Daily Quiz #1080
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 2 January 2012
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1
Which branch of mathematics was named after the Latin for "small pebble"?
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2
The first nationally formalised rules for which sport were drawn up by the Gaelic Athletic Association in Ireland in 1884, and now has two sets of rules, the other being . administered by the NRA in Great Britain, which was formed in 1943?
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3
Where is the US National Archives, which holds the original documents of the US Constitution and the US Declaration of Independence?
B
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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4
Which expression is associated with the sinking of the HMS Birkenhead at Gansbaai near Cape Town, South Africa, in February 1852?
B
Women and children first
C
Tell the orchestra to play on
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5
According to the nursery rhyme, where does the Muffin Man live?
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6
America was named after the first name of which of these people?
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7
Which of these was an American photographer and environmentalist, best known for his black-and-white photographs of the American west, who was most active from the 1920s to 1950s?
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