Daily Quiz #1937
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 8 May 2014
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Q1.
Which horse race meeting, for "The Gold Cup", was first run in 1711 and is held on 7 June each year?
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Scottish Grand National
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Q2.
In the human body, adductors and abductors are types of what?
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Q3.
After a plague in 1633, in which German town did the villagers vow to present a living representation of Christ's Passion every tenth year?
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Q4.
What is a plectrum used for?
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Plucking strings on a stringed instrument
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Q5.
A major Middle Eastern city is...?
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Q6.
What paradise was created by James Hilton in his book "Lost Horizon"?
Note: This question was updated in April 2023
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Q7.
Film actor Russell Crowe was born in which country?
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