Daily Quiz #1159
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 21 March 2012
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Q1.
Where are Akrotiri and Dhekelia, allocated by treaty to the UK as sovereign military bases?
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2
Q2.
In December 2010, Continental Airlines was found criminally responsible for which airline disaster by a Parisian court and was fined €200,000 and ordered to pay Air France €1 million, while Continental mechanic John Taylor was given a 15-month suspended sentence?
A
Airbus A330-200, Flight 447, 1 June 2009
B
Cityline Bombardier DHC-8, Flight 5634, 6 January 1993
C
Airbus A330-300, test flight, 30 June 1994
D
Concorde, Flight 4590, 25 July 2000
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3
Q3.
Who, when discussing the power of a lever, is reputed to have said "give me but one firm place on which to stand and I will move the earth"?
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4
Q4.
"Goal attack" and "wing defence" are positions in which sport?
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5
Q5.
Transits of Venus occur in a pattern, with pairs of transits 8 years apart separated by much longer gaps, that repeats every how many years?
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6
Q6.
Who are Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick?
B
The backing band for Madonna
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7
Q7.
What is the Sunday before Trinity Sunday?
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