Daily Quiz #1440
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 27 December 2012
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Q1.
On 12 November 1991 pro-independence student demonstrators in Dili who were protesting the Indonesian occupation of East Timor were shot at by Indonesian forces, killing at least 250. Where were they at the time?
A
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Vila Verde
B
Universidade Nacional de Timor-Leste
C
The Santa Cruz cemetery
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Q2.
Which of these games has 225 squares on a standard board?
B
Noughts and Crosses / Tic-tac-toe
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Q3.
Which of these influential 20th Century romantic composers lived beyond the end of the First World War?
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Q4.
What was the native language of Albert Einstein?
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Q5.
Which member country of the Council of Europe has the smallest population?
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Q6.
Which of these is not an "angora"?
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Q7.
An imam is an authority figure in which religion?
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