Daily Quiz #1710
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 23 September 2013
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1
For what activity is Sir Anthony Caro famous?
Note: This question was updated in May 2022
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2
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, a Renaissance man of many talents, is well-known for his writings on politics but was also a well-known politician, diplomat, philosopher, humanist, letter writer, playwright, poet, songwriter, and what else?
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3
Which country governs the islands called Crete, Lesbos, Rhodes, Corfu, Lemnos, Andros, Naxos and Kos?
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4
One form of ascorbic acid is commonly known as which vitamin?
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5
In 2006, which country announced that it was withdrawing from test match cricket for 12 months?
Note: This question was updated in March 2022
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6
Which Christian festival is celebrated on 6 January, the 12th day after Christmas, to commemorate the coming of the Magi?
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7
Which of these people was not assassinated in 1963?
A
Lord Louis Mountbatten, British admiral and former Governor-General of India
B
Sylvanus Olympio, first president of independent Togo
C
Medgar Evers, U.S. civil rights activist
D
John F. Kennedy, President of the USA
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