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General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 9 July 2015

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Q1. George Fox, a shoemaker born at Penny Drayton Leicestershire, founded which religious group in the 17th century?

A
YMCA
B
Scientologists
C
Society of Friends (Quakers)
D
Salvation Army
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Q2. Which team broke Germany's decade-long stranglehold on the Rowing World Cup in 2007?

A
New Zealand
B
Great Britain
C
Switzerland
D
Burkina Faso
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Q3. United Artists, formed in 1919 as a reaction from commercial film companies of the time, was an alliance between actors Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin, and Douglas Fairbanks and who else?

A
Actor Shirley Temple
B
Actor Lillian Gish
C
Director D.W.Griffith
D
Actor Al Jolson
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Q4. Where would a dewclaw usually be found?

A
Growing from the carpal pad
B
On a cat's hind legs
C
On a giraffe
D
High up on the foot of many mammals, birds and reptiles
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Q5. Singapore is connected to the mainland by a causeway that runs across which stretch of water?

A
Bass Strait
B
Cook Strait
C
Straits of Johore
D
Bering Strait
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Q6. What is the Abilene paradox?

A
Military action, e.g. eliminating enemy individuals can clear the way for enemy forces to attack
B
An IT network to facilitate activities or ideas may displace them and become the aim in itself
C
Group decisions, unless discussed, can be decisions that no one in the group wants
D
A desire for harmony in a group can result in non-discriminated, incorrect or deviant decisions
Select from the options above.

Q7. Which scientist allegedly used mirrors to focus the sun's rays to burn Roman ships during the Siege of Syracuse around 214-212 BC?

A
Archimedes
B
Ptolemy
C
Leonardo da Vinci
D
Sophocles
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