Daily Quiz #2474
General Knowledge Quiz for Tuesday, 27 October 2015
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Q1.
Which of these is a word for loss of memory as a result of, for example, concussion or psychological disorder?
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Q2.
On 2 February 2015 who became the youngest person to be ranked No 1 in professional golf?
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Q3.
An early type of futures market, and a huge speculative bubble, related to what?
B
Olives, 6th century BCE
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Q4.
Who coined the expressions 'a curate's egg' and 'bedside manner', and wrote three novels, including "Peter Ibbetson" (adapted to a 1935 film starring Gary Cooper and an opera), and another which gave its name to the trilby, a type of hat?
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Q5.
Which country, after 500 years of Ottoman domination, became independent in 1912, adopted a republican form of government in 1920, became a kingdom in 1928, came under Italian control in 1939, became a Communist state after World War II, and is now a parliamentary democracy established under a constitution renewed in 1998?
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Q6.
Paribas, formed in 1872 from two companies respectively in Paris and Amsterdam, operated in what field?
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Q7.
Which of these is a film in which the characters of Lara, Tonya and Yevgraf appear?
D
Unman, Wittering and Zigo
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