quarterfinals 6-3, 6-7(2), 8-6, in 2010?
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Q6.
Which of these is a British comedy drama TV series of 32 episodes over 5 series first broadcast between 1998 and 2003, which follows 3 couples experiencing the ups-and-downs of romance?
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Q7.
The national flag of which of these countries does not have any stars on it?
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