Daily Quiz #1651
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 26 July 2013
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Q1.
What are "The Gorbals"?
D
Mythical man-eating animals
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2
Q2.
What is the aim in a show jumping contest?
A
To jump the highest and furthest
B
To jump over all the obstacles in a set course in the fastest time
C
To jump cleanly over all the obstacles in a set course
D
To jump cleanly over all the obstacles in a set course within an allotted time
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Q3.
Which of these is a type of butterfly?
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4
Q4.
Which of these is a type of boat?
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5
Q5.
The Gunpowder Plot, by discontented Catholics including Guy Fawkes and Robert Catesby, was to blow up the British parliament as it was being opened by whom?
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Q6.
What was the first name of Mrs Dalloway, a fictional character created by Virginia Woolf?
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Q7.
In the late 1940s, a soldier named Constantin Esmont made detailed records of the various types of dog known as borzoi, concerned that the breed was degenerating. Where did the breed originate?
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