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Daily Quiz #1752

General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 4 November 2013

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Q1. Which of these towns or villages has not set up closer links with the others?

Note: This question was updated in January 2022
A
Dull, Perthshire, Scotland
B
Bland, New South Wales, Australia
C
No Name, Colorado, USA
D
Boring, Oregon, USA
Select from the options above.
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Q2. Why was Bob Geldof's knighthood for his role in "Band Aid" and "Live Aid" an honorary one?

A
Britain does not give knighthoods to members of the pop music industry
B
He was not a British citizen
C
The two events took place outside Britain
D
He could not trace his family back more than 10 generations
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Q3. Colin Meads, nicknamed 'Pinetree', a former rugby union footballer who played 55 test matches for his national team from 1957 until 1971 and was named his country's Player of the Century, represented which country?

A
New Zealand
B
China
C
Sri Lanka
D
England
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Q4. A magnetron is used in which common household appliance?

Note: This question was updated in March 2022
A
Electric blanket
B
Microwave oven
C
Television
D
Blender
Select from the options above.
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Q5. What organisation, formed by Reverend John Flynn and based in Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia, began in 1928?.

A
Seventh Day Adventist Church
B
Salvation Army
C
Society for the Protection of Australian Marsupials
D
Royal Flying Doctor Service
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Q6. What is the capital of Sudan?

A
Kinshasa
B
Tripoli
C
Addis Ababa
D
Khartoum
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Q7. What is the name of the counter-terrorism specialist who is the lead character in the TV series "24"?

A
Mallory Keaton
B
Steve McGarrett
C
Richard Kimble
D
Jack Bauer
Select from the options above.
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