Daily Quiz #1036
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 19 November 2011
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Q1.
Cricketer W G Grace, who played first-class cricket from 1865 to 1908, also captained England from 1903 to 1908 in what other sport?
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Q2.
What was the Watergate building that was the subject of a US political scandal that began in 1972?
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Q3.
According to the Islamic calendar, during which month were the first verses of the Qur'an revealed to the Islamic Prophet Muhammad?
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Q4.
What is the official language of New Caledonia
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Q5.
These are the last lines of which play: "A girl has just died - on her way to the infirmary - after swallowing some disinfectant. And a Police Inspector is on his way here - to ask some - questions."
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"An Inspector Calls" by J B Priestley
B
"Twelve Angry Men" by Reginald Rose
C
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" by Edward Albee
D
"Look Back In Anger" by John Osborne
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Q6.
Who was king of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex from 871 to 899, notable for his defence of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of southern England against the Vikings, and for improving his kingdom's legal system and military structure?
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Q7.
What is the technique of mechanically widening a narrowed or obstructed blood vessel whereby tightly folded balloons are passed into the narrowed locations and then inflated to a fixed size using water pressures some 75 to 500 times normal blood pressure (6 to 20 atmospheres)?
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