Daily Quiz #2027
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 6 August 2014
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Q1.
When was the Royal Variety Show first televised in the UK?
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2
Q2.
Ramón Emeterio Betances, Segundo Ruiz Belvis and Francisco Ramírez Medina were revolutionaries who attempted to free Puerto Rico from rule by which country?
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3
Q3.
How far is our Earth from its sun?
A
approximately 8 light minutes
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Q4.
Which of these cities is the furthest from Wellington, New Zealand?
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Q5.
A petard, a small bomb which was first used in the 16th century to attach to and create a breach in fortifications and similar, gets its name from a word meaning what?
C
A strong metal box or safe
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Q6.
By 1929 actions of the Austrian Schober government, together with the simultaneous Wall Street Crash brought down the then largest and allegedly best-financed Austrian credit institution two years later and resulted in a global financial crisis and ultimately the bank failures of the Great Depression. What were the actions or cause?
A
Nationalising the bank, drastically revaluing the currency
B
Hyperinflation, requiring the bank to take on weaker failing banks together with its own bad loans
C
Over-abrupt anti inflation measures, offending Austria's main creditor the League of Nations
D
Raiding its gold reserve and capping interest rates at half the then current rate
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Q7.
Where would one most usually find a wishbone boom?
D
Sound equipment used for windy outdoor events
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