Daily Quiz #2437
General Knowledge Quiz for Sunday, 20 September 2015
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Q1.
FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) was rocked in 2015 by what?
A
Russia pulled out of hosting the 2018 World Cup
B
Large scale indictments and arrests for corruption
C
All the European, American and Asian teams pulled out of the Qatar 2022 World Cup
D
The headquarters were bombed during the presidential election
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Q2.
Which son of an actor, also an actor, was awarded the US Navy's Legion of Merit with bronze V (for valour), the Italian War Cross for Military Valour, the French Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre with Palm, the British Distinguished Service Cross?
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Q3.
What is the name given to a bone fracture when the bone bends and splinters rather than breaks in two?
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Q4.
A 1982 film directed by Ingmar Bergman, initially prepared for television as a 4 part serial, was what?
A
Smiles of a Summer Night
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Q5.
What sounds the closest to a low point?
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Q6.
Niccolò Machiavelli, Thomas Carlyle, and Thomas Macaulay share a scholarly interest in what?
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Q7.
Glacier-formed fjords can be found on the coasts of Norway, Iceland, Greenland, Alaska, north east Siberia, the Kerguelen Islands, New Zealand, British Columbia, Nunavut, Washington and where else?
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