Daily Quiz #2123
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 10 November 2014
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1
Samoa, Hawaii and the Tokelau Islands are part of which geographic area?
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2
The song "They're Coming To Take Me Away ha haaa" was banned by the BBC in 1966. Who was the artist?
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3
Aeschylus, Greek religious thinker and playwright, was killed when a tortoise hit him on the head. How did the tortoise land there?
A
It fell off a ledge above where he was sitting
B
It was thrown by a fellow dramatist
C
It was dropped by an eagle
D
It mistook him for a female tortoise and jumped at him
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4
A growth rate stated as 1 + half + a third + a quarter +... is what kind of growth?
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5
A sporting event involves propelling an object the most accurately, yet there are no uniform standards for it. What is the object, traditionally around 5–6 m (16–20 feet) long and weighing around 35–60 kg (80–130 pounds)?
Note: This question was updated in January 2022
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6
What does patrology mean?
A
Study of the patroon system in the 17th century Dutch colony of New Netherland in North America
B
Study of the origin, composition, distribution and structure of rocks
C
Study of Latvian populations
D
Study of writings of the early Fathers of the Christian Church
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7
Which English poet, Roman Catholic convert, and Jesuit priest, whose 20th-century fame established him posthumously among the leading Victorian poets, was praised because "his experimental explorations in prosody ... and his use of imagery established him as a daring innovator in a period of largely traditional verse"?
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