Daily Quiz #1917
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 18 April 2014
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1
What is the next city in the series Beijing, London, Rio de Janeiro ...?
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2
He was a Russian physician, author and playwright whose plays and short stories were and are acclaimed by critics and audience alike. Who was he?
A
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)
B
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799-1837)
C
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol (1809 – 1852)
D
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
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3
Snakes are kept in a what?
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4
Lúcio Costa was the principal urban planner, Oscar Niemeyer was the principal architect, and Roberto Burle Marx was the landscape designer for which purpose-built capital city?
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5
On the Christian calendar, what is the name for the Sunday before Easter?
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6
It was called by one government the "Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart" and by a neighbouring government the "Wall of Shame", what was it and when was construction started?
B
The Western Wall, 19 BCE
C
The West Bank Barrier, 2003
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7
In which state or states of Australia would you find the Nullarbor Plain?
A
South Australia and Western Australia
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