Daily Quiz #2448
General Knowledge Quiz for Thursday, 1 October 2015
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Q1.
What island group may be described as a triangle with its corners at Hawaii, New Zealand and Easter Island, including the island groups Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, and Niue?
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Q2.
With the history of which of these countries is El Cid associated?
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Q3.
What is the Tipitaka (sometimes called Tripitaka)?
A
A type of Mexican cooking
C
The doctrinal foundation of Theravada Buddhism
D
The royal library in Mandalay
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Q4.
What function does a pistil serve?
A
It is the female reproductive part of a flower
B
A pipeline for digital bio-information data
C
It fires a flower's dehiscent seeds
D
It protects a plant from parasites and other enemies
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Q5.
The first editions of Lewis Carroll's "Alice ..." books were given a special flavour by illustrations by which 19th century graphic humourist and political cartoonist?
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Q6.
Whose career, from 1922 to 1946, included World Billiards Champion 4 times and World Snooker Champion 20 times?
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Q7.
Which mythological Greek hero, the son of Telamon and Periboea and king of Salamis, plays an important role in Homer's Iliad?
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