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Daily Quiz #1566

General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 2 May 2013

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Q1. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is run from where to where?

Note: This question was updated in June 2017
A
Anchorage to Nome, Alaska
B
Nome to Candle, Alaska, and back
C
Anchorage to Barrow, Alaska
D
Whitehorse to Mackenzie Bay, Canada
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Q2. Which state in North America has the oldest known currently living tree, age confirmed, in the world?

A
Florida, USA
B
Alaska, USA
C
Ontario, Canada
D
California, USA
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Q3. How did US president William McKinley die in 1901?

A
Plane crash
B
Skiing accident
C
Land mine explosion
D
Assassination
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Q4. Whose final words, on 8 April 1973, were reported to be “Drink to me, drink to my health, you know I can't drink any more”?

Note: This question was updated in October 2021
A
Ernest Hemingway
B
Salvador Dali
C
Pablo Picasso
D
Charlie Chaplin
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Q5. Besides their meat, whales have been hunted from the 1600s for three main items. Which of these is not one of them?

A
Oil
B
Caviar
C
Baleen
D
Ambergris
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Q6. What are the two main symbols of the Freemasons?

A
Triangle and circle
B
Brick and trowel
C
Dog and gramophone
D
Set square and compass
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Q7. Sergei Rachmaninoff was a virtuoso on which instrument?

A
Cello
B
Violin
C
Piano
D
Guitar
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