Daily Quiz #2200
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 26 January 2015
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1
Who won a record six motorcycle speedway World Championships in 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1977 and 1979?
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2
C
Suit case made of lion skin
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3
Which of these composers was an American whose early works include an opera, premièred in 1984, sung in Akkadian, Biblical Hebrew, and Ancient Egyptian?
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4
Who is the only president of the USA to have been elected four times?
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5
What did Edgar the Atheling spectacularly fail to do in England in 1066?
Note: This question was updated in November 2021
A
Drive the Danes out of England
B
Succeed to the throne vacated by the deaths of Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson (Harold II)
C
Command the tide not to come in
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6
What is the name of the swampy area in Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee?
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7
What are spiracles used for?
C
Drawing a mathematical figure
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