Daily Quiz #880
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 16 June 2011
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Q1.
What embroidery technique is to gather fabric so that it can stretch, and was commonly used in cuffs, bodices, and necklines in garments where buttons were undesirable before elastic?
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Q2.
Which English king asked the Pope to annul his marriage as he had married his brother's widow?
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Q3.
What unit of work represents the work done to overcome a force of 1 dyne through a distance of 1 centimetre?
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Q4.
What is the wine-tasting term for the aroma, smell or bouquet of a wine?
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Q5.
Who won his third rowing Olympic gold medal with Steve Redgrave in 2000?
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Q6.
Which city has "areas" called Burdiehouse, Clermiston, Corstorphine, Dumbiedykes, The Grange, Haymarket, Hermiston, Holyrood, Inverleith, Jock's Lodge, Leith, Meadowbank, Murrayfield, Oxgangs, Pilrig, Portobello, Riccarton, Shandon and Tynecastle?
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Q7.
What was the nickname of the British army regiment called the "11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)"?
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