Daily Quiz #2270
General Knowledge Quiz for Monday, 6 April 2015
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Q1.
Who wrote "Lady Windermere's Fan", "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "The Picture of Dorian Gray"?
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Q2.
The winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film 1987, Babette's Feast, was set in, and filmed by, what country?
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Q3.
What is the name for two collections of lymphoid tissues, one on either side of the throat, level with the base of the tongue?
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Q4.
How does a traditional military bugler change pitch?
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Q5.
Immediately prior to the United States Congress activated in 1789, the governing body was called what?
A
Continental Congress of the United Colonies
B
United States Congress under the Articles of Confederation
D
The Witenagemot of the United States
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Q6.
This city was a frequent target of pirates in the early years of its European founding, for a time was keen to secede from the country of which it is currently the second largest city, and is still staunchly independent; which city is it?
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Q7.
What was Manchester United footballer Patrice Evra quoted as saying after Manchester United beat Arsenal in the Champions League in May 2009?
Note: This question was updated in February 2017
A
It was 11 men against 11 babies?
B
We knocked the bastard off
C
It was a game of two halves
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