Daily Quiz #2403
General Knowledge Quiz for 17 August 2015
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1
What are pinking shears usually used for?
A
To clip wool round a sheep's head
B
To cut material, so as to minimize fraying
C
To make Christmas decorations
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2
Apart from a board marked in squares what do the players of the strategy game, Go, need to play a game?
B
Thirty-two black and white counters
C
Two numbered dice and 16 pegs
D
A pack of 53 cards and 20 counters
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3
What is the next number in the series 1, 16, 81, 256, 625?
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4
The US satirical TV series is what Park?
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5
English is a subsidiary official language of India: what is the main official language?
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6
The version of Magna Carta signed by King John of England at Runnymede was annulled shortly afterwards by Pope Innocent III; who issued the version which then survived to become the basis of much of modern Western law?
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7
Which Russian composer wrote the ballets "The Firebird", "Petrouchka" and "The Rite of Spring"?
B
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
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