Daily Quiz #1076
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 29 December 2011
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Q1.
Which of these was a leading figure in the pop art movement, who became famous as a painter, avant-garde filmmaker, record producer and author?
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Q2.
Roger Bannister ran what distance in the record-breaking time of under 4 minutes at Oxford in 1954?
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Q3.
Who established "Shady Records"?
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Q4.
Why does the Archbishop of York sign himself "Ebor"?
C
Eboracum was the Roman name for York from 75AD
D
It is an anagram of "bore"
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Q5.
What does the chemical symbol "Au" stand for?
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Q6.
Which US state consists of two separate peninsulas, separated by the Straits of Mackinac, a five-mile (8 km)-wide channel?
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Q7.
A "moog" was what type of instrument?
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