Daily Quiz #1855
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 15 February 2014
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Q1.
Which of these British science fiction TV programmes was the first to start transmission?
B
The Quatermass Experiment
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Q2.
How does one tell a potentially winning cob or conker?
A
Put them in water and choose from among those that sink
B
Put them in water and choose from among those that float
D
By the method and frequency with which their tree has been pruned or brutted
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3
Q3.
Dili is the capital of which country?
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4
Q4.
Who did George W. Bush beat for the US presidency in 2000?
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5
Q5.
What is another name for the zodiac sign "water carrier"?
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Q6.
What type of material is silicon?
Note: This question was updated in February 2023
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Q7.
When was the first message transmitted between UK and the USA by submarine telegraph cable?
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