Daily Quiz #1201
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 2 May 2012
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Q1.
Which song contains the following characters: a banker who never wore a mac even in the pouring rain, a fireman with an hourglass and a portrait of the Queen in his pocket, a pretty nurse who sold poppies from a tray, & a barber who had photographs of heads he'd worked on?
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Q2.
What Latin phrase means "my fault", literally "my blow"?
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Q3.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, what did Kennedy threaten if Khrushchev did not agree to remove missiles from the Soviet intermediate-range ballistic missile site under construction in Cuba?
A
A fact-finding mission to explore launching US missiles stationed in Turkey into the USSR
B
Sanctions to prevent export of Russian caviar
C
A "naval quarantine", when the US Navy would inspect all ships arriving in Cuba
D
A mid-Atlantic blockade to prevent all Russian ships crossing
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Q4.
Who sang on the 1987 album "Famous Blue Raincoat", a tribute to Leonard Cohen, that contained the song "First We Take Manhattan"?
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Q5.
What was Shoemaker-Levy 9, that crashed into Jupiter in 1994?
A
Unmanned module carrying scientific instruments
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Q6.
In England, what is commonly known as "The Old Bailey"?
A
A brand of cream liqueur
B
The Central Criminal Court
C
The London Metropolitan Police
D
One's wife (in cockney slang)
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Q7.
How old was Tiger Woods when he won the US Masters in 1997?
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