Daily Quiz #2279
General Knowledge Quiz for Wednesday, 15 April 2015
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Q1.
How do the strings in a spinet sit in relation to the keyboard?
A
At an angle of 30 degrees
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Q2.
Who was the nephew of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria and heir to the throne, who renounced his children's right to succession in order to make a morganatic marriage with Countess Sophie Chotek and was assassinated with her in Bosnia in 1914?
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Q3.
Clematis vitalba, a plant of the Ranunculaceae family, is also known as Traveller's Joy and what other name?
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Q4.
The Wallace Line in Indonesia, characterised by particularly deep water e.g. between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi, is also characterised by what?
A
Difference in fauna either side of the line
B
Concentrated manta ray population
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Q5.
Where were the Commonwealth Games held in 2014?
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Q6.
Based on a UK political drama TV series of the same name, the US version featuring the actor Kevin Spacey is called "House..." what?
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Q7.
Which monarch presided in Great Britain over the time of the French Revolution, Britain's loss of its American colonies, and two decisive defeats of the French?
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