Daily Quiz #1689
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 2 September 2013
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1
Q1.
Which of these uses is not one thought to relate to Bedloe's Island?
A
Base for illegal shipping
D
Smallpox quarantine station
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2
Q2.
Lydia Ko who took the 2012 Canadian Women's Open as a 15 year old amateur, became the youngest person to win an LPGA Tour event. What is her nationality?
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3
Q3.
Where would you NOT find Fourier transforms being used directly?
B
Reconstructing a crystal structure from its diffraction pattern
D
Equalising audio recordings
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4
Q4.
At a banquet, the ghost of whom enters and sits in Macbeth's chair?
C
His father, King Hamlet
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5
Q5.
The Boxer Rebellion which China officially waged 1900-1901 was against what?
B
Importing opium into China
C
Foreign imperialism and Christianity
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6
Q6.
Which of these people was related to Diana, Princess of Wales, by marriage?
A
Barbara Cartland, author
B
Jeffrey Archer, author, politician
C
Jeremy Spencer, guitarist for "Fleetwood Mac"
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Q7.
If someone stands with their hands resting on their hips, they are said to be "arms …" what?
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