Daily Quiz #2248
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 15 March 2015
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1
A
A flowering plant of the genus Primula
C
Soup made from cows' heads
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2
Q2.
Which river runs through the town where Shakespeare was born?
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3
Q3.
The 2013-4 MacRobertson Shield international competition, hosted in New Zealand, was in what sport?
Note: This question was updated in January 2024
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4
Q4.
Which of these novelists was born in South Africa?
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5
Q5.
What is a quid pro quo?
C
Demonstration of proof in an argument
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6
Q6.
Prolonged deep-sea diving was first made possible in Europe by the invention of a diving bell in what century?
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7
Q7.
Which painter was particularly known for depicting the fête galantes of 17th and 18th century France?
A
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806)
B
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867)
C
Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)
D
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805)
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