Daily Quiz #1409
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 26 November 2012
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1
The legendary character called Beowulf killed who and his mother?
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2
Who played the title role in the 1975 film "The Man Who Fell to Earth"?
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3
A
Someone who makes things from leather
C
An itinerant merchant in medieval Britain
D
A horse wrangler at an inn
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4
As at October 2010, ice covers about what percentage of the world's land surface?
Note: This question was updated in January 2021
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5
In which famous piece of music by Tchaikovsky does the French national anthem appear?
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6
Small coloured dots on a squash ball indicate its "bounciness" (i.e. the standard of play for which it is to be used). Which of these is not one of the colours used?
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7
What name is given to 2 distinct diseases, one of which is a condition due to deficiency of secretion of the pancreas, the other associated with diseases of the pituatary gland?
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