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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?

A
John Drew Barrymore
B
David Niven, Jr.
C
Sean Flynn
D
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
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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?

A
Comminuted
B
Compound
C
Simple
D
Greenstick
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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
B
A Little Night Music
C
The Magic Flute
D
Fanny and Alexander
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Q5. What sounds the closest to a low point?

A
Nadia
B
Apology
C
Senate
D
Media
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Q6. Niccolò Machiavelli, Thomas Carlyle, and Thomas Macaulay share a scholarly interest in what?

A
Butterflies
B
History
C
Political strategy
D
Italian court politics
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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?

A
India
B
Australia
C
Japan
D
Chile
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