Daily Quiz #1307
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 16 August 2012
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Q1.
Which of these is an English country dance?
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Q2.
Who performed in the first concert link into space, which was sent from Anaheim California to the space shuttle Discovery in 2005?
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Q3.
When was the first men's World Cup cricket contest held?
Note: This question was updated in July 2021
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Q4.
These are the last lines of which musical: "Eliza? Where the devil are my slippers"?
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Q5.
Why is the US city of Pittsburg so named?
A
It is named after Baron Pitt of Hampstead, a British civil rights campaigner & politician
B
It is in the centre of a number of coal mines
C
It is named after Midshipman Robert Pit, who was the first to sight the land
D
It is named after William Pitt, Prime Minister of Great Britain
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Q6.
What temperature scale is referenced to absolute zero (i.e. where there is the theoretical absence of all thermal energy)?
Note: This question was updated in August 2023
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Q7.
Which of these deserts is in Africa?
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