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Daily Quiz #1139

General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 1 March 2012

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Q1. Which famous landmark in Los Angeles, California, was created as an advertisement in 1923?

A
The Hollywood Sign
B
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
C
The Cable Car
D
Hollywood Bowl
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Q2. Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson had a hit with which song in 1985?

A
I Don't Know How to Love Him
B
I Know Him So Well
C
My Favourite Things
D
Da Doo Ron Ron
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Q3. What name is given to the container to carry uneaten food home from a restaurant?

A
Doggy bag
B
Piggybank
C
Horsebox
D
Cat basket
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Q4. When the outermost layer of the eye and the inner surface of the eyelids are inflamed, the eyes are said to be what?

A
Bloodshot
B
Sapaimed
C
Bonereadied
D
Gorefired
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Q5. Which of these is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan?

A
Sushi
B
Bonsai
C
Karate
D
Origami
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Q6. Who led his troops to victory against Guthrum the Dane's Great Heathen Army at the Battle of Edington?

Note: This question was updated in January 2023
A
Canute
B
Alfred the Great
C
Ethelred I
D
King Arthur
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Q7. What were Scotsmen prohibited from wearing 1746-1782 under the Highland Garb Act, after the rising in Scotland in 1745?

A
Tam o' Shanter
B
Sporran
C
Tartan
D
Sword
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