Daily Quiz #1629
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 4 July 2013
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1
Which of these would not be included in international contests in the disciplines of Radiosport?
A
Individuals receive and correctly copy Morse code transmissions sent at very high speeds
B
Amateur radio station teams attempt to make as many two-way contacts with other stations as possible
C
Team cricket in radio studios
D
Amateur radio direction finding
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2
A play, first performed in 1933, whose writer died in 1936, continues to attract powerful international interpretations, including film, TV, and dance; what is the play?
A
Mandarine by Jean Anouilh
B
Ah Wilderness! by Eugene O'Neill
C
Blood Wedding by Federico Garcia Lorca
D
Drama at Inish by Esmé Stuart Lennox Robinson
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3
Edinburgh of the Seven Seas is the capital of which group of islands?
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4
What is the word used in Greek mythology for the underworld?
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5
Which of these firms, founded in 1835, is a prestigious maker of hand-made sporting rifles and shotguns, based in London, England?
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6
Andrew Lloyd Webber stands in what relationship to Julian Lloyd Webber, the renowned cellist?
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7
What does the Mohs scale measure?
C
The hardness of minerals
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