Daily Quiz #1202
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 3 May 2012
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1
The book publishing firm Virago Press is distinctive because it publishes what works?
A
Folk tales and legends only
C
In foreign languages only
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2
Which poison is also an element on the periodic table?
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3
Which of these is a town in Ireland that is famous for the manufacture of crystal glass?
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4
Who won the 2008 F A Cup?
Note: This question was updated in July 2020
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5
Who first popularised the story of Dr Faustus in England?
B
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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6
What phrase means "a death blow intended to end the suffering of a wounded creature", literally "blow of mercy"?
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7
The wreck of which warship, one of the largest in the English navy of King Henry VIII in the first half of the 16th century, was rediscovered in 1971 and salvaged in October 1982?
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