Daily Quiz #1613
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 18 June 2013
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1
Q1.
Steel bands originated in which country?
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2
Q2.
Alfonso de Albuquerque took areas of which modern day country for Portugal in the early 1500s?
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3
Q3.
Which of these is a fictional character created by P D James?
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4
Q4.
Clusterball is a game involving aircraft, balls, magnetic ramps and a collection point, and is played on what?
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5
Q5.
In 2012 where was the magnetic North Pole?
A
In Knud Rasmussen Land, Greenland
B
It coincides with the true North Pole
C
In Beaufort Sea, Alaska, USA
D
In the District of Franklin, Canada
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6
Q6.
What is a method of preserving and sterilising food, in which a product is processed under very high pressure, leading to the inactivation of certain microorganisms and enzymes in it?
D
The Curie Curing Method
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7
Q7.
Which artist has a daughter and two sons with Jane Asher, whom he married in 1981?
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