Daily Quiz #1419
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 6 December 2012
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Q1.
What are Jetfire, Whirl, Roadbuster, Shockwave, Omega Supreme, Sky Lynx, Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Blitzwing and Jazz?
A
Characters from "Lord of the Rings"
B
Characters from "American Gladiator"
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Q2.
With which country is the bouzouki most associated?
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Q3.
Until the Gotthard Base Tunnel was commissioned in 2016, what was the world's longest traffic (railway or road) tunnel?
Note: This question was updated in September 2020
A
Gotthard Rail Tunnel in Switzerland that connects Göschenen with Airolo
B
Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France
C
The Simplon Tunnel that connects Switzerland with Italy.
D
Seikan Tunnel that connects the islands of HonshÅ« and HokkaidÅ
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Q4.
According to Greek mythology, what was the deepest part of hell?
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Q5.
The word "Droogies" was coined in which novel, made into a film directed and co-written by Stanley Kubrick in 1971?
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Q6.
Which of the original Star Wars trilogy cast believed that the films would be a box office hit and did a deal for two percent of the gross, but later proposed to George Lucas that his character be killed off because he "just couldn't go on speaking those bloody awful, banal lines"?
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Q7.
What is the word for a male turkey?
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