Daily Quiz #1174
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 5 April 2012
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Q1.
Which of these has the largest playing surface?
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2
Q2.
Which country relinquished Puerto Rico and Cuba to the USA in 1898?
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Q3.
The city of Oxford was the setting for which of these British TV series?
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Q4.
Which Roman emperor was nicknamed "Little Greek"?
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Q5.
What is unusual about the traditional Greek string instrument known as tampouras, tambouras, tabouras, taburas, tsambouras and tambouri?
A
It cannot be properly tuned
D
The player blows into the sound box to cause the strings to vibrate
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Q6.
The skin condition urticaria takes its name from the Latin word for which of these?
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Q7.
What are found in only two places in Africa: on Mt Kilimanjaro and Mt Kenya?
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