Daily Quiz #1535
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 1 April 2013
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Q1.
Which Biblical temptress has inspired plays by Oscar Wilde and Nick Cave, operas by Richard Strauss and Antoine Mariotte, a ballet by Florent Schmitt, films, a sculpture by Tilman Riemenschneider and numerous paintings, including those by Sandro Botticelli, Titian, Caravaggio, Caracciolo, Gustave Doré, James Tissot, Aubrey Beardsley and Robert Henri?
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Q2.
What was the title of a 1996 American disaster film starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton as "storm chasers"?
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Q3.
In snooker, what is the name of the shot where a ball goes into a pocket after hitting the opposite cushion?
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Q4.
Of the Presidents of Egypt since it was declared a republic in 1953 who has served the longest?
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Q5.
The volcano Vesuvius looks down on what?
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Q6.
What number, on the Ph scale, represents "neutral"?
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Q7.
Olefin, Vinyon, Saran, Vinalon, Aramids, Lyocell, Orlon, Zylon, Vectran & Derclon are types of what?
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