Daily Quiz #1810
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 1 January 2014
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1
What is a handmade shag wool item, traditionally made by the Vlachs in northern Greece and southern Albania in the Pindus mountains?
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2
Who is known for his law of elasticity, his book, "Micrographia", and for first applying the word "cell" to describe the basic unit of life?
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3
Who was the president of France and Co-Prince of Andorra from 2012 to 2017?
Note: This question was updated in October 2022
A
Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
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4
At the opening ceremony of every Olympic Games when the athletes parade into the stadium, what is traditionally the first nation to enter?
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5
Where is the most easterly point in South America?
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6
Who played the first doctor in the UK TV series "Dr Who"?
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7
Which of these is a dog developed and bred solely in the former USSR by the state owned Red Star Kennel until 1957 for use as a military/working dog?
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