Daily Quiz #1742
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 25 October 2013
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1
Which country is divided into thirteen administrative districts (Lautém, Baucau, Viqueque, Manatuto, Dili, Aileu, Manufahi, Liquiçá, Ermera, Ainaro, Bobonaro, Cova Lima and Oecusse Ambeno), one of which is separated from the rest by part of Indonesia?
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2
What ballroom dance, recognised by the World Dance Council in the category of "International Latin", comes from Brazil?
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3
Which of these has played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Los Angeles Galaxy, A C Milan and England?
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4
What was the name of the operation whereby 1,373 U.S. citizens and 5,595 Vietnamese and foreign nationals were evacuated from the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon on 29 and 30 April 1975?
A
Operation Frequent Wind
C
Operation Market Garden
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5
Who was "the maid of Orleans"?
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6
The plot of which play by William Shakespeare, whereby the King of Sicilia becomes convinced that his wife and his childhood friend have committed adultery and are bearing a child, was taken from Robert Greene's "Pandosto" (1588), but given a happy ending?
Note: This question was updated in March 2021
D
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
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7
Which of these is a source of the anti-blood clotting material called hirudin?
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