Daily Quiz #2402
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 16 August 2015
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1
The fraction of the total incident solar radiation reflected by a planet back to space would be measured as its what?
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2
According to legend, where did Queen Guinevere end her days after the death of her husband, King Arthur?
A
Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire
D
Gascony Abbey in Aquitaine
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3
Which novelist, born in Bombay in 1865, was awarded the Nobel prize for Literature in 1907?
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4
What family name is next in the series Ivanišević, Hewitt, Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, and Murray?
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5
Conchiglie is a type of what?
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6
The founding of Precept Software in 1995 sparked what in the USA?
B
The founding of Kingston Communications, a UK communications and IT services provider
D
Development of IPTV (internet protocol TV)
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7
Which of these marks an increasing break between the African and the Arabian tectonic plates?
B
The Great Rift Valley, east Africa
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