Daily Quiz #1579
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 15 May 2013
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Q1.
Opus Dei is a sect within which religious movement?
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Q2.
Oscar Pistorius from South Africa is particularly well known, as a sportsman, for what?
A
Perfecting a new swimming stroke
B
Catching the largest trout at the Taupo Annual Open Trout Tournaments
C
Using a gold-trimmed saddle
D
Running at international level with blades in place of his lower legs
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Q3.
In Scandinavian mythology, who were the maidens who rode through the sky on horses, sword in hand, to influence the outcome of battles and select the bravest fighters to live in Valhallah?
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Q4.
What are alternative names for "typhus"?
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Q5.
Who hosted the 2006 Academy Awards ceremony?
Note: This question was updated in July 2022
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Q6.
What song was a UK #1 hit for Mike and the Mechanics in 1989?
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Q7.
Ukraine, the second largest country in Eastern Europe, is bordered by Romania and Moldova to the southwest and what to the west?
C
Poland, Slovakia & Hungary
D
The Black Sea and Sea of Azov
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