Daily Quiz #2519
General Knowledge Quiz for Friday, 11 December 2015
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Q1.
The capital of the USA is named after which US president?
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2
Q2.
According to the legend, Peeping Tom was looking at whom?
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3
Q3.
Calista Flockhart became engaged to whom in February 2009?
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4
Q4.
Which 1967 film, directed by Stuart Rosenberg starring Paul Newman and George Kennedy, was about the fate of a man sent to prison for vandalising parking meters?
C
I Am A Fugitive From A Chain Gang
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Q5.
What country co-hosted the Euro 2008 soccer competition with Switzerland?
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Q6.
What part did Josiah Wedgwood, of the famous English pottery, play in the publication of Charles Darwin's The Origin of the Species?
A
His daughter Susannah was Charles Darwin's mother
B
His pottery was used to hold Darwin's specimens for study
C
He sponsored Darwin's voyage to the Galapagos Islands
D
He owned the publication house which printed the work
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Q7.
The large wrinkled leaves of which plant provide digitalin, used in the treatment of heart conditions?
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