Daily Quiz #1220
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 21 May 2012
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Q1.
The hymn "I vow to thee, my country" was set by Gustav Host to which of his "The Planets" suite?
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Q2.
What word's original meaning was to do with the laying of granite chips on the ground and then making it into a hard and smooth surface using a roller?
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Q3.
The Muslim leader Saladin recaptured which city from the Crusaders in 1187?
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Q4.
Whose novels "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasion" were published posthumously in 1818, and who died before completing one that was eventually called "Sanditon"?
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Q5.
What orbits the Sun between Earth and Mercury?
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Q6.
What was the former name of Iran?
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Q7.
David Broome was a successful competitor in what sport in the 1960s and 1970s?
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