Daily Quiz #1520
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 17 March 2013
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1
Between 1901 and 1909, Karl Landsteiner, Jan Janský and William Moss worked on the classification of what?
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2
What was the name of the bald bespectacled scientist and his assistant in the Muppet Show?
A
Dr Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker
B
Dr Ricecake Burner and Pipette
C
Dr Newcomen Jellyjar and Dishy
D
Dr Datescone Brunel and Stirrer
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3
Who, at 95 years of age, supposedly waved the Union flag out of the window of her house in Frederick, Maryland while Stonewall Jackson's troops were passing, and is the subject of a 1864 poem: "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said."?
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4
Three shepherd children had sightings of the Virgin Mary on the 13th day of 6 consecutive months in 1917, starting on 13 May, near a town called Fatima, which is in what country?
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5
The US Stock Market crash known as Black Thursday happened on 24 October of what year?
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6
Which of these is not a triplet?
Note: This question was updated in October 2021
A
Three quarter notes that total the duration of a half note
B
One of three babies born at the same time to the same mother
C
A work of art divided into three sections, or three carved panels
D
A bicycle for three riders
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7
Which of these words is used to mean a descent using a rope coiled around one's body?
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