Daily Quiz #1528
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 25 March 2013
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1
Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner starred in what TV series, first broadcast from 1966 to 1969?
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2
What is the main material out of which a pool cue is usually made?
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3
What is the name for the movement formed by John Nelson Darby and colleagues in the 1830s?
Note: This question was updated in March 2022
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4
What association, currently of 27 members, holds over just 7% (in 2011) of the global population and generates approximately 20% of global GDP when thought of in terms of purchasing power parity?
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5
Which of these is a port on Cyprus?
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6
What type of rock is formed by the solidification of molten magma?
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7
Who was the subject of an unsuccessful kidnapping attempt on Pall Mall, London, on 20 March 1974 by Ian Ball, who shot Inspector James Beaton (a bodyguard), Alex Callender (chauffeur), Brian McConnell (a passerby who intervened) and Police Constable Michael Hills?
A
Sophie, Countess of Wessex
B
Diana, Princess of Wales
C
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother
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