Daily Quiz #2414
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 28 August 2015
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Q1.
Which winter sport was contested as an Olympic sport only once, at the 1908 Summer Olympics?
B
Special figures figure skating
C
Solo synchronised swimming
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2
Q2.
Who wrote the sons "I've Got You Under My Skin" and "I Get A Kick Out Of You"?
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3
Q3.
Gamma-coniceine and coniine are the two principles which contribute most to the poisonous effect of what plant?
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4
Q4.
Launched on 4 March 2001 as the largest ship operated by the U S Navy, this aircraft carrier is named after which past U S president?
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5
Q5.
Which of these cities is on the Mississippi River?
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Q6.
The TV series "Peaky Blinders", aired first in 2013, is based on late 19th and early 20th century urban youth gangs in what city?
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Q7.
Why was Centralia, Pennsylvania, a town of 2,000 abandoned from 1981 on and has been largely demolished?
A
An outbreak of plague virus
B
Poisonous fumes from underground coal fires started in the 1960s by burning rubbish dump material
C
The logging industry which employed the inhabitants folded
D
Central government wanted to clear the area in order to establish a national park
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