Daily Quiz #2263
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 30 March 2015
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Q1.
The US TV quiz shows "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?" pits contestants against questions taken from what source?
A
Questions submitted by elementary school students
B
Elementary school textbooks from first to fifth grade
C
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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2
Q2.
What is the Mufti of Jerusalem?
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3
Q3.
Which gas is the most common in the earth's atmosphere?
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4
Q4.
When did blind black singer/composers Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles lose their sight?
A
Charles was blind at birth, Wonder went blind in childhood
B
Both were blind at birth
C
Both went blind in childhood
D
Wonder was blind at birth, Charles went blind in childhood
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5
Q5.
Championship dragon boat racing calls for a specialised long boat, a team of paddlers (typically 20), a sweeper to steer and which other of these?
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6
Q6.
Which of these, among many other things, was directly affected by the 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of TÅhoku, Japan?
A
The time references in computer systems across Tokyo
C
Bird migration patterns in New Zealand
D
Reactors at Fukushima nuclear power plants
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Q7.
How many official languages does South Africa have?
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