Daily Quiz #1031
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 14 November 2011
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Q1.
According to a quote from William Congreve's play "The Mourning Bride" (1697), spoken by Zara in Act 3, Scene 2, "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman ... " what?
A
When she finds the seat up
D
At a post-Christmas sale
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Q2.
Helen of Troy was abducted from where?
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Q3.
Which of these airlines is based in Ireland?
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Q4.
In 1951 and 1952, American Jim Fuchs won 88 consecutive meetings and set four world records in what sport?
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Q5.
Which of these is not a nickname for New Orleans, Louisiana, USA?
A
The City That Care Forgot
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Q6.
Which of these is a German astronomer who assigned most of the brighter stars their first systematic names in 1603 in his star atlas "Uranometria"?
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Q7.
In which decade was Barack Obama born?
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