Daily Quiz #1797
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 19 December 2013
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1
Who was in all of these films: "Alfie", "The Man Who Would Be King", "Educating Rita", "Little Voice", "Batman Begins", "The Dark Knight", "Last Orders" and "The Quiet American"?
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2
What does the "B" stand for in the name of the computer language called "BASIC"?
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3
Which of these, a principality until 1536 but no longer known as such, still has an official Prince?
Note: This question was updated in June 2022
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4
Which of these is a fashion designer?
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5
What year did Jean-Francois Champollion publish the first correct translation of Egyptian hieroglyphs from the Rosetta Stone, the Roman Catholic Church take Galileo Galilei's "Dialogue" off their list of banned books, and Britain repeal the death penalty for over 100 crimes?
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6
What does the "u" in "U-boat" stand for?
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7
Which English football (soccer) player, whose career playing first class football ran from 1956 to 1973, was England's most capped player (106) when he retired from the England team in 1970?
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