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Daily Quiz #1406

General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 23 November 2012

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Q1. Spinoff TV series from "Beverly Hills, 90210" included "Melrose Place", "90210" and which other?

A
Models Inc
B
Two and a Half Men
C
The Hills
D
The Family Guy
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Q2. Which of these are creatures from Greek mythology that had the head and body of a woman and the wings and feet of a bird?

A
Lutenists
B
Pianists
C
Trumpeters
D
Harpies
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Q3. Which member of the trio ZZ Top does not have a chest-length beard, only a trimmed moustache?

A
They all have chest-length beards
B
Billy Gibbons (vocals and guitar)
C
Joseph Dusty Hill (vocals, bass, and keyboards)
D
Frank Beard (drums and percussion)
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Q4. The constellation Volpecula means what?

A
Elephant
B
Amphibian
C
She wolf
D
Little fox
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Q5. In cricket, what term is used to describe the situation when a batsman is "out" for nought on the third ball they face?

A
Bronze duck
B
Silver duck
C
Golden duck
D
Diamond duck
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Q6. Where is Strasbourg?

A
Germany
B
France
C
Austria
D
Hungary
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Q7. Which organisation was involved in a scandal in the 1980s, concerning the 1982 $3.5 billion collapse of Banco Ambrosiano, has been the subject of a US government report which accused it of funding the Solidarity Polish trade-union and the Contras, and managing US covert funds, was reported in 2009 of being investigated for money laundering transactions worth €180 million (US$ 218 million) and in September 2010 came under investigation for other money laundering charges?

A
Bank of America
B
The Institute for Works of Religion
C
Deutsche Bank
D
Bank of England
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