Daily Quiz #1005
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 19 October 2011
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Q1.
Olympic gold medallists Vilhelm Carlberg, Gunde Svan, Agneta Andersson, Sixten Jernberg, Tomas Gustafson, Thomas Wassberg, Ingemar Stenmark, Gert Fredriksson, Henri Saint Cyr, Alfred Swahn, Eric Lemming and Oscar Swahn represented which country?
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Q2.
On 14 November 1910, Eugene Burton Ely was the first to do what in an aeroplane?
C
Land on a wet concrete runway
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Q3.
What river runs through Phoenix, Arizona, USA?
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Q4.
The song "Invisible Sun" was banned by the BBC in 1981. Who was the artist?
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Q5.
Which of these comes closest to the meaning of the French phrase "bon appétit"?
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Q6.
In 2001, American Dennis Tito was the first person to do what?
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B
Run 1500 metres in under 3 minutes 30 seconds
C
Fly a microlight around the world
D
Satisfactorily explain the creation of "black holes"
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Q7.
Who said "All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl"?
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