Daily Quiz #1973
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 13 June 2014
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1
What is the name for the decrease in size of tissue or an organ due to physiological change from old age, or lack of use, nutrition or nerve supply?
Note: This question was updated in February 2022
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2
Barbara is the name of the First Lady of which US president?
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3
Wargaming in one form or another has gone through surges of use and popularity but one form is both ancient and still greatly popular; which is it?
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4
Where did the term "bluetooth" in communication devices come from?
A
10th century King Harald of Denmark
B
The cartoon series, The Smurfs
C
The sea-surrounded Needles off the Isle of Wight
D
A characteristic graph in experiments which were the breakthrough in developing the system
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5
The Adriatic Sea lies along the shores of Italy and a number of other countries; which of these is not one?
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6
Which political figure's assassination was among the events which precipitated World War I?
A
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
C
President James Garfield
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7
What is the name of Thomas Gray's most famous poem?
B
Down in A Country Graveyard
C
Elegy Written In A Country Churchyard
D
Behind the Spreading Chestnut Tree
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