Daily Quiz #1685
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 29 August 2013
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1
Which of these, the most popular spectator sport in Ireland, is a form of football played mainly in Ireland by teams of 15 on a rectangular grass pitch with H-shaped goals at each end?
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2
Which of these is an opera in 3 acts composed by William Vincent Wallace, with a libretto by Edward Fitzball based on the play "Don César de Bazan" by Adolphe d'Ennery & Philippe François Pinel Dumanoir that was first produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 15 November 1845?
Note: This question was updated in January 2022
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3
In 1459, the Battle of Blore Heath in Staffordshire, England, 2 miles east of Market Drayton in Shropshire, was the first major battle of which campaign?
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4
How are coffee beans harvested?
A
Plucked from a tree like apples
B
Dug up from the ground like potatoes
C
Threshed from stalks like wheat
D
Picked up from the ground like cabbages
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5
She started in "Hair", created the roles of Eva Peron in "Evita" and Grizabella in "Cats", and is commonly called the First Lady of British Musical Theatre. Who is she?
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6
Where is the Arafura Sea?
A
Between Jamaica and Cuba
B
Between Greece and Italy
C
Between Finland and Russia
D
Between Australia and New Guinea
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7
Sauerkraut is made with which of these?
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