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General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 21 March 2014

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Q1. Who was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis?

A
Leonid Brezhnev
B
Kliment Voroshilov
C
Nikita Khrushchev
D
Anastas Mikoyan
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Q2. The first Paralympic Games to officially tie in with the Summer Olympics were held in 1960 in which city?

A
Stoke Mandeville
B
Rome
C
Tokyo
D
Melbourne
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Q3. What does the Latin phrase "ad infinitum" mean?

A
Forever
B
Merely a formality
C
Repeat the above
D
Delete
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Q4. How many tusks does a typical adult male walrus have?

A
2
B
4
C
6
D
1
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Q5. Where is Oakland?

A
California, USA
B
New Zealand
C
Sherwood Forest, UK
D
Norway
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Q6. In architecture, what is the space around the altar at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building?

A
Ingle
B
Appice
C
Apse
D
Chancel
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Q7. The partition of India, formalised in 1947, was characterised by religious tension and violence between Hindus and people of which other major religious group?

A
Buddhism
B
Sikh
C
Christianity
D
Muslim
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