Daily Quiz #1779
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 1 December 2013
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1
Q1.
Which country between the Andes mountain range and the Atlantic Ocean has borders with Paraguay, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay?
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2
Q2.
Who made the first solo non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in 1927?
B
Charles Kingsford-Smith
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3
Q3.
The Dalai Lama is a high lama in which religion?
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4
Q4.
Which of these words means the back of the head?
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5
Q5.
Hazards created or used to challenge a golfer near the green where the ball needs to be sunk are bunkers (usually filled with sand), water such as lakes or rivers, and which else?
A
Dense vegetation and/or rough grass
B
Bleachers for the audience to sit on
C
Tethered helium balloons
D
Patches of concrete paving
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6
Q6.
Who was US Ambassador to Great Britain at the start of World War II, from 1938 to 1940?
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7
Q7.
Which of these is a dance-theatre version of a Tim Burton film, choreographed by Matthew Bourne with a score adapted from Danny Elfman's film themes by Terry Davies, that opened at Sadler's Wells, London, in December 2005?
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