Daily Quiz #1883
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 15 March 2014
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1
What provides the staple diet of a koala?
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2
Which of these is at one end of the Suez Canal?
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3
What mythical monster In Greek mythology with the face of a woman and the body of a vulture stole food and was an agent of punishment, abducted people and tortured them?
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4
In the 2012 Olympics, the gold medallist in the women's shotput was later deprived of her medal, making world champion Valerie Adams, New Zealand, the gold medallist instead. Why?
A
Her claim to represent the country under whose flag she competed was not legal
B
She was not yet officially a woman
C
Positive drug test both before and after the finals
D
A video replay was eventually found to show that her winning shot involved illegal foot placement
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5
The pirate radio station Radio Caroline was named after the daughter of which US President?
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6
During the production of the Disney animated feature "Fantasia", what nickname was given by the animation department to the unnamed sorcerer in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" segment?
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