Daily Quiz #2217
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 12 February 2015
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Q1.
Which Austrian, a pioneer in psycho-analysis, died in London in 1939, a refugee from Nazi persecution?
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Q2.
The annual Nobel Prizes are awarded in six areas; which of these is not one of them?
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Q3.
Mathematicians or code breakers from what country were the first to break the codes in the Enigma machines used by the German military from the 1920s to the 1940s?
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Q4.
Characteristics of gothic church architecture include tall designs, flying buttresses, vaulted ceilings, light and air, gargoyles, decorative and ornate finishes, and what else?
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Q5.
The round of the 2014 World Taekwondo Federation competitions to be held in Kharkiv in early October was cancelled; what was the reason?
A
More than half the competitors had severe headaches
B
Ongoing armed unrest in Ukraine
C
They decided to hold a picnic instead
D
Itching powder had been sprinkled over all the mats at the venue as well as the spares
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Q6.
The Caucasus Mountains run through which countries?
A
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Syria
C
Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Iran
D
Russia, Ukraine and Hungary
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Q7.
What is the overall subject of the sentence "UTC replaced GMT in most places in the world on 1 January 1972"?
A
The use of weedkillers and defoliants
C
Television broadcasting systems
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