Daily Quiz #2181
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 7 January 2015
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1
In 1998, what was marketed as "the game for your whole brain"?
Note: This question was updated in April 2020
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2
Which 20th century musical is based on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"?
D
The Phantom of the Opera
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3
Circadian rhythms are seen in plants, animals, fungi and cyanobacteria, and are what?
B
Diurnal patterns of leaf, antenna or pelt movement, unaffected by hot or cold
C
Patterns of sleeping or greatly reduced activity
D
Biological process with endogenous, entrainable oscillation of 24 hours and temperature compensation
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4
What was the original official name of the first code of French civil law?
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5
Which inert gas with a density 2.8 that of air was discovered by Ramsay and Travers in 1895?
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6
Which previously independent country, an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 km (15–30 miles) off the coast of Africa, united with Tanganyika to form Tanzania in 1964?
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7
This actor is the youngest of 5 children, his great-grandfather was blind and a piano tuner and music teacher, he acts frequently with his wife, he won a Primetime Emmy Awards 2014 for Outstanding Actor, and among many films and TV series starred in the film version of "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"; who is he?
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