Daily Quiz #1289
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 29 July 2012
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Q1.
What is a variation of the standard card game of poker which consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then 5 community cards being placed by the dealer (3 as "the flop" then 1 called "the turn", then 1 called "the river"), with players having the option to check, bet or fold after each deal?
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Q2.
The successive black notes on a piano is an example of what?
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Q3.
The seven brightest stars of which constellation form the asterism known as the Big Dipper in the United States and Canada, or the Plough in the United Kingdom and Ireland?
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Q4.
Early in November 2010, the Pope made a speech in which he relaxed the church's rules on what?
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Q5.
Which of these is in the Indian Ocean?
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Q6.
Who painted "Number 5" in 1948?
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Q7.
The magician David Copperfield broke off his engagement to whom in 1999?
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