Daily Quiz #1450
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 6 January 2013
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Q1.
Who sang, backed by U2, as the first song in the Live 8 concert in Hyde Park, London, in 2005?
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Q2.
"Rawhide" was played to a bar full of hostile country music fans in which film?
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The Good the Bad and the Ugly
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Q3.
The discovery of what possible Earth-like planet with the greatest potential for harbouring life found at that time, was announced in late September 2010?
Note: This question was updated in June 2021
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Q4.
At the 1976 Summer Olympics, who was the only female competitor not to have a sex test?
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Princess Anne of the UK
B
Nadia Comăneci of Romania
C
Nellie Kim of the Soviet Union
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Q5.
Which of these establishments is based in Washington, D.C.?
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Q6.
Which country declared war on Mexico on 13 May 1846?
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Q7.
In what month is Thanksgiving in the USA ?
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