Daily Quiz #1769
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 21 November 2013
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1
The first official World Cup for which sport, that requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain, was held in 1986?
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2
In Japan, what is the Shinkansen?
A
The national Sumo wrestling champion
C
A museum ship that was captured from Vikings
D
An area in Tokyo where foreigners live
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3
What name is given to fluctuations in the curvature of spacetime that were predicted to exist by Albert Einstein in 1916 on the basis of his theory of general relativity?
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4
The best selling 1976 autobiography of which leading country vocalist and songwriter during the 1960s and 1970s, "Coal Miner's Daughter", was made into a film starring Sissy Spacek (who won an Academy Award for Best Actress) and Tommy Lee Jones in 1980?
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5
Circe transformed Odysseus' companions into what?
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6
What is a "passion play" about?
A
Dedicated exploration in science
C
The suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ
D
The Roman Catholic Stations of the Cross
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7
Who would use an orange stick?
D
Martial arts practitioner
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