Daily Quiz #2011
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 21 July 2014
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1
David Ben-Gurion became Prime Minister of the provisional government of which newly created country on 15 May 1948?
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2
What game, whose players use a squidger, aim to squop their opponents, occasionally to boondock them, and in a variant play a jeu de puces, was held in a Royal Match in 2008 to commemorate a 50th anniversary?
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3
Whose autobiography, published in 1999, was entitled "Managing My Life"?
Note: This question was updated in June 2023
A
Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin business empire
B
Steve Jobs, CEO, Apple Inc.
C
Lee A. Iacocca, ex-President, Ford Motor Company
D
Alex Fergusson, British football (soccer) manager from 1974 to 2013
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4
The ostrich, emu, rhea, kiwi and the extinct "elephant bird" of Madagascar and moa are all types of what diverse group of large, flightless birds?
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5
What is a Pyrrhic victory?
A
One where losses among the "victors" are so great as to make it barely worthwhile if at all
B
Overwhelmingly complete
C
A victory won by political agreements instead of battle
D
A victory won by setting the opposing forces on fire
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6
What does the River Tyne empty into?
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7
The singer Kimbra who featured on the Record of the Year for 2012 was born and grew up where?
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