Daily Quiz #2032
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 11 August 2014
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1
The International date line passes through which of these?
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2
Usain Bolt is what type of athlete?
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3
The Book of Mormon, central book of the Mormon faith developed in the 1820s, was published in Palmyra, New York, on what date?
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4
Sir Richard Burton, English explorer, geographer, diplomat, soldier and general modern Renaissance man, was the first European to see Lake Tanganyika but was also known for his enduring translation of what?
B
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
C
The Thousand Nights and One Night
D
The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi
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5
The theatres for which war included Odessa, Yevpatoriya, Sevastopol, Balaklava, Inkerman, and Kinburn?
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6
Judi Dench won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actressfor playing which character in the 1998 film "Shakespeare in Love"?
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7
A
Compulsive hoarding of unnecessary possessions
C
A fear of losing possessions
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