Daily Quiz #1782
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 4 December 2013
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Q1.
The phrase "The Dashing White Sergeant" refers to ...?
D
Book by Charles Dickens
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2
Q2.
Vert skating, included in X Games, uses what equipment?
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3
Q3.
Which of these words does not appear in the title of a 1990 film by Anthony Minghella?
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4
Q4.
In 1642, Cardinal Mazarin succeeded whom as Chief Minister of France?
A
Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
D
Louis Henri de Bourbon, Duke of Bourbon
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Q5.
Why did the Roslin Institute in Scotland become known world-wide in 1996?
A
Identifying the SARS virus
B
Work on victims of the Dunblane Massacre
C
Preparing for the reinstallation of the Stone of Scone in Edinburgh Castle
D
The birth of the cloned sheep, Dolly
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Q6.
Buenos Aires and Montevideo are sited on opposite sides of which river?
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Q7.
In which conflict between 1455 and 1485 were there battles at St Albans, Northampton, Wakefield, Towton, Barnet, Tewkesbury and Bosworth?
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