Daily Quiz #2318
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 24 May 2015
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Q1.
What would you expect to find in "The Cloisters", Upper Manhattan, New York City, USA, an art museum administered by The Metropolitan Museum of Art?
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Q2.
In medieval times, what was a chapman?
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Q3.
The highest mountain in North America is part of which mountain range?
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Q4.
In astrophysics and physical cosmology, what is Olbers's paradox, named after the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers (1758-1840).
A
The dark night sky paradox
B
The faint young Sun paradox
C
The paradoxical reaction of a comet's tail as it passes a star
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Q5.
When Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield competed in November 1999 what did they do to compete?
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Q6.
Who created the character of Miss Marple?
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Q7.
The Council of Constance 1414-18 had the main purpose of ending the Three Popes Schism, and was convened by the Antipope John XXIII. John had two brothers who were sentenced to death for what?
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