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
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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?
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4
Q4.
A magnetron is used in which common household appliance?
Note: This question was updated in March 2022
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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
C
Society for the Protection of Australian Marsupials
D
Royal Flying Doctor Service
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6
Q6.
What is the capital of Sudan?
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Q7.
What is the name of the counter-terrorism specialist who is the lead character in the TV series "24"?
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