Daily Quiz #2240
General Knowledge Quiz for Saturday, 7 March 2015
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Q1.
Where and when was the 1st Summer Universiade held?
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Prague, Czecholslovakia, 1947
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Q2.
A drink dating from the 15th century and particularly popular in the 18th, was regarded as a health-giving drink and good for hangovers. It contained milk, spices and ale or other alcohol; what was it called?
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Q3.
On what does the cast of Andrew Lloyd Weber's musical "Starlight Express" perform?
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Q4.
Historically, anthrax was recognised as a common industrial disease of which of these professions?
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Q5.
The shores of the African continent are variously on the Atlantic Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and which other body of water?
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Q6.
Who was appointed to the post of Poet Laureate of the UK in May 2009?
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Q7.
Josephus who lived in the 1st century AD was a military commander and scholar but is now known more for his work as what?
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